RUNNER UP

THE BUCKET LIST - FEEL THE CITY

IA264

Das Projekt führt situative, narrative, infrastrukturelle, landschaftliche und typologische Parameter zusammen, um dem Ort eine starke Identität zu geben. Dabei wird auf das Inszenieren von Zeichen verzichtet: vielmehr werden Entwicklungsstrategien und Taktiken des Handelns selbst als identitätsstiftende Momente verstanden.

"The project creates a whole set of proposals to increase and trigger people´s emotions in relation to a variety of qualities which are created out of the “already there” of the place, reading its potential as a mixture of actions, situations and spatial developments. It follows that the overall plan is edited as a manual which suggests a series of steps to be taken: organizing intermediary events, activating objects through competitions, promoting informal zones and fringe-area for everyday situations and desires. The manual introduces the identity of the area as the amalgam of hard- and software operations, in which infrastructural interventions (bridge), re-cycling of abandoned structures (industrial shed) and technological topics are linked to scenarios of appropriations by different people.

The response to the different urban situations is sensitive, providing a flexible framework, the implementation in phases seems to be possible. For parts of the jury the megastructure along the road is a rather rude and problematic proposal. Although the structure looks open its flexibility can be questioned. As well the question of permeability is not addressed convincingly: how does the translucent, semi-transparent structure appear when it will be filled up? On the other hand, the suggested configuration and strategy make the project the only one which introduces a credible urban atmosphere, giving identity to the road and making visible all kind of possible activities which should be there, providing an urban vision for the place." (excerpt & paraphrase of the jury minutes)