Public machines Ivan Hernandez Quintela
everything that throws or is thrown is by principle a weapon Deleuze and Guattari
Taking Deleuze and Guattariís definition of a weapon, Is an architectural project a potential weapon?
Can the construction of architecture become a projectile thrown towards the State machinery? Is the current state machinery the condition of Globalization? Ludens, a design studio working in Mexico City, is currently interested in generating architectural interventions that might act as weapons against forces that limit, control, or attempt to define the correct use of public spaces. We are convinced that public space must be heterogeneous, informal, flexible and open. Thus, we are in a constant search for illegal, informal, or highly individualized uses and appropriations of public space. We believe behind these ìmisuses,î lies a direct critic from the users towards existing conditions of the public space generated by architects who consider themselves specialists. However, the architect does not necessarily have the absolute knowledge of what is correct or necessary. It is possible to think that to generate more successful public spaces, a collaboration between users and architects must take place. Therefore, we generate structures inspired by these public misuses as a way to counterattack several conditions we associate with the formal, the globalized, the universal. We are interested in improvised architecture, vandalic architecture,informal architecture. Machine 1 : Exchange of information A structure waiting for information A space that is constructed as it is used. The information hanged become its contour. A meeting point where people can search for or leave information, ìlooking for, for sale, in search forî, and excuse to talk to the person standing next to you
Machine 2 : Piece of shade A hanging umbrella in a street corner. A piede of shade while one waits for thelight to turn green
Machine 3 : inhabitable boxes Apparently left-over packaging boxes With the capacity to be used as informal furniture
Ivan Hernandez Quintela is principal of Ludens, an architectural studio in Mexico City
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