LLOBREGAT
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LLOBREGAT IS A TRANSFORMATION OF AN IDEA. AN UNDERGROUND SIGN OF BARCELONA MADE OF AN INVASIVE REED GROWN NEAR THE LLOBREGAT RIVER.
THIS PROJECT IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CHANNELS OF NATURE AND CIVILIZATION. IT WAS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH DESIGNERS MAR DORESTE, MARTÍ SEGURA, JULIA PERUCHO, LIAM KELLY, AND SUPERVISED BY RAMÓN FAURA.
INVESTIGATION
THE TEAM SPENT 24 HOURS NEAR THE LLOBREGAT RIVER IN OLESA DE MONTSERRAT, WHERE THEY FACED THE CHALLENGE OF BUILDING A SHELTER FOR FIVE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR MANUAL TOOLS. TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF COMPLEXITY, THEY LEFT BEHIND VERBAL COMMUNICATION AND INSTEAD USED SOUNDS, SIGNALS, AND DANCES TO COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE.
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO CONNECT WITH OUR BASIC NEEDS WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY TECHNOLOGY. THE TEAM USED LOCALLY-SOURCED MATERIALS TO CONSTRUCT A SHELTER AND EXPERIMENTED WITH BASIC HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS SUCH AS BASKETS OR CLOTHING.
THE RESULT OF THIS IMMERSIVE AND CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE WAS A RAW UNDERGROUND SIGN MADE FROM REEDS, CONNECTING THE CITY TO THE LLOBREGAT RIVER. THE SIGN REPRESENTS THE CULMINATION OF THE TEAM'S JOURNEY, A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF THEIR REFLECTIONS AND EXPLORATIONS.
THE LLOBREGAT PROJECT SHOWCASES THE POWER OF COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY, AND EXPERIMENTATION IN DESIGN. IT CHALLENGES OUR PRECONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIVES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND MINDFUL DESIGN PRACTICES.
