der

generator
team Francesco Apuzzo,
Jan Liesegang,Frauke Gerstenberg
mit Lucia Pasquali
typ temporre Architektur
zeit 2010
fotos raumlaborberlin
Am Flutgraben 3
12435 Berlin
telefon +49 30 27580882
fax +49 30 2476319
internet www.raumlabor-berlin.de
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The Generator is an experimental
building laboratory for instant, par-
ticipatory building practice in public
space. Construction principles, different
programs for people to meet and inter-
act in public, are central issues of this
research.
assemblage points, new geom-
etries for furniture and lightweight
construction buildings, as well as
new possible uses and multiple
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The Generator consists of two compo-
nents: hardware and software.
The hardware is a workstation de-
signed to be mobile. A set of several
fight cases can be assembled as two
workbenches. They contain all the
necessary tools for eight people to
work on site using simple wood slats
and plywood as building materials.
The software is a set of construction
plans and instructions for modules,
which are developed to be assembled
easily. The constrction methods will be
constantly tested and improved. The
modules can be assembled to chairs,
tables, shelves, but also to walls and
shelters. The participants can transform
the modules by accident or intentionally.
A process of learning by doing. The
team will record and reuse all possible
mutations of the system and incorpo-
rate them in a growing structure.
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ACTING IN PUBLIC
MULTIPLICITY
MUTATIONS
raumlaborberlin
PUBLIC DEMAND
WASTE LAND
ABANDONED SPACES
DERELICT BUILDINGS
PUBLIC REALM
TAKE AWAY
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PUBLIC SITE
PARTICIPATION
TEAM
FREEWARE ARCHIVE
EXPERIMENTAL BUILDING
LABATORY
EXPERIENCES
INSTANT URBANISM
One of raumlabors motivations is to engender alternative practices within the city, fostered
through cooperation and self-empowerment. They explore what remains of collective ideals and
ways to overcome todays harsh conditions of economic competition. Establishing temporary
communities is one tool to create a surrogate notion of a city beyond the capitalist logic of use-
value and protability.
The Generator is an experimental building laboratory for instant, participatory building practices
in public space and consists of two components: hardware and software. The hardware is
a workstation designed for mobility. A set of several ight cases can be assembled as two
workbenches. They contain all the necessary tools for eight people to work on site using simple
wood slats and plywood as building materials.
The software is a set of construction plans and instructions for modules, which are developed
for easy assembly. The construction methods will be constantly tested and improved. The
modules can be assembled into chairs, tables, and shelves, as well as walls and shelters. The
participants can transform the modules accidentally or intentionally. A process of learning by
doing.
The Venetian Chair is a remembrance of childhood, when building fortresses, hideouts and
our own world with pieces of furniture was our utmost pleasure. A chair is the archetype of
furniture, an object that assists us as we work, relax, or gather for a meal or discussion. With the
Generator it is endowed with a further function: the stacking chair becomes an assembly part
to construct spaces. raumlaborberlin
SPECIFIC
NEEDS
At the BIENNALE DI ARCHITETTURA, VENICE the soft-
ware SEDIA VENEZANA was intoduced and tested.
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The Venetian Chair is a reminiscence
of childhood, when building fortresses,
hideouts and our own world with pieces
of furniture was our most pleasure. A
chair is the archetype of furniture, an
object that assists us to work, to relax,
to come together for a meal or a dis-
cussion. With the generator it receives
a further function: the stacking chair
becomes an assembly part to build
spaces.
team workshop: Andrew Plucinski,
Manfred Eccli, Lucas Fink, Armin
Fuchs, Paula Hentschel, Paolo Ruaro,
Andreas Krauth, Annamaria Piccinini,
Francesco Vedovato, Manuel Coletto,
Ewa Rudnicka, Roberta Aralla, Camilla
Minini, Marella Diamantini, Anna Fran-
cesca Triboli