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100 m House
Rearranging Spazio Punch
Banale 2021
Cul-de-sacs represent a specific urban configuration where infrastructural endpoints coincide with social and functional limitations. The project “Section of the Cul-de-Sac in Bairro Além das Vinhas” does not view these places as deficits, but as spaces of potential. The goal is to develop a spatial design framework to open selected cul-de-sacs to mainly pedestrian traffic — while respecting existing property rights and built structures.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.sc.ETH MArch Alex Lehnerer
1:50 Model: Twin-Wall-Sheets, Fibreglass, Aluminium, Steel
1:1000 Model: Papier-Maché, Steel
No glue was used to assemble the models
Five square metres. No more. Walls close. Ceiling low. But still — an island.
Not big. Not grand. Just there. In the middle. Holding everything.
Chopping board. Coffee cups. Crumbs from breakfast. Elbows at lunch.
It gives what it can. No waste. No wandering. Circulation trimmed to the bone. Turn, reach, done.
Two people, sometimes ten. Not much room to move. But no one minds.
They lean. They stand. They pass the knife. The drink.
One cooks. One stirs. One tells a story.
A meal comes together. Slowly. Together.
The island keeps the centre. Keeps the flow close. No corners to get lost in.
It draws people in. Not with grandeur. With closeness.
You face each other. You laugh between steps.
The room, though small, expands.
In this smallness — just enough.
A place to cook. A place to drink. A place to talk.
A place to stay a while.
Studio Alex Lehnerer
Anticipating something before it actually happens can be at the same time pure joy or absolute misery. With this project we wanted to celebrate this very excitement and thrill one gets from anticipation. Because sometimes it is not about the moment itself but the moment that comes before it. The moment before you jump into the cold water. The moment before meeting your crush. The moment before the actual kiss. Although our starting point was contemporary, in that we used digital photography to find our concept, the same idea can be already seen in frescos from 500 years ago. And as the painter has his brush as a tool to translate her*his idea, we used architectural elements to communicate our concept.
Realised workshop lead by Baukreisel
Facts
Function: bar, drinks serving, drinks cooling, work surface for buffet preparation
Dimensions: approx. 450 x 100 x 120 cm
Materials from reuse: Wooden beams (cut-to-size), steel and aluminium C-sections, rubber mats, steel cables.
Material sources: Danish Pavilion, Central Pavilion, Latvian Pavilion, Swiss Pavilion, Italian Pavilion, Chilean Pavilion.
New materials: screws, LED strip, transformer.
Photos kindly provided by Baukreisel
1993, als eine Ausstellung von Architekt*innen für Architekt*innen von den Zeichensälen der Technischen Universität Graz erstmals veranstaltet, wurde die banale in den darauffolgenden Jahren mit einer inhaltlichen Öffnung als interdisziplinäre Ausstellungsreihe fortgesetzt.
So fand auch die banale 2021, ganz im Sinne der in den Zeichensälen herrschenden lebendigen und kritischen Diskussionskultur, als aufgeschlossene Werkschau mit übergeordnetem banalen Thema statt. Jede Art der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema Entleere deine Blase konnte in Form von Bild, Text, Installation, Modell, Performance oder Film eingereicht werden. Während der 5-tägigen banale wurden am Griesplatz 5, einem Leerstand, die eingereichten Projekte im Rahmen von Musik und weiteren Aktionen präsentiert. Beiträge jeder Art wurden ausgestellt und banal zelebriert.
Was leer ist, muss wieder befüllt werden.
First organized in 1993 as an exhibition by architects for architects by the drawing rooms of Graz University of Technology, banale continued in the following years as an interdisciplinary exhibition series with a broader focus.
In keeping with the lively and critical culture of discussion that prevails in the drawing rooms, banale 2021 took place as an open-minded exhibition with an overarching banal theme. Any kind of engagement with the theme Empty Your Bladder could be submitted in the form of images, text, installations, models, performances, or films. During the five-day banale, the submitted projects were presented at Griesplatz 5, a vacant building, accompanied by music and other activities. Contributions of all kinds were exhibited and celebrated in a banal manner.
What is empty must be filled again.
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