Transforming the yard working with natural elements

Transforming the yard working with natural elements

A Coruña

 

Transforming the Village Through Protagonist Participation

 

working with natural elements

 

 

 

 

 

The aim of ‘A Vila da Mañá’ is to change the model of town or city, we believe that another one can be possible. This is achieved through the protagonist participation of local children and adolescents who, by working with fundamental concepts through tactical urban planning actions, become active citizens capable of transforming their spaces.

In this case we work with sustainability, reflecting on the way in which we relate to the planet and making girls, boys, and teenagers aware that what is sustainable consists of a balance between what allows us to develop our lives and what does not compromise the survival of future generations. And so, realizing that we only have one planet with limited resources that must be taken care of.

 

Color your city

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

Working with three-dimensional elements

Working with three-dimensional elements

A Coruña

 

changing the village through protagonist participation 

 

 

Working with three-dimensional elements

 

 

 

“The opportunity for the child to discover his or her own movement is part of the city itself; the city is also a play space. The child uses all the elements of the city, all the built objects, all the surfaces he or she can climb or climb on. Children know how to play with these things very well, even if they are not allowed to.”

Aldo van Eyck

 

 

‘A Vila do Maña’ works with three-dimensional elements, based on Froebel’s “third gift”.
In architecture we have Froebel as a reference, through Frank Lloyd Wrigth who was educated with this method. It is a system based on the creativity and intuition of the child through direct experience, play and nature. It creates a pedagogical resource based on ‘gifts’ and ‘occupations’. The ‘gifts’ are pedagogical materials that do not change, but are transformed; the ‘occupations’ are activities in which children play by transforming the objects they manipulate. The ‘gifts’ are precursors of today’s building blocks.

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working has been turned into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

6º PRIMARIA

6º PRIMARIA

Rianxo

changing the village through protagonist participation

 

reCONIZING Rianxo

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another smaller “little box,” and arrive at a bigger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping center, sports facility, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

— Sandra González Álvarez

Work began with PERCEPTION—how future inhabitants perceive their town or city. To explore this, the children participating in the project were asked to use simple drawings to show which elements are fundamental or of special interest to them. In this way, we can understand their view of their town or city and work toward a collective vision shared by all participants.

Good urban acupuncture would be that which ensures that everyone knows their city. How many people, in reality, truly know their own city? It is difficult for anyone to respect what they do not know. But how can you respect your city if you do not understand it? Draw your city. […] But how can you improve your city if you do not even know it well? What do you do for it if you are not even capable of drawing it? That is the crux of the matter.

— Jaime Lerner

3º PDC

3º PDC

Ribadeo

Changing the village through protagonist participation

 

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are almost completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another, smaller “box,” and arrive at a larger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping mall, sports center, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

Sandra González Álvarez

 

 

To understand how those who are and will be its inhabitants perceive their town, we will use the following strategy: we go out on a “drift” with a large golden frame, so that during our wandering they can frame those urban elements that are important to them (an experience based on the work of O’Grady). Who were the protagonists of this experience of “A Vila do Mañá”? On this occasion, during their wandering, places in their town—perhaps forgotten—were reDISCOVERED by them.

With “A Vila do Mañá”, the town in which they live is no longer an abstract idea, nor a series of small, partial images; it begins to be understood as a much more complex and broader environment, bringing us closer to the notion of habitat: a space that transcends its physical location within a territory in which we meet our needs, establish relationships with other people and with the environment—both natural and built—, involving processes through which it is transformed, but through which we are also transformed.

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

4º Primaria

4º Primaria

Ribadeo

Changing the village through protagonist participation

 

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

 

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are almost completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another, smaller “box,” and arrive at a larger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping mall, sports center, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

Sandra González Álvarez

 

 

To understand how those who are and will be its inhabitants perceive their town, we will use the following strategy: we go out on a “drift” with a large golden frame, so that during our wandering they can frame those urban elements that are important to them (an experience based on the work of O’Grady). Who were the protagonists of this experience of “A Vila do Mañá”? On this occasion, during their wandering, places in their town—perhaps forgotten—were reDISCOVERED by them.

With “A Vila do Mañá”, the town in which they live is no longer an abstract idea, nor a series of small, partial images; it begins to be understood as a much more complex and broader environment, bringing us closer to the notion of habitat: a space that transcends its physical location within a territory in which we meet our needs, establish relationships with other people and with the environment—both natural and built—, involving processes through which it is transformed, but through which we are also transformed.

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

3º Primaria

3º Primaria

Ribadeo

Changing the village through protagonist participation

 

reCOGNOZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are almost completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another, smaller “box,” and arrive at a larger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping mall, sports center, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

Sandra González Álvarez

 

 

To understand how those who are and will be its inhabitants perceive their town, we will use the following strategy: we go out on a “drift” with a large golden frame, so that during our wandering they can frame those urban elements that are important to them (an experience based on the work of O’Grady). Who were the protagonists of this experience of “A Vila do Mañá”? On this occasion, during their wandering, places in their town—perhaps forgotten—were reDISCOVERED by them.

With “A Vila do Mañá”, the town in which they live is no longer an abstract idea, nor a series of small, partial images; it begins to be understood as a much more complex and broader environment, bringing us closer to the notion of habitat: a space that transcends its physical location within a territory in which we meet our needs, establish relationships with other people and with the environment—both natural and built—, involving processes through which it is transformed, but through which we are also transformed.

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

4º ESO

4º ESO

Ribadeo

Changing the village through protagonist participation

 

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

 

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are almost completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another, smaller “box,” and arrive at a larger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping mall, sports center, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

Sandra González Álvarez

 

 

To understand how those who are and will be its inhabitants perceive their town, we will use the following strategy: we go out on a “drift” with a large golden frame, so that during our wandering they can frame those urban elements that are important to them (an experience based on the work of O’Grady). Who were the protagonists of this experience of “A Vila do Mañá”? On this occasion, during their wandering, places in their town—perhaps forgotten—were reDISCOVERED by them.

With “A Vila do Mañá”, the town in which they live is no longer an abstract idea, nor a series of small, partial images; it begins to be understood as a much more complex and broader environment, bringing us closer to the notion of habitat: a space that transcends its physical location within a territory in which we meet our needs, establish relationships with other people and with the environment—both natural and built—, involving processes through which it is transformed, but through which we are also transformed.

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

1º ESO

1º ESO

Ribadeo

Changing the village through protagonist participation

 

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are almost completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another, smaller “box,” and arrive at a larger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping mall, sports center, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

Sandra González Álvarez

 

 

To understand how those who are and will be its inhabitants perceive their town, we will use the following strategy: we go out on a “drift” with a large golden frame, so that during our wandering they can frame those urban elements that are important to them (an experience based on the work of O’Grady). Who were the protagonists of this experience of “A Vila do Mañá”? On this occasion, during their wandering, places in their town—perhaps forgotten—were reDISCOVERED by them.

With “A Vila do Mañá”, the town in which they live is no longer an abstract idea, nor a series of small, partial images; it begins to be understood as a much more complex and broader environment, bringing us closer to the notion of habitat: a space that transcends its physical location within a territory in which we meet our needs, establish relationships with other people and with the environment—both natural and built—, involving processes through which it is transformed, but through which we are also transformed.

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

Ribadeo

Changing the village throught protagonist participation

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

 

CPR Plurilingüe Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

CEIP Gregorio Sanz

IES Ribadeo Dionisio Gamallo

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

5º Primaria

5º Primaria

Ribadeo

Changing the village through protagonist participation 

 

reCOGNIZING Ribadeo

 

 

 

 

The new generations, the inhabitants of tomorrow, are almost completely unfamiliar with their town or city. They live in a “little box,” move around in another, smaller “box,” and arrive at a larger “box” (whether it is called a school, shopping mall, sports center, … or playground). This is their relationship with their surroundings.

Sandra González Álvarez

 

 

Work began with PERCEPTION: how do future inhabitants perceive their town or city? To this end, the girls, boys and teenagers participating in the project are asked to show us, through simple drawings, which elements are fundamental or of special interest to them. In this way, we will understand their vision of their town or city and thus be able to work on a collective vision shared by all participants.

Good urban acupuncture would be that which makes everyone know their city. How many people, in reality, know their own city? Hardly anyone respects what they do not know. But how can you respect your city if you do not understand it? Draw your city. […] But how can you improve your city if you do not even know it well? What do you do for it if you are not even capable of drawing it? That is the crux of the matter.

Jaime Lerner

Colour your village

The village or city in which we are working, transformed into a game board, a laboratory of experimentation where children and teenagers can act from a new point of view.

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