10 11 3 2 1 1 2 3 # 0 6 # 0 7 karkas: sculptural intervention at Luchtbal by Willem Coenen & Aline Veelaert (Atelier Scheldeman) karkas functions as a three dimensional framework to set up brainstorm sessions about how to intervene architecturally in the urban landscape. We’re aiming to design and build, on site, scale 1:1, in one week. Driven by dreams of local kids, who we see as clients, we will translate and develop a concept, until a tactile installation. karkas reacts as a tangible toolbox leading and showing the possibilities of modular building principes. It consists of elements and knots, offering a building method to workshop participants. The orthogonal lay-out leads to clear constructive choices, creating conceptual and spatial freedom. As a starting point we present an interactive site plan to local children. The scale of their neighborhood, personal environment, movements and connections will be analysed through a kid’s eye. Searching the interrelation between building blocks, water, roads, greenzones, ladders and other fragments of the environment as an introduction to the creation of architectural and urban links. What is a link? A mental visual or physical connection? How are links made in nature? Howdo links work between human beings? Which links will be created in the oosterweel-future? Which links would you like to make? Rethinking / Relinking the neighborhood offers podium to create dreamy utopian interventions in their future playground. Searching for NewBabylon by Diego Inglez de Souza & Julien Ineichen In 1963, the situationist artist Constant Nieuwenhuys drew his plans for the New Babylon over Antwerp maps. This illustration of the unitary urbanism utopic and futuristic city created connections and layers of collective spaces to offer the citizens unpredicted situations, new possibilities of interaction and meeting. Using the transformations that will take place with the ring capping as a starting point, we pretend to stress the relation between the possible and the desirable urban situations during the meantimes with unexpected uses of the public spaces. Our aim is to unveil the imaginary of New Babylon over Antwerp in our days, designing collectively a new cartography to represent pre-existences, emergences and the desire of its actual inhabitants. Over a public space in Luchbtal, directly on the urban ground, we will draw with cray and paint our version of a gigantesque New Babylon map to building an ephemeral situation of play that will discuss connections and interactions on Antwerp nowadays, fading away after some time and rain. This ephemeral cartography will be designed and debated by students and local youngsters through participatory dynamics and a hands-on urban intervention. Like a hopscotch, it will stimulate a joyful and playful situation for the direct interaction of the inhabitants with the representation of their city and expectedexpecting.
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