It is around 6PM on Sunday here in Bat Yam, we are about 19 hours into the 72 hour urban action competition. The schedule we have listed for ourselves has already gone to shit. There are so many unanticipated factors that keep us from coming even close to a finalized design plan. Although ten people can generate a plethora of great ideas, it is also quite difficult to agree upon one set of ideas. In such a short time frame, it is hard to process all the information that is coming through. Design ideas morph until they become entirely unclear. As I write this now, I have a general vague idea of where we're going, but no solid images of what is to come exist. Hopefully after this nap, everything will be better.
Our mission as given to us last night is titled: The Backyard? The mission is to "transform the space from backyard to front yard without losing its sheltered and relaxed qualities that enable its current uses." The site as it stands is a pedestrian passageway and a alley playground for children. The site is uncomfortable for both uses, and there is some tension between the residents on one side, and a religious school on the other.
Our solution is punchily titled: Urban Tango. The basic aspects of the idea is to create an interaction between the various factors of the site; the people, the children, even the site onto itself and to generate an interaction that changes the site as people come and lay claim to the space. Even for those who merely pass through the site, a difference experience is felt each time depending on the interaction of the people who more actively occupy the site.
With that, I'm off for a nap.
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