SIX PACK (2009)
The study area is located between Santurce’s bus stops 15 and 18. It is mainly occupied by commercial uses, such as coffee shops, bars, cafeterias, and strip clubs. Places like these generate a waste we’re usually unaware of because of how insignificant it seems to be in relation to the product contained: six-pack plastic rings. Although they’re a very small leftover, their accumulation can be very harmful for the environment. We decided to take advantage of this accumulative effect to create a woven textile with this material, which turned out to be resistant, weightless, manageable, and esthetically dynamic.
Andrea Bauzá
Benjamín Castro
Abnel Hernández
Frederick Hernández
Marymar Berríos
Marcelo López Dinardi
Rubén Lorenzo
Oscar Oliver Didier
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TRASH:CAN
This collective began its research by identifying the characteristics of Ponce de León Avenue from bus stop 19 to bus stop 22. In this area we start to notice a constant presence of art - institutional as well as educational – which begins at the MAC and culminates at the Performing Arts Center. Bus stops 19 to 22 displayed spatial inadequacies in terms of identification and lack of waiting seats. Using 400 cans per curtain, the numbers for each bus stop were created. Not only did these metal curtains provide a proper identification for each bus stop, but being placed laterally, they also provided shadow within its perimeter.
Andrea Bauzá
Beatriz Cardona Rivera
Nicolás Castellanos
Benjamín Castro
Victor Colón Ordóñez
Clara Goitia Molina
Camila Lamela Rabell
Marcelo López Dinardi
Rubén Lorenzo
Marianne Llanos
Eduardo M. Llinás Meseguer
Oscar Oliver Didier
Jean Paul Rocafort
José H. Torrado
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PNEUMATIC TIRES
Because of the high levels of car tire waste in the Island, we decided to use this as a building material. The intervention consisted in assembling modules made up of car tires. When analyzing bus stops from a user experience point of view, we discovered that automobiles greatly obstruct their use. Having so few parking spaces in the city, automobiles obstruct bus stops and make it difficult to get in and out of buses. With these furniture modules we formed a barrier designed to prevent cars from parking in front of the bus stop. Another problem was the lack of furniture to be used during waiting times. To solve this issue, we made several tire modules to serve as seats.
Andrea Bauzá
Benjamín Castro
Alexander Cuesta
Tyrene Calvesbert
María Cotarelo
Nicole Fourquet
Camila Calderón
Marcelo López Dinardi
Rubén Lorenzo
Oscar Oliver Didier
Laura Miranda
Gabriela Torres
Ives Enríquez
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