MAKE HEAVEN FROM WHAT YOU HAVE






RRRUBBLE @ VICTORY SQUARE



RRRUBBLE, the collective research project by Space Saloon and The MAAK, aims to rethink the role of resources and agency in architectural production. In October 2023, the RRRUBBLE methodology was put into action in Timișoara, Romania as part of the Timișoara Architecture Biennial (BETA) European Capital of Culture. Supported through the LINA platform, BETA invited the team to explore ways in which Victory Square could be re-imagined and enhanced by its public users. Together with students from the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, the group chose to focus the temporary interventions inside the abandoned underground stairwells of the square.












The team mined through BETA’s storage archive of previous installations, exhibitions and biennials, mapping usable materials and prototyping on-site. Over the course of a week, participants collectively reframed the use of the staircases through spatial activations and urban actions - transforming one site into a busker-friendly public stage and the other into a tranquil public ‘living-room’.























DESIGN AS A MATERIAL PROCESS



The items from BETA’s archive were prioritized over the sourcing of new or foreign materials. All materials taken from storage had to be kept in their same condition. These constraints produced a creative re-purposing of items, discovered through an on-the-ground, hands-on process of design and making. BETA’s curatorial history was re-discovered through a bricolage of material stories, each explorable through QR codes embedded on the pieces.









TEAM


LEAD
Danny Wills
Gian Maria Socci
Rebecca van Beeck


WITH
The MAAK
Max Melvill
Ashleigh Killa


ORGANIZER

Timișoara Architecture Biennial (Beta)


LOCATION

Timișoara, Romania

PHOTOS
Bianca Azap Purice


PARTICIPANTS
Cheşa Eliza
Călin Teodor
Edward Kiss
Petres Tamás
Denisa Landler
Bojici Maia
Ema Cristescu
Alex Naghiu
Miruna Baraitaru
Georgiana Spiri
Anca Teslevici


SUPPORT
LINA Platform








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