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Authors | José M. López Ujaque – Francisco G. Triviño – Katerina Psegiannaki
Collaborators | VivaBicicletas – Corporea Escultura
Photographies | Lino Escuris
The PlazaBike is an urban trigger. A public space on the move. It introduces us the future crossroads of one of the most important urban developments of Madrid. The project joints in one same place and in real scale the current streets that at the moment are distanced between them, divided by a huge urban infrastructure.
The PlazaBike allows different activities and encounter places to unfold throughout the city. While most of the urban planning developments are presented in large meeting rooms, this urban development goes out to the streets looking forward to dialogue, listen and educate the neighbours. The PlazaBike borns with the purpose to transform ambitious and intangible urban developments in something close and domestic.
The design is based in an electric cargo tricycle in which a box of 1.3m x 1.2m x 1.45m is attached. The design of this box it’s a sum of corners of different materials. It’s volume of light weight is made of expanded polystyrene and covered with polyester and glass resin that stiffens the outer surface while maintaining the lightness of the material.
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