A DIWO design-and-construction workshop that upcycles recovered materials to convert them into naturban prototypes inserted in local neighbourhoods to start a learn-by-doing-process to add quality of life to the future of the City and citizens.

1. NatUrban gadgets LAB
Barcelona, 2014
WASTEnity 2014
NatUrban gadgets LAB is a DIWO design-and-
construction workshop that upcycles recovered
materials to convert them into urban prototypes
inserted in local neighbourhoods to start a learn-
by-doing-process to add quality of life to the
future of the City and citizens.

2. CONCEPTS1

3. City..?
wikipedia & google

4. ..or Territory?
wikipedia & google

5. City as territory..
London City Hall
administrates 11.000 acres
of green spaces
cityoflondon.gov.uk

6. lostinlondonmagazine.com
.. City as an ecosystem

7. lostinlondonmagazine.com
..City as an experience
To ADD quality of life to citizens

8. CONTEXT
wikipedia & google
2

9. wikipedia & google
La Pau
neighbourhood in Barcelona..

10. google
Open Spaces

11. Cultural-Social building

12. Ajuntament de Barcelona, piramidon.com, fagic.org, zumba Isabel gonzalez, aturats en moviment, avlapau.org
Pro-Active Community

13. Close to the river
Parc fluvial besos+ fotobirding.blogspot.com.es
Presence of a wide variety of birds

14. GOAL of the course3

15. BIRD HOUSE
?
DESIGN

16. DESIGN
BIRD HOUSE
nah!

17. Funcional
BIRD HOUSE
ASSIGN Place + DESIGN + BUILD…
ARCHITECTONIC
ELEMENT
Interactive
Atracts multi-users
(humans, birds…)
Selfsufficient
Estrategic

18. 151x26cm
…with the following RESOURCES:
20WOOD panels, SCREWS
(remnants of a model factory)
5PEOPLE
(you guys!)
1DRILL, 1HANDSAW
(pencil, tape measure, level)
MATERIAL TOOLS FORCE/TIME
1HR brainstorming
6HR construction
20HR design
3HR jury

19. estherrovira.com
Naturban experience…to slowly construct the:

20. DESIGN4

21. Andrea Corbie
13-
14
cm
12-
18
cm
400
m

22. PROTOTYPE design

23. INSTRUCTIONS
recovered panels 26,2cm x 151,2cm
12ut

24. FINAL RESOULT5

29. PROCESS6

30. day 1
day 2 day 3
day 4
LECTUREWELCOME!
BRAINSTORM
with neighbours
PRESENTATIONS
to neighbuors
JURY
by neighbours RE-DESIGN FINAL OPTION CARPENTER CLASS
BUILD UP
DETAILS LIGHTING
HAND IN
to neighbours
CELEBRATE
with neighbours!

31. FUTURE OPORTUNITIES7

32. This Naturban gadget makes the
asociation’s building terrace to have
the legal perimeter height.

33. This Naturban gadget makes the
asociation’s building terrace to have
the legal perimeter height.
Other actions should be designed in
phases within a long term project to
make the terrace be total accessible.

34. Esther Rovira Raurell
Other actions should be done within a
long term project to make the terrace
be total accessible.
PHASE 2
Repair Facade Pathologies
to: ADD wall activities
PHASE 3
Reinforce Slab’s load limit
to: ADD larger groups activities
PHASE 1
Increase Height of the Perimiter
to: Outter exhisting activities and
ADD outdoor activities

35. Esther Rovira Raurell
This will allow more uses that will
strengthen the community while
learning how to get to the Naturban
Experience.

36. Gracias!
REFERENCES
Urbanhabitats.org
Urbanhabitats.eu
Audubondportland.org
Recetasurbanas.net
Todoporlapraxis.es
Arquitecturascolectivas.net
Zuloark.com
Basurama.com
Workshop Design, Production and Coordination:
Esther Rovira Raurell
Marc Binefa
Daniel Martinez
AvLaPau.org
Students and authors of the propousal:
Andrea Corbie
Jose Antonio Hernandez
Myvell Mahfoud
Victor Martinez
Marco Sessa