design and completion: 2016

service: unconventional assignment

temporality: years

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Dobročovice is a small village in Central Bohemia, not far from Prague. As in many other settlements of similar size, public space and neighborhood life are characterized by the significant transformation of the suburban areas of large cities. As part of a participatory collaboration with Dobročovice, I organized a workshop for the collaboratiove production of benches. During the design process, I continuously modified them according to the needs of the residents. It was important for me to show that there is no need to wait for a "top-down" intervention, but that many situations can be solved by a "bottom-up" approach. 

 

Design and construction: Alžběta P. Brůhová

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Help with construction: Klára Brůhová, Stanislava Brůhová, Jiří Vinter, residents of Dobročovice

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Photography: Stanislava Brůhová

 

Acknowledgements: Vít Šimek, Truhlářství Kryštof Kratochvíl