The assignment of this brilliant 2-day workshop:
-the construction of our own gypsy camp in the backyard of the faculty-
Day 1: hours of discussion of how to organize an idyllic settlement for 37 people and the gathering of leftovers and garbage in our direct environment. Sounds simple, but it turned that organisation and quietness are incredibly difficult to achieve.
Day 2: arguments with security gards, constructing the optimal dwelling, the creation of the communal spaces and warm around the campfire.
The end? No, of course not.
Putting oneself in the position of somebody else does not stop when it is getting dark and freezing. Construction of one own's dwelling as exercise is easy when you can always step out and go to your warm home, packed with food and pillows. Construction for survival, that is what those people do. Preparing cheap nutricious food in a primitive way. Being alert all the time. And so we did.
Our dwelling is of course the ugliest one, but more important, also the warmest. Elevated and insulated foundation, protection from the wind and rain by means of plates and a sail, the use of surroundings like the trees and hill and easy to construct.
Campfires are good to warm up human bodies, but also for potatoes, beans and sausages. Full stomachs, the fire slowly going out, time to sleep.
How deed we survive?
- 1 ugly dwelling
- 3 brave students
- 3 complete winter wardrobes
- 2 blankets
Two hours of sleep approximately, frozen toes, stiff limbs, sniffing noses, a lot of jokes, but also with a warm hart. Surviving in these circumstances (1,6 degrees and a soft breeze) with two persons less than an inch beside you is very special. Maybe this remarkeble warm feeling in my hart would not occur when the situation was real, I don't know. At least we experienced a very small part of what millions of people in the world are facing everyday.
That is what this workshop is about; try to imagine how those people are suffering. And so we did.
I am very glad we stayed overnight.
Geraldine and Stephan thanks for the company! (and the bodyheat)
-the construction of our own gypsy camp in the backyard of the faculty-
Day 1: hours of discussion of how to organize an idyllic settlement for 37 people and the gathering of leftovers and garbage in our direct environment. Sounds simple, but it turned that organisation and quietness are incredibly difficult to achieve.
Day 2: arguments with security gards, constructing the optimal dwelling, the creation of the communal spaces and warm around the campfire.
The end? No, of course not.
Putting oneself in the position of somebody else does not stop when it is getting dark and freezing. Construction of one own's dwelling as exercise is easy when you can always step out and go to your warm home, packed with food and pillows. Construction for survival, that is what those people do. Preparing cheap nutricious food in a primitive way. Being alert all the time. And so we did.
Our dwelling is of course the ugliest one, but more important, also the warmest. Elevated and insulated foundation, protection from the wind and rain by means of plates and a sail, the use of surroundings like the trees and hill and easy to construct.
Campfires are good to warm up human bodies, but also for potatoes, beans and sausages. Full stomachs, the fire slowly going out, time to sleep.
How deed we survive?
- 1 ugly dwelling
- 3 brave students
- 3 complete winter wardrobes
- 2 blankets
Two hours of sleep approximately, frozen toes, stiff limbs, sniffing noses, a lot of jokes, but also with a warm hart. Surviving in these circumstances (1,6 degrees and a soft breeze) with two persons less than an inch beside you is very special. Maybe this remarkeble warm feeling in my hart would not occur when the situation was real, I don't know. At least we experienced a very small part of what millions of people in the world are facing everyday.
That is what this workshop is about; try to imagine how those people are suffering. And so we did.
I am very glad we stayed overnight.
Geraldine and Stephan thanks for the company! (and the bodyheat)
pure architectural beauty
how many sausages do you see?
beans are not only nutricious
1 comment:
I don't think your house is ugly at all.
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