URBAN ARTEFACT, Protocell for the activation of abandoned public spaces in degraded neighborhoods

Sandra Yunuén Heredia Balcázar, Juan Carlos Lobato Valdespino
2020 Blucher Design Proceedings   unpublished
The work addresses the problem of the reactivation of abandoned or underused public spaces in degraded neighborhoods. It proposes for this the development and implementation of an urban artifact whose metaphor is the protocell. With the development of bottom-up mobile system protocols, it aims to influence a process of urban regeneration in marginalized neighborhoods. The case study is located in a peripheral area of the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. Designing, exploring and testing a
more » ... ile manufacturing artifact with a hybrid process of digital and analog technology, a performance installation that responds to the physical, social and human environment.
doi:10.5151/sigradi2020-135 fatcat:crnyait57bfnvdez6xygai5lcy