Vora
Safe Occupiable Limit for Tactical Public Space Extension
VORA is a prototype to consolidate the temporary public spaces that have occupied streets in response to the COVID-19 crisis. It forms a limit that can be played on and appropriated, encouraging new uses for the public spaces that have been expanded in the areas near schools. VORA builds a safe boundary between cars and these new pedestrianized spaces, where users can engage in leisure, educational and cultural activities.
VORA is a system, not a specific object. Its size and layout can be adapted to any site to generate a safe limit that will protect and activate expanded pedestrian space. Once the system is installed, VORA’s plug-in components can be rearranged according to the needs of the site with the addition of slides, steps, benches or combined playscapes.
VORA aims to promote the appropriation of outdoor public spaces to increase the number of COVID-19 safe spaces.
Elisava Research: Roger Paez, Toni Montes, Manuela Valtchanova.
Elisava Students and Alumni: Mar Gené, Judith Tremosa, Selen Kurt, Inés Fernandez, Claudia Blanes, Morgie Shaban, Albert Sitges, Roger Guilemany.
External collaborators: Adrian López Rancaño,Eduard Riba de Palau
Elisava Fabrication Team: Noel Díaz
Assembly Team: Jaume Grau/Brava Performing Arts+ Elisava Students/Alumni