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Human Chair, Martin Azua

This Humanchair made by Martin Azua is one of the inspirations for this project. The Humanchair is a collective immaterial chair. An activity that
doesn’t require any material suport. The important thing are the relationships between people.

Nowadays people can meet each other in all kind of ways since our modern technology. Therefore a meeting place is something different than it was 50 years ago. Meeting people can happen through diverse media in a variety of forms. What does this mean for the social interaction? What are the consequences for the meaning of a ‘meeting place’? And what kind of meeting place would fit in the modern urban life?

News

10.02.2010 Final presentations

06.01.2010 First propositions

30.11.2009 Students visit Berlin

Mentors

Coen Dekkers (teacher Industrial Product Design, the Hague University), www.portal.hhs.nl
Jerszy Seymour (designer, Berlin), www.jerszyseymour.com

Participating university

Haagse Hogeschool, portal.hhs.nl

European Bench

Student workshop in cooperation with the Hague University
October 2009 - March 2010

Europe has become multicultural with new specifics, needs and wants. The question of diversity and identity is on everyone's mind; individuals, sub cultural groups, companies and government.

During one semester, as part of their Minor Global Design & Manufacturing, students from The Hague University will create concepts for inter-European meeting places in parks and squares in European capitals.The results are physical; by location, material, colors, construction ánd virtual; by the use of digital techniques such as online contact and webcams.
What can a European ‘meeting place’ facilitate to its users? Is it a place for individual contemplation, for social interaction, commercial exchange, or for study, information and innovation. Or can it facilitate all those purposes? What does modern urban life need? How can nature, economy, cultures (and sub-cultures) become part of the decision process for the design of such a meeting place.

Possible locations of the 'European Bench':
United Kingdom - Hyde Park, London
Sweden - Humlegården, Stockholm
Germany - Tiergarten, Berlin
France - Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
Italy - Villa Borghese, Rome
the Netherlands - Paleistuin, Den Haag

Participants project
The students are divided into six teams, this way various ideas will be created per city.

Den Haag
Karlijn Grevers
Saskia ten Napel
Max Stoppelenburg
Tally Gaon

Stockholm
Robie den Dulk
Vincent van Hoogdalem
Niels Klink
Thomas Stokhof de Jong
Evan Vink

London
Rick Al
Jasper Broersen
Azad Haqiqi
Rodny Heemskerk
Bas van Dijk

Paris
Ferry van Iperen
Wouter ter Stege
Krishen Tikai
Kasper van Vliet
Remy Domburg
Micha de Jong
Justin Straver
Randy Geraads
Anjana Meurs
Nathan Navarro

Rome
Marlous Ladan
Bahman Malakouti
Kristel Meijer
Hamid Chaudry
Dervin Sno

Berlin
Abdelilah Dahmich
Hewar Marif
Soroush Shobayri
Oscar van Wingen