An alternative urban furniture, a spinning chair, mobile shades, playful permanent structures not necessarily considered as playgrounds, designated for everybody regardless of age.

The swivel mechanism makes the structure different every single turn. Users might explore (individually or together) the spinning system. They can sit closer to each other or create more shade when turning the poles in specific directions.

The Tournette installation was developed during the training process of Trust in Play, the First European School of Urban Game Design, within the Nomadic Branch. This mentoring allowed to playfully explore new relationships of trust in cities and in Ouagadougou particularly.

The Tournettes were designed in Ouagadougou, with and for JUMP, which stands for “Jeunesse Unie pour un Mouvement Positif” (Youth United for a Positive Movement), a cultural association existing since 2009, within the frame of a project called Pocket Park.

progress

2019_10______Trust in Play training week in Athens
2020_01______initial ideas, need study
2020_04______concept  tournettes 
2020_05-06_____prototyping in front of the JUMPHUB and in Pocket Park

partners

Jakub Cigler Architekti –  EdgeRyders – Trust in Play – the European School of Urban Game Design – funded by Creative Europe – JUMP – Ciel K

team

The installation was developed during the training process of Trust in Play, the First European School of Urban Game Design, funded by Creative Europe, within the Nomadic Branch. This mentoring allowed to playfully explore new relationships of trust in cities and in Ouagadougou particularly.

Concept: Michaela Solnická Volná and Souleymane Ladji Kone
Design Detailing and Trust in Play Trainee: Michaela Solnická Volná
Trust in Play Mentor: Matteo Uggozini and Natalia Skoczylas
Trust in Play co-Trainees: Elizabeth Hudson, Mark Mushiva, Thibault Schiemann, Marina Kyriakou, Francine Dulong
Technical Consultant: Alexis Kaboré, Harouna Yanogo, president of JUMP, Stéphane Samandoulougou, technical director of JUMP
Manufacturing: Alexis Kaboré and his welding team, Adama Nana and his weaving team
Installation: Michel Tieba and his team
Stress-test: Brice Tieba, Flo, Asten, Déborah, Nadege, Hilari, Nemar
Photo and video models: Ladji Kone, Michel Tieba, Mr. Sana, Mr. Yacouba, Mlle Tieba, Mme Diawara
Photos: Soly Volná
Video: Udu Guebré, Wellby Production
Video editing: Soly Volná

in pictures

in motion

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