CASES OF SUCCESS

ELKARTOKI

CLIENT

Basque Government

YEAR

2016

SERVICE

Consulting

SPECIALTY

Services design

ASSIGNMENT

The schoolyard is the first public space many boys and girls ever experience. The design and features of these spaces, as well as the uses given to them, notably influence these boys’ and girls’ behaviour. They are normally hard, standardized spaces that do not meet the needs of the children.

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Elkartoki is a programme that falls under the schoolyard, whose intent is to transform the space with items that improve community dynamics and relations. The programme proposes analysing the schoolyard, reflecting on it and imagining possible actions to finally physically transform it, placing the school community, and specifically the students, at the centre of the creation process.

Through different Design workshops, artistic workshops and meeting and coEducation and participation spaces, Art and Design are also addressed, influencing the physical transformation of the schoolyard as a means of going deeper in these issues. Therefore, by means of a programme structured into different blocks, children carry out artistic work to influence the schoolyard: students guide the content of the reflection on current schoolyard spaces, develop and agree on the new design, and finally build it physically.”

SOLUTION

In 2014-2015, two Elkartoki experiences were carried out at the Zabala de Getxo school and at the Ikastola Karmelo of Bilbao. With both experiences, a three-month pilot programme was implemented, culminating in the ephemeral transformation of part of the schoolyard.

In 2015-16, the programme took place at San Nikolas Ikastola (Getxo). This year, a more extensive, nine-month programme was proposed, with the possibility of longer time intervals for artistic creation and creativity. In total, 450 students participated in 130 workshops that led to the transformation of three schoolyard spaces.

CREDITS

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Finalist Project in City to City Barcelona FAD Awards 2016: http://fad.cat/citytocity/6/#/

Experience recognized and introduced in forums and meetings:

  • Tabakalera Donostia, 2016
  • UEU summer course, 2016

OTHER CASES OF SUCCESS

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