REVIU - Living Lab

In parallel with the exhibition, there will be a workshop on the concept of ‘New Approaches to Domestic Life’, which aims to move away from business dynamics in how design is talked about.

Designer Curro Claret and design and Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño’s architecture studio TAKK have created a ‘living lab’ that explores a possible kind of housing space made up of discarded furniture, reused materials, second-hand resources and assembled wooden boards.

The project will be conducted in collaboration with groups of people linked to different social organisations in Barcelona. They will focus on a re-think of housing needs, seeking other ways of living that are more appropriate given current social and environmental challenges. The format of this ‘living lab’ is based on the construction of an experimental show flat. On the museum floor, stencilled lines represent a generic domestic setting in the city: a 50 m2 flat with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom. The space will gradually be furnished over the course of the exhibition. In this way, it will bring to life an  experimental, alternative proposal that complements the idea of re-thinking our everyday physical environment. This participatory experience seeks to use the museum space to experiment with and suggest alternatives to the standardised, normative models of domestic furniture.