Plug-in For Rehab Workshop target to `rehabilitate` existing buildings through small scale interior wooden units. It is manifesto of `between furniture and architecture.` Independence from the main building structure, plug-in wooden units aim to create space to activate its surroundings. This workshop projects design for Macao Milano where is former slaughter house of food market Milan that is squatted by independent artists who are performing their shows and gathering time to time. We target to serve of their usage.

Second phase of the workshop Plug-in for Rehab, three projects out of eight teams are selected democratically by voting everyone. Constructed projects are open to public as an exhibition and experiencing them during 10/23 – 11/3/2019.

[PROJECT SITE]
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Macao Milano
Nuovo Centro per le Arti, la Cultura e la Ricerca / New Center for Arts, Culture and Research
Macao is an independent center for art, culture and research.
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Viale Molise 68 Milan Italy

[PROJECTS]

CHA 1st Prize: Cha means `tea` in Chinese. It inspired from tea gathering in Asia and structurally referring to Katsura Villa in Kyoto. It is neutral space, which consists two floors. Serve as meditation, sleeping, small gatherings, stage and other self usages.

Design:
Eugenio Chironna (Italy)
Martina Caleragi (Italy)
Nadya Buelli (Italy)
Jingtu Chen (China)
Construction:
Samuel Paul Torre (Australia)
Anna Lotti Linnea Sjndstrom (Sweden)
Konstantinos Kapranis (Greece)
Petar Delgyanski (Bulgaria)
Anna Pelevkova (czechia)

NOMAD 2nd Prize: Nomad structure inspired to be re-arrangeable by customer usage purpose each time. It has frame structure by wooden studs and modular plywood surfaces. Can be used as audience seat for stage performance, seating, self-time space, with shelve, storage even sleeping area.

Design:
Ana Kapsarova (Macedonia)
Eliza Del Castillo (Philippines)
Serap Sonmez (Turkey)
Construction:
Yiqing Liu (China)
Meng Jiaqi (China)
Laura Padron Rodriguez (Spain)
Dalila Angela Giampietro (Italy)
Imge Duzgun (Turkey)
Amrita Batra (India)


MILIEUSE 3rd Prize: MilieUse directly think about being sleeping unit. But not as regular sleeping unit, it has special sunken area, which can be seating and working space for user. Casters is helping to move the unit where it want to be.

Design:
Gabriel Maslen (United States)
Laine Lazda (Latvia)
Joanna Abbas (Lebanon)
Construction:
Caterina Sauciuc (Romaina)
Zvan Giada (Italy)
Pasero Alessandro(Italy)
Andrea Velkoska(Macedonia)
Matej Paladin (Montenegro)