LIKEarchitects shared with us their project BusStopSymbiosis. This project is one of the five artistic interventions selected by Scott Burnham to emerge in downtown Porto as part of the event Bairro Criativo* launched by ADDICT on 24 May 2010. It was awarded with the first prize. Competitors were asked to think of temporary structures for the public space aiming to improve people’s daily life in the city. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
BusStopSymbiosis is as urban happening were a temporary strange and colourful installation lives on an ordinary bus stop creating a relationship beneficial for both structures. It’s a new urban equipment that aims not only to increase the sitting space of the existing bus stop, but also to entertain those who are still waiting for their transportation as well those who are just walking nearby.
Being totally digitally conceived and produced using computer-numerically controlled cutting (CNC) processes on the OPO’Lab Fab’Lab, the 95 geometrically variable components were completely fabricated within few days. Looking like a red LochNess monster BusStopSymbiosis created general admiration, surprise and curiosity during its week lifetime. Is it a bench? Is it a piece of art? Is it a huge magazine rack? Some national televisions were on site to record the moment.
Architects: LIKEarchitectes / Diogo Aguiar + Teresa Otto
Location: Largo dos Lóios, Porto, Portugal
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
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- Photographs by Dinis Sottomayor, Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, Manuel Magalhães and OPOLab
lochness monster + chair = bus stop installation!
“Is it a bench? Is it a piece of art? Is it a huge magazine rack?”
none of the above. just an uncomfortable-looking obstacle for people getting on/off the bus.
honestly i don’t get the point.
There’s no point! This is just what you do when you’ve got nothing else to do.
A M A Z I N G !!!!
Very original idea! And the pics look great too….
First prize for creating the best obstacle for embarking and debarking from the bus? Seriously, this is just a very bad idea and does nothing to engage or social enhance as per the requirement. Was it even a requirement? What really is the point of this objet d’farce?
….oh well at least the office was able to keep 4 people working for a couple days as they prepared this.
You’d be peeved if you paid for that advertising space its covering up
then what is meant to be a symbiotic element becomes a parasite.
cute and lovely!
make the city less boring!
It’s like nessie swam down from Scotland and got tired waiting for the bus and went to sleep…only his mysterious skeleton remains for urbanites to trip on after exiting das Bus
just don’t call it architecture…
Very impressive idea! They should create a lot of furniture basic on this item. I would buy them!
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