The initial point for the student project TraumRaum was the educational concept from the artists Fraenzi Neuhaus and Verena Lafargue for the basic primary school Sahligut. The concept was a approach to convey the young children a more sensible and tangible sense for space, construction, material and art. Therefore the students of the Sahligutschool received over the periode of one semester a weekly workshop, guided by different artists and professionals. At the end of the TraumRaum project the students presented their result at a public festival.
With this attempt Fraenzi Nauhaus and Verena Lafargue asked my new workplace, the Bern University of Applied Science, to support the TraumRaum project.
Together with Professor Christoph Sigrist, Research Assistant Marie-Laure Divoux, seven students from the Bachelor of Science in Wood Engineering and myself, we initiated an interdisciplinary student project to design and to implement a pavillon for the final festival. The only available material was PET, timber and textile. In the final week the pavillon had to be constructed together with the children of the Sahligutschool. Therefore the task was quite unusual for a student of Wood Engineering. During two workshops the bachelor students had a chance to give some constructive lectures to the children and to test
the children skills to understand and construct the design.
Before the Students came up with their final design we organised a project week with three Master Students of Architecture, who gave some good inputs. The interaction of Wood Engineers, Architects and the children from the Sahligutschool resulted in a interesting object, expressing the spirit of the project.
Credits to:
Organizer: Fraenzi Neuhaus, Verena Lafargue
Assistance: Professor Christop Sigrist, Research Assistant Marie-Laure Divoux, Research Assistant Peter Zock
Students of Bachelor of Science in Wood Engineering: Alex Leib, Armin Schauwalder, Beat Rückstuhl, Ben Dietermann, Christoph Angerhn, Daniel Rönz, Linda Kirchmann
Students of Architecture: Tinashe Key, Marc Kammermann , Elvira Constantin
My personal thanks to all who were involved and supported the project.
