A walk to experience and reflect together on how it is to take care of our children outside the home.

Activity carried out within aUPA Project framework.

September /2.017

 

Facilitate and enhance child rearing beyond the domestic sphere and personal networks by developing a new typology of outdoor facilities designed to engage children and their caregivers in quality experiences in public spaces.

 

A walking itinerary to identify the public spaces that are used in childcare tasks as those spaces and aspects that are problematic for this daily activity.

We explored a series of vacant lots, and unused spaces, analyzing their potential to be exploited as public spaces.

 

It was a walk with children, mothers, fathers, grandmothers, aunts, people who take care of other people... on foot, in a stroller, and aUPA.

 

CARE NARRATIVES

New radars evolve when we take care of other people. Looking for ramps, avoiding narrow paths or crossings without traffic lights. Many times taking the longest way becomes the norm, due to accessibility issues, or looking for shade...

Planning every trip outdoors. Carrying a lot of weight on the body. We have to solve everything on our own.

Obviously, the city does not respond to these everyday life needs and does not make it easy to care for and raise children outside the home.

 

This was an activity carried out jointly by aUPA Project and the elective course "Women, Gender and Habitat" of the School of Architecture & Urbanism of the National University of Tucumán.

 

This project is supported by three pillars:

 

01_The Temporary-Use approach for Urban Voids as public space

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02_The DIY Parenting friendly Pop-Up Urban Furniture production [aUPA Kits]

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03_The Parenting supporting networks generation

 

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Urban Void + aUPA Kit + Parenting Supporting Networks

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aUPA Space

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#Placemaking

#TacticalUrbanism

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