INSIDE OBERHAUS - DIRTY REALITY
05.09.17
Dirty reality
At first entry the students could not help to be somewhat shocked by the garbage in the hallway, the dirt on the floor and the walls and the unpleasent smell in the collective spaces of the Oberhaus. The building was clearly not well maintained by the inhabitants. This turned out to be a signal for the lack of collectivity in the building. The Oberhaus is a 'halfway house' a place people come with no other housing options. The inhabitants hardly have relationships or even contact with eachother. Their main ambition seems to be to move out again as soon as possible.
The first thing the participants of the workshop did was to buy cleaning products and firmly brush the hallway of the building. That action sparked two ideas for redirecting the neverending flow of garbage in the building in a positive direction.
At first entry the students could not help to be somewhat shocked by the garbage in the hallway, the dirt on the floor and the walls and the unpleasent smell in the collective spaces of the Oberhaus. The building was clearly not well maintained by the inhabitants. This turned out to be a signal for the lack of collectivity in the building. The Oberhaus is a 'halfway house' a place people come with no other housing options. The inhabitants hardly have relationships or even contact with eachother. Their main ambition seems to be to move out again as soon as possible.
The first thing the participants of the workshop did was to buy cleaning products and firmly brush the hallway of the building. That action sparked two ideas for redirecting the neverending flow of garbage in the building in a positive direction.
