Oush Grab (The Crows Nest)
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Who: Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR) Organized by architects, Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizmann
When: 2010- present
Where: Beitsahour, Palestine
What:
- Oush Grab was evacuated in 2006
- A hilltop military site
- Reclaimed Oush Grab as a public space
- Planned to convert to multi use park
- Israeli settlers marked with graffiti
- Birds began nesting there, DAAR drilled holes into the building to make it into an observatory and nesting place
Why:
- DARR examines the reuse of existing buildings
- They call this process the, Revolving Door Occupancy
- To create useful out of something no longer used
Hotel Fuentes De Ebro
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Who: Lara Almarcegui and Begona Movellan
When: 1997
Where: Fuentes de Ebro
What:
- Converted abandoned train station into hotel
- Was free to stay and was booked throughout the week it was open
- Used only a $400 grant to renovate
- Village residents donated furniture and electricity
- Artists got permission to only create an exhibition space, not a hotel
- Asked the participants to hide their luggage
Why:
- To bring people to the small village
- Highway runs right through village but not many stop
- To explore building relationships with the community
Similarities
- Repurposed abandoned and unused buildings
- Built relationships within community due to interactions
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