Turismo. Espacios de Ficción
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And suddenly
it's calm
We have time
We can go wherever we want
Time to rest
to have fun
What do you do
in your holidays?
Tourism. Ficticious spaces
We are in the Montcada DHUB
and its the first show
of DHUB design that is called:
'Tourism.Ficticious Spaces'
We're talking about tourism because
its the biggest economic activity
of the world
It's an industry capable of fulfilling
all our desires
capable of building them
reproducing them
the media,publicity, the cinema
Going to theme parks
themed cities
new projects.
To see who is behind this
materialization of
our desires
We're going to see this exposition
Of course!
Hi Vicente!
Gina, How are you doing?
I'm very well, and you?
Great
I have a question
Does ficticious tourism exist?
I suppose so
It's what many people intend to do
when they travel around the world
but I find it quite interesting.
Tourism where people
go to places where they already know
what they are going to find
what they want to find in themselves
what they have in their home
it's quite interesting
It's more interesting then tourism
where people go to find out, to learn
they dont want to appropriate the place, but
to enjoy it without posessing it
They look for diversity more than
revisiting what they are already familiar with
In the last few years
the tourism of the masses
has tried to domesticate places
to make them safe
quiet
repetitive.
However, now a different kind of tourism is developing
a much more intelligent one
where people want
to discover places
without changing them.
They want to learn
about differences
to get to know the world
I think the great thing is that
the world is diverse
and it should continue to be so.
Since the mid twentieth century
the tourism of sun and beaches has been
one of the great urbanizors
of the coasts.
The coasts
are full of different architecture
On one hand they reflect
the style of each era
and on the other hand
they show up how
society understands
leisure time and how
it makes use of this free time
The spas, the villas
the hotels
casinos for the aristocracy
even artificial islands
as the idea of paradise
All these architectural styles conform
to illustrate
how the turist industry has gone
that respond to
the culture and economy
of each moment.
Does 21st century tourism exist?
I think we have to create
structures to look after people
but at the same time
we have to do it with principles
and processes that are
very localized
I think we have to look for this
local excellency so that
going to Siberia or the Amazon
or to take a boat
or go to space are very different
experiences
Will we eventullay lose Las Ramblas?
Las Ramblas have begun
quite a dramatic process
where in reality
it was appropriate
for a series of
unkown people.
I think that the English
that come to drink
in an English pub in Barcelona
to watch a tv
or a game of English football
is something ridiculous.
It's fundamental that
cities mantain their identity,
and make their surroundings more alive
diverse and lively places,
dinamic, intelligent.
tourist come along lost
in the cities they go around with maps.
what will future maps be like?
Maps have stopped being
mere static tools
and have become interactive
platforms that store information.
In such a way that it changes
the consumer's habits.
As a tourist you're not only
looking at and consuming
a type of information
but through your actions
you are giving out information
so that another
may use this same information
We have different projects
that discuss introducing
certain categories on the internet
You choose the amount of time you have,
the program redraws
the whole geography.
That's how a new map appears
that adapts to your possibilities.
A project of MIT where
through tools like
the mobile phone, you can generate
all the information
through which
you can build an entire map.
A project of the Notte Bianca,
in Rome,
where in real time
through the use of a mobile
you can see on some maps
displayed around the city
how many people there are
in each place of interest.
So you can decide
what you want to do:
Go to one place or another.
It's an important tool
not just for the tourist
who uses it,
but also for
public transport, the police,
so they know how to react
in the most flexible way.
Cities smell.
What would you prefer?
Berlin Mitte or the aroma
of Berlin Tempelhof?
We have projects that talk of
a change of senses.
Specifically a project
created by Sissel Tolaas, a Norwegian artist
that explores the relationship between
the smell, the place,
the experience.
She produces urban perfumes
of different districts
in European cities.
Another project,
' Tactical Sound Garden'
uses mobiles
that combine with a series of hot spots
in the city
where by approaching them
they let off a sound
or a noise,
and you go following these points.
So you create a new itinary
within the city.
Then we have
gastronomical tourism.
I'm hungry!
How important is nature
and landscapes in tourism?
People travel
to get to know diverse places,
so nature and landscapes
is a big attraction.
But in itself
it doesnt geenrate touristic activity.
This is generated through
activities
developments
what you can do
inorder to eat, rest,
reflect, etc.
The architecture should be as diverse
in which it is established.
The buildings should be
capable of reacting to
the climatic conditions,
and environment to make
that place habitable.
Tourism has stopped being an excue
to generate profits and has
become a possibility
to generate infrastructures
that offer benefits and
have a bigger repercussion
for the place where they are.
The 'Wave Garden' of Yusuke Obuchi
is a floating maritime park
that at the same time
is also an electric generator.
Depending on
the quantity of energy that
is consumed during the week,
the park sinks or
raises to the surface.
Depending on my environmental responsibility
there can be
a park at the weekend
or it can disappear.
The floating tourism project:
Mermaid Island created by
a danish arquitect Julien De Smedt
is a floating resort.
They developed it on the premise
that the changes taking place in the world
happen so quickly...
Changing economies and politics,
climatic changes,
that the whole holiday concept
has to have flexibility
to adapt itself
at any moment
to the situation at hand.
With this concept,
the resort itself will travel
from one place to another.
And that thing that looks like a space ship?
What is it?
In Taiwan in the fishing port
of Fugee
we are building a
a new fish market
and some restaurants
to be able to value
the place that has
excellent fish and products
but a with whose touristic
infrastructures are deficient.
The building that we have designed
is a building that tries
to create a microclimate
using the strengths of the place.
What we do is,
given that the temperature is high,
we allow a movement of air
de achieve greater
thermal sensation.
For this we ahve created
all these containers
with chimnies
and what they do is make
the air escape quickly
and the people that are
here in the shade,
have a nice feleing.
We are sendentry
with the desire to be nomadic,
and discover unique and
incredible places.
We have the desire to get to know
our environment
And although this isnt genetic
it is inate.