membran

“membran“ is a public space intervention that questions how the urban is constructed. It searches for possibilities of grassroots reconstruction and invites playful interaction. The construction industry is responsible for almost a third of world's waste. "membran" repurposes what is otherwise thrown away. It transforms damaged tarpaulins into nets. Nets that are reimagining dead corners and convert them into spaces of interaction, encounter and play.

To create the nets, damaged tarpaulins collected from construction sites in Vienna are cleaned, cut and twisted into ropes following the traditional craft of rope making. "membran" produced over 1km of stable ropes, which were then knotted into triangular nets. The process of devaluing and revaluing material, from waste into the nets, echoes the building and re-building of contemporary urban spaces. “membran“ thereby challenges dominant assumptions on how to design and claim public space and invites everyone to climb, relax, and play with it.

Winner of the Social Design Award at Vienna Design Week 2023 & IF Student Design Award 2024

In collaboration with: Julia Hahnl, Julia Habarda and Tobias Kauer
images: Tobias Kauer

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Exhibited at Vienna Design Week 2023 , Klimabiennale Vienna (2024) & Kollektiv Kaorle (Since 2023)