Open air City Squares - space for art and communication

Abstract

Over the last few years, the theme of transforming the squares of Sofia into interactive art spaces has turned into a rather lively discussion between the social, the cultural circles, and the institutions, as well. Thus, the prime subject matter of the present study is the development of a creative project enabling the interaction between art and architecture, which has been assigned to students majoring in Architecture at University of Structural Engineering and Architecture "Lyuben Karavelov" (Visshe Stroitelno Uchilishte), Sofia. Within a year, the art-professors worked with the students on projects exploring a temporary interactive intervention with a specific function, on Slaveykov Square in Sofia. The practical module of the research project contains the following tasks: Investigating the real situation, collecting information about the historical past; Generating new ideas and approaches to innovative artistic solutions for the purpose of an interactive intervention in outdoor square spaces; Developing a general town-planning model (mockup) and authors projects’ models for a temporary intervention in an urban square space; Selecting the technology for model-making; Analysis of the final results achieved.