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A Confined Place – a collective reflection

The blog “A Confined Place” contains photographs and texts produced by higher education students from La Salle School of Architecture, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, which reflect their experience with domestic and urban spaces in time of lockdown. A collective reflection about place in times of global confinement.

Check it at: https://aconfinedplace.wordpress.com/

 

Media Productions (Photographs & Videos):

Lost_and_found

Empty and covered with vegetation, this neighbouring swimming pool has become a trap where many item

Posted on December 23, 2020

Uninhabited_park

A public space that is normally full of people is now empty and uninhabited. When activity ceases,

Posted on December 23, 2020

Dessert

A schoolyard has been left empty, alone, with no children playing. We contemplate an abandoned place

Posted on December 23, 2020

Matryoshka’s_evolution

I made this cupboard house for my three-year old son because he can’t go to school and has to

Posted on December 23, 2020

Under_arrest

We are staying home from the beginning of March. We are under arrest... But the arrest is completely

Posted on December 23, 2020

Silence

I took this photo two days before the state of emergency. This restaurant was renovated and was abou

Posted on December 23, 2020

Envy

During the quarantine we began to appreciate things that otherwise we would have taken for granted,

Posted on December 23, 2020

The_sunny_side

The characteristic grid of Barcelona’s Eixample district loses some of its purpose without veh

Posted on December 23, 2020

Silence

Lisbon. My apartment is located in an avenue with rush-hour traffic, noise and people passing on the

Posted on December 23, 2020

Balcony drain #1

The arch (in the city) inside home. 

Posted on December 23, 2020

From_my_bathroom

Public space perceived from the inside of home. 

Posted on December 23, 2020

Working_with_the_master

During these days, the table we normally use for large meals or celebrations with friends has become

Posted on December 23, 2020

Dawn

A curtain, which prevents light from entering the room, announces that it is already daytime.

Posted on December 23, 2020

What_it_was_what_it_is

During this period of pause, we need to reflect on how to recover the harmony between built environm

Posted on December 23, 2020

Meeting point

The most common meeting point, a city’s main square, has no purpose now, at least for its huma

Posted on December 23, 2020

Shielded

We live in a frightened society that does not know how to react to an unexpected catastrophe. People

Posted on December 23, 2020

Multifunctional

In our daily lives we use different spaces for different activities. But in this situation of scarci

Posted on December 23, 2020

8:00 pm

Barcelona on a Friday at 8:00 pm, during the quarantine. Encouraging responsible citizens who stay a

Posted on December 23, 2020

Window

In this work space -my room, where I spend most of my time these days- the window, with that large b

Posted on December 23, 2020

Reclaimed classroom

During the lockdown, education finds a way of continuing through any digital device that coexists wi

Posted on December 23, 2020

Known neighbour

Even in a period of restricted freedom, we are still social animals. In this strange and surreal sta

Posted on December 23, 2020

Blur

This was one of the first pictures I took when we started quarantining. It was a photo taken almost

Posted on December 23, 2020

Face

I took a walk on a park close to my house. I needed to breathe. It had been more than a week without

Posted on December 23, 2020

Abandoned

This playground is left unused, as the children can no longer go outside to play. Since the pandemic

Posted on December 23, 2020