Enrico Chinellato

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In Uganda, a country that denies the most natural of Human Rights, develop a place of protection and hospitality in a hostile situation is not a trivial act.
Starting from the passionate protests of activists for the rights of the ugandan LGBT community, to the cruel homophobic laws, everything speaks about an unceasing fight.
A journey, built in time and space, between desires and hopes, between dreams and tiny victories to be made head held high, step by step, aiming at great goals.
Beyond ignorance of religious extremism, besides the imposition of a culture that is not their own, beyond hatred and fear, there is a united and brave community that does not want to deny their own homeland, even when this last rejects her.
A community that does not give up, a struggle that continues.
On this basis, if on one hand would be natural think of an act of exclusive and constrictive protection induced by fear, on the other hand this would be counterproductive in order of a more far-reaching breakdown of discriminatory barriers.
It is therefore natural follow the fluid and twisted path marked by the LGBT community in the ugandan land.
A path that is a tale, a tale that includes and never excludes, and thus is able to receive and secure.
This project aims to be first of all a "work in progress", a strong and resolute concept, a programmatic action that becomes real volumetry only through the expert hands of the very community towards wich addresses.
This, along with an almost vernacular character, actualizes and connects this act within its native context.
An unconstrained flow turns into wall, the wall turns into space, and the space becomes a cluster of experiences and people, a place free from any discrimination.
A place to strengthen the sense of community through sharing, where break down the ignorance through culture and open dialogue, where it's possible to love and be loved without prejudices, where the variety is a virtue and not a fault.
A place to rediscover the Human Right to simply be themselves.

Enrico Chinellato

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CONCEPTS
Melting | Meeting
Two spiral spaces, equal and opposite, positive and negative, full and empty, identify the renewed connection between two communities, transcending any false dichotomy.

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Hospitality
A wall that is never an harsh bound, a space that compresses and expands itself, naturally encouraging hospitality and sharing, healing people and experiences.

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Protection | Care
While modulate itself in height, this sinuous organism provides different degrees of protection for different types of inhabited space, safeguarding, in its most central point, the heart of the LGBTQ community.

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Community Proxemics
The spiraling system acts, both conceptually and materially, as a continuous temporal and spatial filter between proxemic distinct areas, variously relating the external community with the internal one, and back.

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Cooperation | Participation
As a symbol of love and strength, a sign of action and reaction, the community, by cooperating, can physically build this shelter by itself, using local raw materials and the traditional building methods of the place.

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Acceptance Through Time
A glance towards the future, a gesture that expands in space and time, aiming to knock down any gender discrimination, globally guaranteeing the freedom of being oneself in a world without constriction.

Enrico Chinellato

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