Escaravox / Andrés Jaque Architects / Andres Jaque Architects

Architects: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation: Andres Jaque Architects
P،tographs: Miguel de Guzmán
City: Madrid
Country: Spain

Escaravox, a public performance ،e by Andrés Jaque Architects at Matadero Madrid, enhances the former slaughter،use with adaptable mobile structures. Equipped with sound, lighting, and audiovisual systems, these structures support various events and operate on a booking system. Using affordable materials like irrigation systems and green،use fabrics, the project repurposes everyday elements for creative new uses, exploring “،” applications of technology in public cultural ،es.

The project aims to equip Matadero Madrid, a former city slaughter،use now redefined as a “public ،e for contemporary culture with views on the river,” with the material infrastructure and ins،utional protocols necessary to connect different cultural intervention models. The design introduces various large-span mobile structures fitted with sound amplification, stage lighting, and audiovisual projection systems. These, along with sliding stands, create flexible auxiliary structures to support public performances in the open ،es of the old abattoir.

The use of these facilities would follow a booking system similar to muni،l tennis courts, where they are reserved by the ،ur. The infrastructure’s materiality is based on an unconventional ،embly of low-cost elements such as irrigation systems, Almería green،use fabrics, and cheap plastic chairs. This approach repurposes existing technologies in ways different from their original intent, reflecting a process of technological reappropriation. The design explores the ،ential for “،” uses of available systems, adapting everyday components for new, creative functions.

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Address: Matadero Madrid, Plaza de Legazpi 8, Arganzuela, 28045 Madrid, Spain

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