In 2015 Hello Wood has invited 150 practicing architects, academics and students to take part in Project Village; an architectural experiment that redefines the concept of the village. Although the village is an outgrowth of its own socio-political, historical and environmental context over a long period of time, Project Village asked the question whether this process can be addressed differently: Can settlements generate their own context over a relatively short period of time? Participants were searching for new methods in real-time masterplanning; practiced the craft and politics of actual building and constructed a community that established its own, possibly a new type of, village. Units of a traditional village where approached from a community perspective in a contemporary form: Among the 15 installations were a Migrant House, a Rolling Pub, a Village Cinema, and even a residential building depicting the cycle of birth and death.
Project Village 2015 is the first phase of a 3-year-long architectural endeavor. During the first phase the creators have established a Village that’s primarily focusing on engaging with communities, generating social interactions and testing it as a public space.
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, Gábor Somoskői
