RAVALoritza is one of the winning projects of the "ciutat proactiva 2022", a call for aid for urban innovation from the BIT habitat Foundation. It is a project of participatory design and co-creation of furniture for the space of the youth group of the Casal dels Infants del Raval in collaboration with Raons Públiques, experts in facilitation of participatory processes and transformation of urban environments.

With the participatory process, and based on the principles of the circular economy, the project aims to meet the needs and find solutions regarding the furniture of the center and also contribute to the empowerment of young people in a situation of vulnerability. Young people have an active role in all stages with the aim of promoting decision-making, personal and professional development and technical training in different fields. During the process, mapping of resources and waste were carried out at the local level, committed to reducing the environmental impact with the use of recycled materials and Km0.

The result of this process has been a series of different furniture elements made of three types of waste, recovered wood, recycled plastic and discarded jeans. In total, there were co- fabricated a modular sofa with denim cushions and signage, an old bookcase has been modified to have a new storage use and the old furniture has been redistributed improving the use of the Casal's space.

The last objective has been the creation of an open source guide that hosted the entire participatory process and the deliverables generated so that the resulting project serves as a pilot program applicable in other contexts, institutes and educational spaces.

Finally, as a final objective, an open source guide has been implemented, encompassing the entire participatory process and the deliverables generated so that the resulting project serves as a pilot program applicable in other contexts, institutes and educational spaces. A documentary made by Juan Zapata narrates the entire process of these months of work with young people.

The results were presented during the Fixing the Future event at the Disseny Hub Barcelona and the project concluded with an open-door event in the Casal dels Infants during the week of Innova Week Barcelona. On both occasions the public had the opportunity to see the project and the guide.


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