the scarcity and creativity studio develops public event space in valparaiso, chile

the scarcity and creativity studio develops public event space in valparaiso, chile
all images courtesy of the scarcity and creativity studio

sitio eriazo is a collective whose aim is to recover empty and abandoned urban spaces in the chilean city of valparaiso. founded in 2012, members of the non-hierarchical group are recent graduates from theater, art and architecture schools. in 2015, sitio eriazo invited the scarcity and creativity studio — a design and build organization within the oslo school of architecture and design (AHO) — to help develop a tight urban plot of land. 

the open air theater has been constructed almost entirely from timber

before the project began, sitio eriazo cleared the site of all rubbish and built provisional closures to restrict access from the street. the brief was to design a flexible events space that could accommodate theater, circus, and music performances. in addition, the scheme — which became known as ‘the wave’ — had to include cooking facilities to both prepare and serve food during events. the finalized plan also includes space for workshops, providing room for the community to realize their personal projects. a small vegetable garden is also provided, allowing sitio eriazo to plant vegetables and herbs, which can later be used in the kitchen.

shaded areas of the plan are found beneath the bleachers 

the scheme also includes areas for cooking and eating

‘the wave’ took its name from the undulating seating arrangement  

a live performance taking place 

the site forms a natural amphitheater 

floor plan 

axonometric diagram

project team:

staff: christian hermansen cordua and solveig sandness
students: anna gran berild, eva de meersman, truls glesne, timothy hancock, morten jakobsen, hauk jonathan lien, paul-antoine lucas, carolina martins, malen sønvisen moe, ida gjerde nordstrøm, ragnhild e. osbak, fu tung sze, silje træen, clara trivino massó, vilde vanberg, yinan zhang