escola 3000

From escola 3000, a space for collective reflection in educational centers is proposed on how architecture and its design modulate and intervene in power dynamics (gender, class, race...) through community theater resources.

With the arrival of a transport box of artistic pieces to the classroom, which is discovered to actually be a set of graphic and support elements for the activity, students are invited to experiment and imagine alternatives to the school building's architecture. In groups, school spaces are questioned and redesigned (playground, classroom, cafeteria, management, bathrooms...), making a common presentation of the new alternative school.

The group creative process is accompanied by dynamics and exercises of theater of the oppressed. This method based on Augusto Boal's practices is based on the representation of concepts and narratives by students, using their bodies and movements instead of words. "Conflict" scenes are proposed with which students explore and analyze body images that reflect the usual conflicts of their school and the new projected school is used to try to find alternative outcomes affected by the new space design.

This workshop was proposed and carried out during the 2024 course in several high schools in Mataró (IES laia l'Arquera: 1st year of Baccalaureate, Escola Freta: 1st year of CFGS in early childhood education, IES Miquel Biada: 4th year of ESO), within the framework of the Zona Intrusa 17" call of the MAC of Mataró.