Architects:The Scarcity and Creativity Studio

Year :2016

Student Team : Åsmund Amandus Steinsholm, Cecilia Sundt, Guro Langemyhr, Jan Kazimierz Godzimirski, Magdalena Georgieva Alfredova, Magnus Hermstad, Synnøve Solberg, Jørgen Joacim Høy, Therese Andrea Nygaard, Torunn Oland Stjern, Vilde Vanberg, Viola Ulrika Kristin Svens, Wilma Hiemstra, Yaohan Yu

Teachers : Christian Hermansen Cordua, Solveig Sandness, Joseph Kennedy

Collaborators : Torgeir Blaalid, Finn-Erik Nilsen

Sponsors : Lund & Slaatto, Nordic, MAD, 4B Arkitekter AS, ØKAW, Byggindustrien, Astrup & Hellern Architects, LPO, Lund Hagem, Flakk

Client : Municipality of San Cristobal, Galapagos

City : Puerto Baquerizo Moreno

Country : Ecuador

The Municipality of San Cristobal, Galapagos, asked The Scarcity and Creativity Studio to build a shade shelter with showers as part of the municipal project to refurbish and build new facilities in the main beach of Baquerizo Moreno Port. The project was designed and build in a period of slightly more than two weeks. The reasons for the short design/build period are explained below.

Having arrived in Galapagos to find that the project we were prepared to build had to be cancelled (see: http://scs.aho.no/the%20wall.htm), the SCS team had financing, four weeks in Galapagos, and no project. We then approached several local institutions with a view to obtaining a commission to design and build a project. Four possible projects emerged from this initiative: 1. A bridge over a causeway in a new park the Municipality of San Cristobal was building. 2. A building for yoga training in the highlands 3. A police tower to catch cattle thieves. 4. A shade shelter in Playa Man.