In order to anchor the Rurapolis project as a rite of initiation in the territory, the construction of a basic module of our Rurapolis Plateforms was planned during our Summerschools. The Rurapolis Platforms at the Pozu Espinos are the second edition of the Summerschool programme.
During the Rurapolis construction workshop, artefacts were created that resonate with the Pozu Espinos, a former mining shaft located in the inner Asturian Valley of Turón.
The Rurapolis Platforms are structures created from materials taken from the ground and grafted onto the existing buildings and ruins– primarily platforms for exchange and for disseminating the Rurapolis, they are evolving in tandem with its territorial development.
We experimented with various techniques using raw earth, including rammed earth and - in immersion into this year's contexte, traditional Asturian construction methods such as "cebatu".
The artefact created will be exhibited in the framework of the upcoming Rurapolis exhibition.