ZANZANSPOTProject
city can be a friend
service design/ co- design/ city/ sustainable design/ public space



05/2023- 12/2023
‘City can be a friend’ is a hands-on project that takes place in city spaces and aims to offer the possibility of building friendships between city inhabitant and city spaces. The concept of Friendship will be conveyed to the participants through practice. The art will bring thoughts about pleasure in life and express the abstract right to the city to the city society. The project will promote interaction and connection between city inhabitants and city space through light-hearted play. At the same time, the project will stimulate a critical discussion on contemporary city planning and inspire people to think about and intervene in city space. In addition, during the project, it was found that the project has the potential to promote exchange between different communities in the same city space as a reference for building inclusion and diversity in the city.



Research

 The research is based on London as the context of the study, with six different public spaces in London as the sites of data collection. The venues included in the study are all skateboarding spots and all have skateboarding community events. They are the main places that connect 'work' and 'leisure' in the daily lives of the public. Using psychogeography as a thread, the research explores the practice of building friendships in the city through the observational method of drifting. Situationism and psychogeography provide this study with a robust critique of contemporary urban spatial planning.
 The poster is made from a collage of discarded  sandpaper from the skateboard deck recycling process,  and the theme and values of the project are presented  on the poster through screen printing.
Psychogeographic Map



Materials

Skateboards are subject to wear and tear, with skateboarders needing a new board on average 2-3 months. Skateboards, however, are mainly made of multi-layered wood with glue trapped in them, which makes them challenging to recycle. The use of discarded skateboard decks as a material can contribute to the sustainable development of the skateboarding community and express the skateboarding culture through the graphic patterns and traces on the decks.There are two ways to get discarded skateboard decks. Skateboarders sometimes leave discarded decks around the skateboarding spots for those who need them to pick up. This is a spontaneous and sustainable activity by the skateboarding community. The other is donations from skateboarders. Many skateboarders have a habit of hoarding used decks, but these decks are often thrown away with them when they next move.


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