C.C.C.Cuisine
Partners: Pablo Bolumar, Thijmen Peters, Walter Mingledorff, Tin Ayala.Supported by G.G.z.E
Presented in the lichtorenplein during Design Academy Eindhoven examinations. (NL)
In De Grote Beek health center, people have access to facilities and activities that make them find their way in society. The patients are liberated from the pressure of work and the act of making is an activity of release in their everyday life. This contrasts with a society where work only supports productivity.
The GGzE could be seen as an ideal scenario where people have the freedom to do what they want focusing on their well-being. Could we learn from their way of functioning?
For our research process, we decided to focus on barbecues as a medium to enjoy the process of collective making and to maintain our peace of mind during the project. We wanted to focus on creating a context that enables us to explore ways of collaborative care.
Every Friday we built a barbecue together. During these days, the act of making was the most important thing, and everyone was involved. At the end of the day, we used these barbecues to share a collective meal, and we documented and reflected upon this. We compiled these reflections in a book and held a collective barbecue event during the final examination of Design Academy Eindhoven: our biggest source of mental exhaustion.
The result was a Manifesto booklet presented as documentation for the final design project for G.G.z.E. The booklet gives insights on the methodology process of making and community building taking the example of how clients at G.G.z.E take care of their mental health within the intitutional facilities. The booklet was printed and bookbinded by hand at Design Academy Eindhoven.
Look at the complete booklet ☞HERE