This Camper shop in Barcelona (in Triangle shopping mall in Catalunya square) it has been done by a group of six "ex homeless" people (José, Nicolai, Miguel, Valerio, Aurelio and Jose) from Arrels Fundació, institution that helps homeless people. Before that job, we already did some work together with "la pieza" project, making some furniture reusing found pieces of wood collected from the street.
The shop has been a further step, a great opportunity, involving all of them not just in the construction of the interior, but also in participating and taking certain decisions in the design itself.
To make it done, we have been reusing most of the materials employed, some of them from the previous shop, and others like found wood from the street or old shoestrings, posters and leather from Camper stocks out of use.
To show and explain the process of the project, Miguel Fuster (one of the members of the team, 15 years living in the street) did some drawings printed on wood (also found in the street) and they are hanged in the entrance of the shop. The place has been opened at the beginning of September 2012..
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