elDiario.es 13/11/2018 “The architect Sandra González has developed her work “La Ciudad del Mañana / A Vila do Mañá” in several Galician towns. It has one goal: to make cities more accessible to children and families. “Today’s children live in a box, they travel in a smaller box –the car– and they arrive at a larger box: the school, the shopping centre, the sports centre or the playgrounds. They do not know the city they live in.“ She has presented it at the Child in the City World Conference in Vienna: “I think it is not necessary to look outside our territory, we have an example of how a city can change and become livable: Pontevedra“.”
A publication collects the work carried out in the project “A Vila do Mañá”
Diario de Ferrol 06/10
The mayor, Jorge Suárez, and the Town Planning Councilor, María Fernández, accompanied by the architect Sandra González, presented yesterday the publication of the project “A Vila do Mañá” that was developed in Ferrol at the beginning of September in the streets of the center and in the Ballester Torrent.
“A Vila do Mañá” turns the little ones into architects and workers
Diario de Ferrol 06/09
On the third day of the workshop created by the Department of Urbanism, “A Vila do Mañá”, the registered boys and girls from 6 to 12 years old acted yesterday as architects and workers by carrying out different constructions in the Canton with boxes – around 200 – ceded by the GADISA group for this purpose.
The new pedestrian section of Calle Real is filled with children’s activity
Diario de Ferrol 05/09
The architecture and urban planning workshops that have been launched by the City Council, within the framework of the “A Vila do Mañá” project, led the participants in yesterday’s conference to learn about the new section that has been gained for pedestrians in royal street.
About a hundred children participate in the workshop “A Vila do Mañá” of Urbanism
Diario de Ferrol 04/09
In the Torrente Ballester center and in the streets of some of the most emblematic neighborhoods of the city, yesterday they were the workspace of some special urban planners and architects, the children.
A hundred children play with Ferrol in the ‘A vila do mañá’ workshops
ferrol360.es 03/09/2018
“Torrente Ballester Cultural Center welcomes from this Monday until next Friday the workshops of “A vila do mañá“, an initiative that arose in 2016 from a group of female architects and was recognized at the International Biennial of Education in Architecture.”
Children transform a wall next to the Aula da Natureza
La Opinión A Coruña 31/08/2018 “The organizers of this activity explain that in this way “a residual surface is invaded“ and they also point out that as long as the seeds do not germinate, the wall is full of colour due to the geotextile envelopes. The workshop proposes the temporary transformation of various public spaces in Arteixo.“
“Transforming cities with the little ones”
La Opinión A Coruña 29/08/2018 “More than fifty children from Arteixo take part in an architecture, urban planning and landscape workshop for children, in which the organizers try to draw attention to the cities that have been built in recent years. Sandra González, who is, along with her PØSTarquitectos team, one of those in charge of putting it into operation, says that one of the goals of this activity is to “generate identity“ among the little ones. In the workshop, children explain their vision of the municipality and draw the most outstanding elements for them: the Burger King, the sports centre, a supermarket and the park, according to González. They also propose how the locality should be.”
“A Vila do Mañá” transforms Fefiñans into an urban space for children’s play
Diario de Arousa 22/08
The Feniñans square is the setting this week for the activities of the “A Vila do Mañá” project. Led by a group of architects, it seeks to develop urban spaces for the enjoyment of pedestrians, exploring the ideas of design professionals with the concerns of a group of 250 children.
“A Vila do Mañá” continues growing: Cambados
La Voz de Galicia 22/08/2018 “What better way to learn and appreciate the heritage and architecture of the town rather than playing. The program “A vila do mañá“ is applying it. Yesterday it was in Fefiñáns and today, in A Pastora.”
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