Live Forever / The Return of the Factory

Live Forever: The return of the Fafactory We propose a building for 1,600 inhabitants located within the Telliskivi Creative Campus, a triangular site, adjacent to Balti Central Station and completely surrounded by railway lines. The site is already occupied by a former electronics production plant which has been recently transformed into a cultural hub. Our proposal acknowledges the existing state of the area and complements it with living and working facilities. The proposed building appropriates the main pavilion of Balti Station as the main access to the area. Proponemos un edificio para 1.600 habitantes ubicado dentro del Campus Creativo de Telliskivi, un lugar triangular, adyacente a la Estación Central de Balti y completamente rodeado de líneas ferroviarias. El sitio ya está ocupado por una antigua planta de producción de productos electrónicos que se ha transformado recientemente en un centro cultural. Nuestra propuesta reconoce el estado actual de la zona y la complementa con instalaciones para vivir y trabajar. El edificio propuesto se apropia del pabellón principal de la estación Balti como el acceso principal al área. Asked what they want to become in the future, circa 60 percent of the young people living in the city of Berlin answered that they want to become artists. This is an astonishing statistical fact, that tells us more about our ethos than any sociological and economic inquiry. If once being an artist was being a social outsider, today it has become a widespread form of life. Being an artist today does not mean being a painter, a sculptor or even an experimental or conceptual artist. To be an artist means to be a producer in the wider sense of the term. To be an artist is more about assuming a way of living that is flexible and does not obey to predetermined job descriptions.