PORTABLE PUBLIC SPACE: New Public Space Formats for the Navire Avenir Rescue Ship

Navire Avenir is an international project to design and build a rescue ship for the Mediterranean, promoted by Sébastien Thiéry (Pôle d’Exploration des Ressources Urbaines). One of the main objectives of this action based research project is to propose new approaches to the European refugee crisis through design practices of care. In the second iteration of our collaboration with Navire Avenir, we address the design of simple, adaptive systems for the ship’s deck to respond to the multiple situations on board, both foreseen and unforeseen.