Space Saloon and Designers on Holiday to take a "DeSaturated" look at water scarcity using desert-based design-build workshop

2020-03-06T19:33:00-05:00

Looking for a unique design-build experience this summer? Well, you're in luck because non-profit design laboratory Space Saloon has announced its third annual design-build festival, DeSaturated. Created in collaboration with design studio and campsite residency group Designers on Holiday and rural resilience group Blue Sky Center, the eight-day design festival aims to bring a one-of-a-kind immersive experience that is open to all students and young design professionals within the disciplines of art, design, and architecture.

The festival invites individuals to experience a hands-on approach to architectural research, experimentation, and prototyping. Spanning over eight days in New Cayama, California, this year's design brief focuses on water scarcity.

Space Saloon tool training. Photo © Daniel Schwartz

Blue Sky Center. Photo © Alex Nye

According to the program's directors, Danny Wills and Gian Maria Socci, "Participants will engage directly with a diverse group of interdisciplinary...

Space Saloon prepares for round two of experimental design-build workshop set in California's High Desert

2019-03-13T15:44:00-04:00

Last summer, students from SCI-Arc and INDA ventured out to the Morongo Valley to take part in a week-long course in which they designed and built a series of exploratory units. Titled 'Landing', the mobile educational camp was the brain child of Danny Wills and Gian Maria Socci, who set up the workshop in order to explore new formats for education.

After a successful first run, the duo (who co-founded the design laboratory Space Saloon) are gearing up for round two. For their second annual iteration, titled 'Fieldworks', the team will look at the cumulative methods of scientific field research, questioning the approaches, techniques, and processes used to collect raw data outside of a laboratory setting.

Design-build projects this year will be led by Andrew Kovacs of Office Kovacs, Zeina Koreitem & John May of MILLIØNS, and Kyle May (KMA). Additionally, daily workshops will be hosted by a range of professionals, from sound and media artists to historians and architects.

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Space Saloon and Designers on Holiday to take a "DeSaturated" look at water scarcity using desert-based design-build workshop

Space Saloon prepares for round two of experimental design-build workshop set in California's High Desert