According to recent news, there are around 900 homeless in Lisbon. On winter’s coldest days, to sleep on the streets is to take the chance of suffering of hypothermia. Several entities seek to re-enforce the distribution of blankets and clothes, hot food and drinks, an effort that reveals to be insufficient. But, in the city, there are indoor spaces likely to be used by the homeless on the cold nights. Those spaces are the ATM booths. These money containers, during the night, have hardly any movement, are constantly warm and can represent an almost luxurious shelter for the homeless. Consequently, we’ve created a golden ATM Hotel to be developed in partnership with banks, allowing homeless to access the ATM indoor spaces. The main goal of this project is to rise multiple questions regarding the homeless conditions and needs, the way we share space with these people evoking public and private space, and also the possibility to have institutional spaces playing more active social roles, even if only temporarily.
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Nice Idea but i think it’s way too IDEALIST my friend.
Abandoned ATMs i guess? where are those?
Most of people would think that many homeless person (that has nothing to loose), will, at some point find any tool to try to violate the iron plates trying to reach the money, and that means at least damage to the structure.
Doesn’t seem that you’ve realized that bankers are some of the ‘least good people’ in the World. If any bank ever accepts to do that, will be just for gaining attenttion (advertisement)
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
Now thinking.. any building produces heat. For example, it could be organized some association to convince restaurants to let and prepare an area in the back of their premises, for attaching shelter structures (prefabricated, recyclable) and, obviously, giving all the non-consumed food to the visitors. (Ask Mr. BigMac)
I think investing in strategies to prevent homelessness and/or remedies for whatever situation has causes the homelessness of individuals would be wiser than investing in making an impossible situation a tiny bit more comfortable during the night.
But anyway.
I think it’s a good idea to create transformative spaces that could help the homeless, using spaces that go unused at night. I have my doubts about using ATM space, or restaurant space, but it is a good idea. Perhaps areas of large, open lobbies. You could section off a space that still allows access to the building. Blocking an ATM with a bunch of sleeping homeless seems like a bad idea. …and how do you deal with people who don’t wake up and move on in the morning?
The access card is a good idea.
Parte-se logo do princípio que os bancos não querem pessoas a dormir nas suas cabines para não dar mau aspecto. Ainda assim é uma boa intervenção.