Usina de Innovación Colectiva is a cultural initiative of the School of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the University of the Republic in Uruguay.
It was established to revitalize disciplines related to architecture, design, landscape, and the city by creating opportunities that foster exchange, reflection, and the dissemination of work in these areas.
Usina aims to establish itself as a diverse and open platform for projects, research, products, and contributors, capable of forging unprecedented connections that break the isolation of creative processes and drive collective development.
Usina seeks to promote innovation, experimentation, and new directions in design, with a particular focus on turning points in creative processes—moments when a shift in direction can amplify, improve, or enhance the potential of the present.
As a cultural program, Usina plans to promote a variety of activities over time, activating various fields and expanding their reach.
Usina de Innovación Colectiva will launch its activities with Uruguay's first Architecture, Design, and City Festival in May 2019.
At FADU (University of the Republic), we want more intensity, more friction, more exchange, more passion, and more energy for design, architecture, and the city in Uruguay. That is why we conceived and set in motion
a Collective Innovation Usina. We envision it as a machine that brings people together, a generator of connections, unexpected chain reactions, exciting motivation, and irrepressible curiosity.
That is what Usina de Innovación Colectiva is: a catalyst for innovation and collective experience. As a small country, it is even more essential that our work be generous and collaborative. Sharing experiences means multiplying them for others.
USINA will gain momentum with its first Architecture, Design, and City Festival of Uruguay—a space to reconnect, celebrate, and showcase projects, ideas, proposals, and initiatives from our local community, the region, and the world. This is a dual invitation: to write our own history and to read that of others, together.
Over four days of events (May 29 to June 1), the 2019 edition of the USINA Festival will serve as an opportunity to reconnect as a collective. It will take place at the AFE Central Station in Montevideo and will feature a major exhibition, lectures by national and international guests, talks, workshops, and gatherings with participants.
This article was written by Diego Hernández. The translation is powered by AI.
