The Co-Carts are vehicles for the community whose forms and functions stimulate collaborations, highlight the personalities of the people involved and shape new uses of collective space.
They are bicycle trailers and multifunctional tools that encourage experimentation and alliances as a counterpoint to the specificity and individuality of the car. They are used for individual, mixed and group purposes; they can be assembled and disassembled as needed. They are extroverted vehicles, built to synergise with each other and with the context, strengthening the relationship between residents and the city.
The trajectories they follow outline immaterial and physical connections between spaces and with people, weaving relationships and inviting people to project new images together into the city’s public space.
Co-Carts can be borrowed by all citizens, who want to transform public space and who share the values of the project.
The Co-Carts project was realised as part of the Lungomare Artist Residency 2020 with the architects’ collective orizzontale, in collaboration with Friday for Future South Tyrol, Vivi Maso della Pieve / Officine Vispa and Spazio Autogestito 77.
They do not produce personal profit. They support inclusiveness, deconstructing existing categories, not only creating a space but celebrating it. Co-Carts promote freedom of opinion, are multilingual, cross-cultural, and trigger discussion, debate, reactions.
Anyone who wants to get active in the public space can use the Co-Carts.
The Co-Carts are located at different places in the city and are each maintained by one of the partners. If you would like to borrow a Co-Cart, you will find the contact details of each vehicle, in their specific description below.
Once you have checked availability, all you have to do is sign an agreement to guarantee the correct use of the Co-Carts, define the acceptance of responsibility and share the core values created jointly by Lungomare, orizzontale and the participating organisations.
The loan is free of charge.