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TRONDHEIM SQUARE Open Competition April-May 2004     The City of Trondheim invited designers to an open competition for refurbishing one of the city’s main public squares; we responded to the brief with a single concept based exclusively on providing new urban furniture. The strategy consists on designing and building a collection of mobile modules or platforms that, combined together, perform as large scale urban equipment; these 5m x 10m elements on wheels can be towed, positioned and arranged in different configurations, according to seasonal requirements and specific festivities - The result is an ever changing public environment, with shifting scales, alternate pedestrian flows, canalized vehicular traffic, and also fluctuating adjacencies vis-a-vis neighboring programs. The modular platforms provide for seating, laying, playing, projecting and walking; different layouts produce different in-between rooms ideal for meeting and social interaction.     Location: Trondheim, Norway Plan/Size: 10.000 m2 Client: City of Trondheim Projectgroup: Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter Consultants: