Ultreia The Nomad Factory HD

Jorge Mañes Rubio
Ultreia, The Nomad Factory.
Royal College of Art, London, 2010.

Increasingly mass production and globalisation are leading to a drastic geographical localization of factories and industrial facilities.

Ultreia is a project where El Camino, an ancient pilgrim route in Spain, is transformed into a 700km production line. The recent commercialization of the route is challenged by on-site manufacture of alternative objects and performances, through a portable and self-sustainable factory that is able to relocate itself everyday, taking advantage of the specific locations, industries and people encountered on the route.

A rotational moulding machine powered by the movement of the bike itself, a tent and a solar panel allowed the designer to become completely self-sustainable on the road and accomplish a 2 weeks production journey.

To fully understand this project and the objects produced diring this journey please visit http://www.seethisway.com/jorge/Ultreia.html

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Film & Animation

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