STRUCTURE

KoCA-Inn was not finished before it started, nor after it ended. It was a living organism giving and getting impulses of vitality to and from Weimar’s public life. The platform for this open process of occupation and usage was the Art Kiosk plus two scaffolding towers, two chemical toilets and the surrounding urban space. On top of that we had a series of mobile plug-Inns allowing KoCA-Inn to be constantly evolving, absorbing the shapes and atmospheres of those present, for the duration of their presence. This space in movement molded new ways of being there, which in return continued to mold KoCA-Inn. To encourage public participation and collaboration, we offered many different, always changing possibilities and tools: hammocks, coffee, a public kitchen, a mini-hotel, a showroom of used and dear objects, a sound system, a library of important personal books, a black-market of knowledge, a gambling salon, a sports corner, a living room, etc. The invitation was extended through an open communication platform of spontaneous advertising on a homemade chalkboard, a sidewalk calendar and by writing on the asphalt. Above all, the key ingredient was a generous amount of kindness and hospitality.