Biciclette Fantastiche
Imaginary Bicycles
collaboration as a strategy to overcome obstacles
# scaffolding
# agreements
# challenge
In this workshop, an unexpected event makes it impossible for some children to move the elements necessary to create an imaginary group bike. This gives the opportunity for a collaboration between children. Tancredi, the only one who can move the elements, accepts the invitation of the atelierista to help the other members of the group.
Tancredi:
“What do you need to put over there?”
Matilde:
“The chain!”
Mathilde’s mother:
“We can’t move it. Can you?”
Tancredi:
“Yes!”
Dante:
“I would use this as my handlebars…”
Out of a setback and thanks to the collaboration while using the digital tools a co-design process starts, based on both what to create (the bicycle) and on how to do it on a shared digital platform.
Dante:
“You can do it without a chain… and we push the bike with our hands…”
Tancredi:
“I had the same idea, instead of using the chain, we can use our hand to push the bike.”
Simona (atelierista):
“What else does it take to make this bike?”
Tancredi:
“The wheels? I might as well use three!”
