The ambition to fulfill so many collective dreams and desires at once occasionally became an obstacle, given the scale the project eventually assumed. Initially driven by a team of two faculty members and four students — all of whom were new to many of these processes — the initiative entailed multiple complex phases and stakeholders, each with their own timelines and requirements.
From concept design, detailed planning, procurement, and execution of the mobile platform, to academic negotiations that allowed the project to become an official elective course at FADU — legitimizing new teaching and outreach methodologies — the journey also included organizing an internal call for teaching proposals, coordinating with institutions, neighborhood collectives, and other organizations, as well as handling contracts, purchases, event forms, permits, transport, waste management, and cleaning.