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This year in our school, our english teacher decided that the project for the 1ºsemester was going to be something similar to The Umbrella Sky Project in Águeda.
We are the leader group so our job is the installation of the Umbrellas and all the work behind it like taking the measures of the umbrellas and study the space and where and how would we position each one of them.

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We are going to use a patchwork of umbrellas with equal colours and measures. Each class of the 11th grade has a lider-group that is responsible to install the umbrellas as well as the plan itself of how to install them and talk with the creators of this massive project in January 16th.

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This project acquired a bunch of different international prizes after being shared between photographers and the press. The Umbrella Sky Project took place in distinct cities around the globe like the United States of America (Florida), North Ireland (Belfast), France (Paris- Village Royal), United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai), London (Heathrow airport).

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The ImpactPlan also created different projects besides the Umbrella Sky Project like "Sunflowers Layers and Umbrella Sky Project", "Tropicália" and "Tons de Primavera". These projects were made with ribbons (to simulate rain), balloons, tiles, sunflowers and leafs instead of umbrellas.

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The Umbrella Sky Project is an artistic project that brings colour and life to Águeda, a city in the north of Portugal. These umbrellas are located in the city center since the beginning of July, when the art festival AgitÁgueda begins, until the end of September. This project started in 2012.

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This open-air museum produces beautiful and viral images that attract the attention of the influencers around the world and the press, contributing to the increase of tourism and economy of the city.

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The project was created by ImpactPlan and was inspired in the Portuguese culture, namely in traditional elements like tiles, lace and marine elements (floats, boats and sardines) but the idea of using umbrellas to decorate the streets was inspired in the character Mary Poppins.

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The version of the original project in our school will take place between two of the school buildings and the umbrellas are going to be displayed there.

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In this project, we resolved to explore our individual opinion about this activity. Each one of us has a different view about it so we realized that maybe sharing our points of view would be great.

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This project has an important meaning behind it and in my opinion it’s something we need in the present society. Our society is self-centred and mostly selfish. We don't care about others as well as their health and protection. Instead, we hurt and neglect the one beside us. The Umbrella Sky Project tries in an unspoken way to show how we should envelop the differences between each individual from the human race because at the end of the day we are all equals regardless of our outside appearance and lifestyle. For me, this project is relevant and something we should all look up to considering its origin and meaning even though it might be treated like art.

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At first, the main purpose of The Umbrella Sky project was to bring colour to the streets where the umbrellas were placed and bring protection to public areas and transporting the people to a fantasy world. However, in our school that isn’t the main purpose. Observing our society these days and taking a reflection of it I realized that besides the previous attempts to unite every one of us as an equal wasn’t achived. Bringing this project to Ramada is great because makes the students learn about the original project but also allows them to be a part of it. In my opinion, the umbrellas that were chosen (rainbow umbrellas) transmits an important message: we are equal but we are also different. What does this mean? It means that every single one of us was born with certain characteristics and for that our appearance isn’t the same but taking a look in inside of us we can see that we are all equal. That’s the main purpose of the umbrellas in our school. They show us that besides our differences we are in a society and for that we all have to accept the others.

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The Umbrella Sky Project is an attraction that appeals to people not just by it’s beautiful aesthetic but for the message it transmits. For me, the meaning of this project in our school is the acceptance and the embrace we should all have for each other despite our cultures and other aspects of our lives because this matters shouldn’t be reasons for discrimination in today's society, but unfortunately, they are.This project may have started just like any other street art but at least for me, it has a bigger meaning . Today's society needs to change in certain parts and this is a great beginning , creating awareness in schools and people, in every place that this project has been done, about discrimination.

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The Umbrella Sky Project has become a global success and images of the colorful umbrella have traveled the entire world so in my opinion it is really important, original and reasonable to apply this project to our school.

On one hand we have the huge visual changes that are going to be applied in our school like the beauty of the mix of colours that are going to bring new life to the space and also the protection from the rain (umbrellas) to the students that are going to be transported to a fantasy world full of happiness and joy.

On the other hand we have a deeper reason, the rainbow umbrellas that were chosen, to this project, allow students to see that no matter the differences between us we are all equal and all of us should have the same rights no matter our religion, colour, sexuality, or country. Our differences are what make us stronger and unique not what today's society makes us believe they are.

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The umbrella sky project was firstly designed by a couple and in my opinion their only purpose was to make the streets more colourful and to create art in an unusual way. Altough, I think that what we are doing in our school is something deeper, more meaningful. I’m not saying the couple’s purpose was not good enough, however we want to give a message with our project. We want you to look at those umbrellas and go “wow” not only because of the vivid umbrella sky you’re under but because of the reasons behind it. We were inspired by the differences in our society and by how badly we are letting those differences influence the way we see each other. This umbrellas are colorful to symbolize the different religions,races and cultures. In the final analysis my opinion towards this initiave is that whether you like it due to it's beauty or due to it's meaning it will always leave you amazed.

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We think that this project could be used in our school to promote the respect and support for difference because:

the school, in the past, has tried other projects that unfortunately didn´t go as planned because not everyone felt included, however in  this project everyone can take part even though it can have diferent meanings to each one of them;

this project demonstrates that despite our external diferences (our appearance, believes, religions), we are all the same and each one of us can be part of a huge community;

this project can inspire the students and highlight their artistic side as well as bring colour and life to the school buildings;

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This version of the Umbrella Sky Project in our school will do a remarkable work in the means of advertising against discrimination within the students and school staff to improve our school environment as well as our personal thoughts about other people that are different from us.
We are pleased that this project will take place at our school and the message it will convey to all, and we are looking forward to it.

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Since the school building as around 22,37 meters of length and the space between both school buildings is 8,24 meters we can have 7 rows of umbrellas with 8 umbrellas each. There is going to be a space between each umbrella of 6 cm and between each row of 7 cm. In our plan the umbrellas are going to be centered with both buildings and there is a space of 7,58 meters since the begging of the building until the first row of umbrellas as well as the last row of umbrellas and the end of the building. Besides their spacement the umbrellas will be 4.08 meters above the ground. To conclude we will have to buy another umbrella according to our calculations.

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Number of umbrellas:
8.24 / 0.97 = 8.5 => 8 umbrellas
Space between the umbrellas:
0.5/8 = 0.06 => 6 cm
Number of umbrellas bought:
55 umbrellas
Number of rows:
55/8 = 6.875 ≅ 7 filas
Space between rows:
7 cm
Total space occupied by the umbrellas
7*0.97 + 6*0.07 = 7.21 m