In public space we trust
The 7th edition of Festival Bellastock 2012 starts today in the heart of Ile-Saint-Denis (France). In just 5 days 1000 students of architecture, with the help of the association Bellastock, will use discarded materials to build a temporary city on a site of a former warehouse. On Saturday everybody is invited to visit it and take part in the public workshops and meetings.
Straatlokaal is a process of building social encounter by Foundation Projects. During the whole month of April the group worked with people and waste materials in three different district of Utrecht (The Netherlands), turning containers into small houses. From 5 to 10 May the brand new structures will be transfered in Neude neighbourhood and will become Straatlokaal: a public space with a daily programme of events.
A new concept of playground by Auburn University Rural Studio at the Lions Park in Greensboro, Alabama (USA).
In 2010 Art Pit turned an abandoned fountain of Soviet Union time in Jaunas (Lithuania) into Art Square, a temporary community pool for recreational activities. The furniture and lighting by Justina Balčiūnaitė and Jonas Juozas Rudzinskas were made of repurposed old baths and waterproof materials.
How to convert an old malt factory into a rooftop farm? Take inspiration from Berlin where in September three young people started the planning of the project Frisch vom Dach (Fresh from the roof), an aquaponics farm in Schöneberg district: both fish and vegetables will be produced and distributed on-site. And while the research of funds is going on, on the roof now there is a small prototype out of an upcycled shipping container, which is currently producing fish and vegetables.
In the former ASA Factory of Guimarães (Portugal), ConstructLab/Exyzt with coordination by Alex Roemer has been building the Laboratòrio de Curadoria (Curator’s Lab), a creative place devoted to artistic production. Very soon Patrick Hubmann, both esterni’s carpenter and designer, will join the team. The initiative is within the frame of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture.
Stay tuned for updates.
New Book released of BASURAMA’S RUS, Residuos Urbanos Solidos. A research and action project in many cities of Latinamerica focused on waste usage and public space. Basurama visited the island of Puerto Rico in 2009 were they collaborated with many to develop RUS San Juan. See here. Pic from Miprv.
Wikitankers are creative pieces of street furniture, designed to make any public space fun and engaging. They are the results of a workshop organised by the Spanish collectives Todo por la Praxis and Straddle3, with the collaboration of Recetas Urbanas, Neokinok and CSA La Torratxa.
The little house at 36 rue des Wicardenne in Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) is humming with activity nights and days. In 6 months this old abandoned space will turn into a place for culture, with the help of artists-in-residents and students. Simon Himpens, the creative site manager, has followed the principles of sustainable development, recycling waste materials and of building by doing, through a participatory process that involves the inhabitants.
Follow the works in progress of La Thelema project by association VILLART.
New updates directly from esterni team at Vienna Design Week: a black hammock and a creative bus-stop have appeared in Volkertplatz!
First photos from Vienna Design Week.
Volkertplatz is changing. Come and join in.
Don’t miss Volkertplatz is a great place to be by esterni at Vienna Design Week (Austria). As it happened in the first edition, the new project creatively interacts with public space and people, asking them to use their D.I.Y. attitude.
Makerplatz is the hub of Making, Doing and Action. Located in Berlin (Germany), it’s the place where ideas and skills become workshops, discussions, moments of sharing and performances around making, crafting, gardening, street art, sewing and hacking. On 30th September and 1st October you can join in and meet its creative community!
This is not an oil-rig escape pod but an unusual hotel created by the Dutch architect and artist Denis Oudendijk. The 4.3 m capsule can host up to 3 people and offers comfortable hammocks. The capsulehotel is located in Den Haag (The Netherlands) and is not recommended to claustrophobics.
New York’s Summer Street 2010. Dumpsters transformed into Mobile Pools by the design company Macro Sea.
This summer the project has moved to a vacant lot of Jackson Avenue in the industrial heart of Queens, creating The Palms, a 15.000 square-foot pool party space.
