stories
What we did, who was there and what we would do differently. Take any of it, use it as inspiration and do your own version.
REALITE N°5223Parcel No. 5223 is an unprogrammed plot owned by the Fondation Versoix-Samuel May, frozen by conflicting interests. Nature reclaiming the land, construction crews using it for free storage, and local residents.
devICEcase study on the use of public space in warm climatesIn a commercial tourist city reaching 40°C, people give away their time and effort when offered a currency overlooked by the market: fun.
dinner for 500The EASA kitchen team feeds 500 people daily at the yearly summer assembly. This creates two-hour waiting lines. We understand this as a three-hour window with a captive audience of 500 participants to test new uses of public space.
soseth rebootAfter the pandemic, the student association of ETH Zürich is lacking active members.
burngreaveBurngreave is an unmanaged public space filled with trash, lacking organized community events. When asked if cooking was possible there, neighbours assumed it was forbidden without official city council permission.
DONGOlogyAn uninsulated vacation house in northern Italy provided space for 20 people. Its L-shaped layout and central yard with a fireplace offered an ideal setup to test collective living and resource sharing.
popcorn volcanoWhat is a table? And what can a table be? — a 3mm plastic layer separating dirt from food. We used the learnings of our two week exploration to transform the popcorn machine from a closed appliance into the central feature of our workshop presentation and the EASA TV screening.