Tag Archives: space

The Late Night Co-Working Club

The technological revolution increasingly change the way people work, live with each other and deal with time and space. Due to modern information technologies, labor becomes flexible and…

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Flyfire: Pixel Swarms As Displays

It’s a good idea to visit the website of MIT’s Senseable City Lab from time to time. It showcases plenty of refreshing projects and experiments that aim to…

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Don’t Waste Spaces, Light Them!

Wasted Spaces is a London-based non-profit art organization that transforms vacant shop fronts and unused properties into exciting art experiences. This attracts new audiences and gives them the…

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Why Not Print Buildings?

During our explorations in fresh developments in architecture we already found plenty of nifty projects, ideas and concepts that have the potential to totally reframe the production of the physical…

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Book Review: Portraits From Above

Some weeks ago Joop wrote two reviews about the books ‘Hong Kong Inside’ and ‘Hong Kong Outside’ — two stunning photographic documents about people living in Hong Kong’s…

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Book Review: Spacecraft 2, Part 2

Last Friday I paid attention to Spacecraft 2 by showcasing some of the more than 150 projects covered in the book. Under the slogan ‘more fleeting architecture…

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Book Review: Spacecraft 2

In 2007 we fell in love with Spacecraft, a fantastic book published by Gestalten which presents inspiring “projects that meet the changing spatial needs…

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Communal Erotic Spaces

The issue, really, is the absence of the erotic city. It forces us to ask: what do our spaces reflect about our treatment of sexuality? Where are the…

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Pool Noodle Rooftop Party Space

Los Angeles-based architecture firm INABA have designed and installed a so-called ‘Pool Noodle Rooftop’ for the non-profit art group X-Initiative in Chelsea, New…

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Space Making the Sexy Way

Brazilian visual artist Ernesto Neto has made this great fantasy space at museum Booijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.…

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Darmstadt’s Pop-Up Theatre

The architects of Berlin agency Convertible City have designed a great theatre transformation project in the German town of Darmstadt. During the recontruction of…

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WiFi to Get G(r)eeks to the Green

The local government of Athens must have been concerned about the pale skin of the local nerds. Flickr user Tribalddb.Athens made these pictures of…

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Inflatable Experiences

In our series reporting about amazing inflatable spaces we found, this project at the Libarynth research site of our friend Cocky Eek, is called…

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A Great Tool for Boring Cities: Dial4Light

If you’re the cashier of a city where no-one ever walks on street by night (a so-called boring city), you can easily save money. Just turn off the street lights…

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The Devaluation of Space

A growing development concerning space is the devaluation of the concept by digital ways taking over space functions. The following iPhone app simply shows how…

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