OSA’s Campinski

The Office for Subversive Architecture (OSA) is a network of eight architects based in London, Vienna, Köln, Berlin and Frankfurt. The work of OSA is a blend of art and architecture, exploring the way people use and interact with public spaces, especially in relation to urban regeneration. For example the Campinski project.

As part of Campinski workshop, held by OSA at the Darmstadt University of Technology, students were asked to transform specific locations in an industrial harbor in Frankfurt into living spaces using only white igloo tents.

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