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Empty Chairs

Abandoned buildings, private apartments and junk rooms – Each setting photographer Faisal Al Fouzan from Kuwait has photographed was found like you can see below and left untouched, preserving the authenticity of the chaotic ensemble. »The Empty Chairs project aims to capture the different scenery in which empty chairs are discovered in visually surreal or out of the ordinary environments. Through these images I examine the relationship between the empty chair and it’s surrounding. Each image tells a story, where the chair is the narrator and protagonist, speaking of its past inhabitant and its context.«

Image © Faisal Al Fouzan

Image © Faisal Al Fouzan

Image © Faisal Al Fouzan

Image © Faisal Al Fouzan

Image © Faisal Al Fouzan

All images © Faisal Al Fouzan 2013. (via)

FOUNDation Projects

Rikkert Paauw, Jet van Zwieten and Hein Lagerweij of FOUNDation Projects transform for some time now ordinary dumpsters into a unique space – with items they recover from dumpsters. In their hometown Utrecht a fantastic series of dumpsterhouses were constructed last year. The results were set up in the city centre, where they became a kind of small village. On the inside and outside of the buildings video footage of the construction process was being projected accompanied by music and soundscapes produced with field recordings. Foundation, a concept by Rikkert Paauw and Jet van Zwieten is about collecting waste material and old furniture from the neighborhood, moving it to a waste container, reusing it to turn it into a small house (with the container as the foundation), to become a temporary meeting place for neighbours and passers-by. Also visit their picture gallery on flickr and their vimeo channel.


Straatlokaal by Rikkert Paauw and Jet van Zwieten

Straatlokaal by Rikkert Paauw and Jet van Zwieten

Straatlokaal by Rikkert Paauw and Jet van Zwieten

Straatlokal

Straatlokal

All images © FOUNDation Projects.

Tinshed

How one can make a great architecture out of corrugated metal. The project of Australian architect Raffaello Rosselli was to re-purpose an existing tin shed at the rear of a residential lot, in the inner-city suburb of Redfern, Sydney. As the only remaining shed in the area it is a unique reminder of the suburb’s industrial past. Find out more about Tinshed on Rosselli’s homepage.

Southern Elevation
Southern Elevation
Old meets new
Old meets new
From Below
From Below
Internal Studio Space
Internal Studio Space

All images © Mark Syke, Richard Carr.

r1

Johannesburg based artist r1 reduces his work to the most simple material transforming them and placing them back where they came from, to become a part of the city’s journey. His »short-time-based installations« likely cause confusion among viewers. »Like the street, the work finds its meaning once an interaction with the passer-by takes place«, he says on his homepage.

»blue blow«, medium: barrier tape (South Africa)
»blue blow«, medium: barrier tape (South Africa)
»The tower of Isaac«, medium: plastic bottles
»the tower of Isaac«, medium: plastic bottles
»The tower of Isaac«, medium: plastic bottles
»the tower of Isaac«, medium: plastic bottles
»city cage«, medium: barrier tape (South Africa)
»city cage«, medium: barrier tape (South Africa)

Head in the Clouds

At the beginning of this year, Brooklyn-based Studio KCA successfully funded a project to create Head in the clouds, a pavilion built using recycled plastic bottles and milk jugs. Over the course of several months the architects collected used bottles from organizations, businesses, schools, and individuals throughout New York City and beyond; the bottles were then repurposed to construct the pavilion by more than 200 volunteers.

Head in the cloud

Head in the cloud

Head in the cloud

Head in the cloud

(via Junkculture)

Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera

Orchard Beach is a public beach in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. The beach is part of Pelham Bay Park and is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound. Built in the 1930s by urban planner Robert Moses, the beach carries the stigma as being one of the worst in New York and is commonly known as Horseshit Beach or Chocha Beach. Although New York’s Bronx is considered one of the most diverse communities in America out of which many subcultures originated, such as Hip Hop and Salsa, it’s still viewed as a no man’s land by many of the city’s inhabitants. Perhaps it is a matter of simple geography that many refuse to venture to the northernmost of the city’s five boroughs or, quite possibly, it may be the Borough’s malevolent reputation lingering from its tumultuous past. Brooklyn-based artist Wayne Lawrence began shooting portraits of Orchard Beach’s summertime regulars in 2005 shortly after moving to New York, realizing that the stigma attached to this oasis was largely unjustified. »I felt compelled to engage with this community of working class families and colorful characters«, he said. The photographs in »Orchard Beach – The Bronx Riviera« celebrate the pride and dignity of the beach’s visitors, working-class people.

Wayne Lawrence: The Bronx Riviera

Wayne Lawrence: The Bronx Riviera

Wayne Lawrence: The Bronx Riviera

Wayne Lawrence: The Bronx Riviera

All images © Wayne Lawrence.

Master Plan

In a series titled Master Plan, Chad Wright was conflating a child’s sandcastle with architecture typifying postwar American suburbia.

Master Plan

Master Plan

Master Plan

Master Plan

Photography by Lynn Kloythanomsup of Architectural Black.