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12/06/2013 - Justin Carter
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03/06/2013 - Alex Head
Despite or because of the sites new owners a huge amount of activity prevails throughout the Koepi Brache. Wedding and fashion photo shoots sidle up to a homeless teepee encampment as users exploit what is likely be a lasse-faire approach ... more »
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14/05/2013 - Lena Obergfell - Sydney, Australia
Wasteland Sydney is fenced off. Fenced off for at least 2 more years. 2 years of being entry and exit point for the Sydney East Cable Tunnel project. I can view the development through the fence and felt a bit ... more »
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22/04/2013 - David Bell - Nottingham, England
As I’ve argued in recent posts, wastelands aren’t simply made by accident – they’re produced by political economy. This excellent piece at Jones the Planner persuasively argues that Britain’s High Speed 2 will (among other things) result in more city ... more »
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21/04/2013 - David Bell - Nottingham, England
This is the second part of a (slightly) edited version of a talk I gave to the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice at the University of Nottingham back in January. The first part – which covers ... more »
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15/04/2013 - David Bell - Nottingham, England
This is a very slightly edited version of a talk I gave to the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice’s seminar series back in January. This is the first part of the talk, which focusses on the way ... more »
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04/04/2013 - Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England
A guest text by Richard Houguez on the first of Nottingham’s Wasteland Conversations: Making Place On reflection, it was fortunate it was to be a sunny day – land always seems to shimmer with possibilities in this kind of light. ... more »
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08/01/2013 - Lars Hayer - Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Beside the return to physical verticality due to the low construction profile of the city, Yogya and my stay at KUNCI offered me a new access to possible involvement with existing communities. The former SCAPE/SPACE project as well as the ... more »
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05/01/2013 - Lars Hayer - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
One of the most striking impressions I had when coming to KL was its verticality. Especially the commercial city center is mostly made of high-risers in sleek concrete and glass outfit. The Petronas Twin Towers are the landmark of KL ... more »
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12/12/2012 - Lars Hayer - Guwahati, India
For my visit to Guwahati, Mriganka Madhukaillya from Desire Machine Collective and their coordinator Kiran Sasi showed me around the city and the river banks and organized a boat tour on Brahmaputra river. This time of the year, the whole ... more »
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19/11/2012 - Lars Hayer - Bangalore, India
Suresh Jayaram has been so kind to show me around the 1Shanthiroad neighbourhood and introduced me to different concepts of Emptylands as they exist in Bangalore. 1. Shanthiroad The privately owned Emptyland right next to 1Shantiroad Gallery. It is inhabited ... more »