Adaptable Futures
extending the life of our built environment
Storage of gloves, dustpan and pegs, secured to string. For use at garbage collection and recycling point of low-rise multi-family housing complex. The pegs are both stored, and act as storage devices – they are ‘just strong enough’ to hold … Continue reading
Streetside storage for net used to hold community rubbish sacks on rubbish day. From Chris Berthelsen (a-small-lab)
Functional adaption of park tree for maintenance equipment storage in a run-down apartment complex just off the high-fashion avenue of Omotesando. From Chris Berthelsen (a-small-lab)
Trolley underbelly provides space for instructions on its own use – in this case, for use only within the rubbish center area. This example is a note for a pamphlet on “Hand Made Aspects of Mass Produced Housing” by a-small-lab. … Continue reading
Repurposed tv unit houses library of rescued reading material, and acts as storage space for cleaning tools and items that rubbish center workers want to keep for themselves. Hand made sign reads “Please don’t take the stuff inside this cabinet … Continue reading