City Space Share

Open-Source Urbanism

The City Space Share project was developed from an observation of a growing number of vacant storefronts and their ill effect on a surrounding community. Instead of the traditional, single-fixed user, the project proposes to invigorate the once under-utilize space by orchestrating a series of events sequenced at the scale of an hour, a day or a week.

Initially it may seem counter-intuitive to "fix" vacancy by introducing more users, but by increasing the rhythm of occupation the economic accessibility of a space is increased. By breaking down the occupyable time into increments of a few hours, the total cost of the space is distributed and thus reduced enough to be accessible by a local jewelry maker for a weekend shop or a seasonal cafe.

The Loop is the physical insert which re-aggregates to facilitate the needs of different programs. The docked position is a solid cube which Operators can deploy into the space depending on their needs. At the end of a program's time in the space the Loop returns to it's docked position acting as a reminder of the cyclical & flexible nature of City Space Share.

The Loop Parti

Food Battle - Three carts, One space, Standing Room Only.

In this aggregation The Loop plays with the popularity of food carts and aggregates to host multiple carts in one space producing The Food Battle. Food Battles gather vendors to test out who offers the best of the best, pitting one coffee cart against another to create a space of conversation & competition where allegiances are forged and playful debate insues.

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