http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/mini-mansions-reclaimed-wetlands.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:02:33 +0000 Last month we wrote about the Reburbia competition that challenged architects and urban planners to appropriate the soon-to-be vacant ruins of suburban sprawl (aka big box stores and mini-mansions) for more efficient uses. The grand prize went to Calvin Chiu’s Frog’s Dream: McMansions Turned into Biofilter Water Treatment Plants. It’s a design that turns bloated mini-mansions into wetlands, providing an organic filtration system for a nearby city. Chiu explains the project: In response to the anticipated future, the Frog’s Dream project attempts to re-establish a sustainable relationship between city and suburbia. It proposes to transform the vacant McMansions, at theRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/artists-reclaim-amsterdams-red-light-district.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:01:04 +0000 In a twist on the age-old practice of artists reclaiming unused and ex-industrial spaces to work in, the Red A.i.R. project is converting former brothels into studios. All this year, Artists-In-Residency In The Redlight are exploring the possibilities of transitory occupations of space within the slowly gentrifying red light district of Amsterdam. Red Light Art Amsterdam [via Luxist]]]>