Left Over Places

Prototyping methods of activating over looked and left over public places.

We identified the “prick mark”, as called in Swedish and directly translated to “dotted ground”, of the zoning plan of a developing area in Stockholm. As determined by the city policies, it is forbidden to build on this dotted ground, which in turn leaves slivers and patches of unusable land strewn across the future development.

We highlighted and inventoried these left over places and over the course of several months prototyped means of activating and giving care to this otherwise unconsidered land.

We stretched string into a grid pattern to mark one of these left over patches. We observed how a simple intervension in public space engages and brings a spotlight to an otherwise unseen and ignored place.

Completed in 2025 while at the Royal Institute of Art for the post masters course Of Public Interest in collaboration with Carlos Pena, Vlad-Lucian Brăteanu, Avni Patel and Liene Jakabsone.