turning TRASH into CLASS

{WHAT} Residents of the Chateaucreux neighborhood in Saint-Étienne, France got together and turned a wasteland into a meeting place complete with a garden, works of art and furniture. The idea for the project came from Collectif etc. 

{WHY}Giving a new function to a building/design or area is a sustainable living trend. This is a great example, because they turned a wasteland into a meeting place for the neighborhood. 'Feeling connected' is also a trend that is going on right now. They managed to combine those two trends and even build this place together with the residents of the neighborhood. 

 {FUTURE}Turning places like this from 'trash to class' is going to be functional in the future. Because of the crises we don't have a lot of money to create for example new meeting places. Because the government are doing nothing with these places, people going to start these project them self. 


Collectif etc, La place du Géant, Film time lapse from Collectif etc, on Vimeo.

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WEBSITE: collectifetc.com
SOURCE: inhabitat.com