Open/Lab is a portable, modular, tactical unit which encourages opportunities for social encounters that folds out from a vintage dresser (on wheels). As a piece of tactical urbanism, this adaptable and mobile structure responds to defensive architecture, which is commonly understood as interventions in the urban form which make sites intentionally uninhabitable. Open/Lab is designed to encourage generative discussion around access, and how we might plan and design for more convivial, accessible and diverse cities.

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As an adaptable civic space, Open/Lab can be used as a pop-up space to rest on your own, have lunch with friends, or debate with a stranger or anything in between. Open/Lab contains modular furniture that users can adapt to their own needs, including tables, chairs, rugs and shade.

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Designed in collaboration with Public Street and the Alliance for Praxis Research, Open/Lab was first designed for Melbourne Design Week 2022.