Case Studies

This section features in-depth profiles of established empty space re-use initiatives with information on how they started up, their structure and funding and the types of temporary use activities they support.

Australia

Anyplace Projects provides studio, exhibition and performances spaces in inner-west Sydney.

Art in the Heart Lismore, a model of temporary creative re-use for rural communities.

Create Innovate Gosford City, the full story of their first year from having an idea to becoming a funded program.

FraserStudios, how Queen Street Studio and developer, Frasers Property, transformed an inner-Sydney warehouse into a creative hub.

Pop Up Parramatta, where local government worked with landlords and artists to revitalise a downtown shopping arcade. 

Renew Adelaide uses disused buildings for artist and community run ventures.

Renew Newcastle has been successfully refilling empty shops and revitalising downtown Newcastle since 2008.

International

Art in Storefronts, San Francisco, has community regeneration and involvement at its heart.

Art in Vacant Storefronts examines Lauren Rosenberg's research on empty space projects in the US 

Capacity Bristol has dynamically used empty buildings on a huge scale to regenerate neighbourhoods, build creative hubs and to develop national reputations for local artists