roomservices is an institute for practical research projects transgressing the borders between DIY urbanity, social re-organization, design co-location, applied sociogeography, social and entrepreneurial enablement and art practice. The projects of roomservices reflect wide inquisitiveness for experimenting tools and techniques, providing a different viewpoint, or just celebrating the differences in everyday life by revealing their varied shades under new light.

Otto von Busch is an artist and designer based in Goteborg where he currently works on his PhD focusing on social and subconstructive design . Evren Uzer is an urban planner and a PhD candidate, based in Istanbul, working on community participation and risk mitigation.

Epicenter | Periphery - Dale Norway,
Summer school at Nordic Artist Center Dale, autumn 2008, exploring rural conditions for creativity and social change.

[moved to autumn 2008
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Hanging Gardens - Adventures in High-rise Horticulture.
Experiments in soilless container gardening for intra-urban environments.

Moda Mutfak - Adventures in Food and Fashion. Exploring the molecular politics of food and fashion, curry and crochet, cooktivism and craftivism through discoursive digestion and crackerjack craftivism.

Adventures in Local Knowledge Production. Atlas and mapping method for understanding local pro-am activities and citizen science. Implemented in Innsbruck.

Nomadic Restoration Vehicle, NoReV, circulating restoration service enabling inhabitants to repair and retrofit their houses.

VROOM - Vehicles of Registration and Omniscient Observational Mechanics. Workshop + book on tools for understanding and implementing new mapping methods,

Adventures in Local History - Dale Audio Tour. Local audio guide for reveiling hidden layers of history and narratives.

Adventures in Proxy Radio Production -"Radio Positiveland - more local than local" - exchanging unique proximity radio programs between oppisite sides of the globe.

Open workshops made and planned.