KNITTING HOUSE

Place: Husby Art Gallery, Stockholm
Type: Art installation
Year: 2010
Photo: Tim Meier

Architect and artist Elin Strand Ruin together with The New Beauty Council, residents from the area and students created the installation Knitting House in Husby Art Gallery. A replica in scale 1:1 of an apartment about 83 m2 apartment was knitted in the acutal apartment and then put together in the gallery. The project received City Prize in 2010, a competition for this year's art event of the newspaper City.
The project was implemented as a major collaboration with residents, The New Beauty Council, Konstfack College of Arts, School of Architecture KTH and Spridd.