STREETKITCHEN_Kättilsmåla is a temporary project, built and landscaped at a junction in a small village in Sweden. The junction has a bus stop, a mailbox and an information board. The land is privately owned, but are only used sporadically as storage and display of construction equipment . The owner approached me several times to clarify why I had interest in his land , and asked when and how I was going to sell the plants which I planned to grow on his land.
The idea was not to sell anything, but to give value back to a place that was once a meetingplace, but over time has become deserted. The place had the potential to become a new gathering place for the villagers - a place where you could meet around a meal based on plants growing in the garden that were freely available to everybody.
I removed the old soil end established a garden with edible plants.
A portable wooden structure - a hybrid between a house, a dining table and a street vendor cart - was built in collaboration with the villagers.
The Structure was carried in procession from the community building - through the village - in order to be placed in the new common garden in the junction.