Exploring Spaces of Tomorrow: A SPACE10 Pop-up in East London.

Material Spaces: Ma-tt-er + SPACE10.

Material Spaces: Ma-tt-er + SPACE10.

Material Spaces: Ma-tt-er + SPACE10.

Material Spaces: Ma-tt-er + SPACE10.

Intelligent Spaces: Propela + SPACE10.

Intelligent Spaces: Propela + SPACE10.

Intelligent Spaces: Propela + SPACE10.

SPACE10 is a future-living lab and IKEA’s external think-tank located in the heart of Copenhagen. Their mission? To design a better, more meaningful and more sustainable way of living. What’s top of SPACE10’s agenda right now are some pretty thought provoking questions. Try some of these on for size. How do we best design our spaces of tomorrow? What even defines space in a broader sense? But specifically, they’re interested in how do we inhabit spaces? Moreover, how do we inhabit spaces of meaning? How do we design them? How do we interact with them? And what do we use to make them in order to make spaces that are affordable and as importantly, sustainable?

These questions come off the back of some fairly startling statistics. By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have risen to 70 percent. As these urban environments increase with people, infrastructure, housing, commuting, pollution, the requirement for food, management of waste… how do we manage the consequences of this rapid urbanisation?

With this in mind, SPACE10 is hosting a pop-up in Shoreditch London to explore these themes. During the London Design Festival, they’ll be taking a look at how best to design the spaces of tomorrow. Expect to be enthralled and enchanted by how the application of different materials and textures can change our perceptions of space.

The pop up explorex how emerging technologies might change the way we experience space. They’ll also look at how to empower people to build their own spaces and explore how spaces can stimulate social interaction.

Portable Spaces: WikiHouse + SPACE10.

Shared Spaces: Central Saint Martins + Anton & Irene + SPACE10.

Shared Spaces: Central Saint Martins + Anton & Irene + SPACE10.

Temporary Spaces: Appear Here + SPACE10.

Urban Spaces: FranklinTill & Viewpoint + SPACE10.

Urban Spaces: FranklinTill & Viewpoint + SPACE10.

[Images courtesy of SPACE10.]