The Art of Recycling Urban Spaces

From a station to an urban farm, from a former customs officer’s house to a nice bar to have a coffee and feel at home. Places that in the morning offer a quiet place to work, but that in the evening turn into a space that hosts festivals, debates, performances and cultural events of all kinds.

Sinny&Ooko’s is one of the leading names in the field of activation and re-functionalization of abandoned or underutilized urban spaces. In Paris, the agency manages four well-known projects: La Recyclerie, Le Pavillon Des Canaux, La Cité Fertile, and Le Bar à Bulles. These are multifunctional, free-standing places designed to provide a concrete response to the environmental and social challenges that characterize the urban context.

Sinny&Ooko does not only make excellent interventions to rehabilitate spaces, buildings or infrastructures. The goal of their projects is to trigger a broader “urban revitalization” processes, creating jobs, fostering the emergence of new professions and promoting ecologically conscious consumption patterns.

At Utopian Hours 2023 Jacyntha Serre, agency’s Head of Development, will tell how Sinny&Ooko has managed in just a few years to develop an innovative regeneration method that brings together urban quality, economic sustainability and social innovation.