SPACE FOR FREE
The zine is published bimonthly and provides a forum for the study of spaces that are accessible to anyone, for any use, for free. Each issue is devoted to the documentation of one space through drawing, photography, contextual analysis and a short description. SPACE FOR FREE doesn’t differentiate between anonymous and authored architecture; spaces documented in the zine can be any scale, and might be temporary, ad-hoc, self-built or formal, “designed” places. The zine presents architecture as populist and inclusive, and spaces are published in an investigatory spirit, in order to be looked at and studied further, with the ultimate hope that SPACES FOR FREE, for everyone and everything, will proliferate worldwide.
For issues 1 through 6, spaces published were all chosen from Toronto, Canada, where the poster-zine originated.
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Issues 7 through 12 will publish spaces submitted through this open call; we hope to showcase free spaces found all over the world!
The poster-zine is a double-sided 11×17” risograph print. Printing prep, printing and distribution are managed by the SPACE FOR FREE team with Stahl-R and Vide Press. A small print run of 50 copies is made of each issue, and authors will receive 3 copies. The poster-zine is available at Printed Matter (New York, NY), The Graham Foundation Bookstore (Chicago, IL), TYPE Books (Toronto, ON), the Canadian Centre for Architecture Bookstore (Montreal, QC) and the Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH).
We look forward to your submissions!
Stephanie, Eira and Roxana
TEAM
Stephanie Davidson is cofounder of DAVIDSON RAFAILIDIS with Georg Rafailidis. Their work has been recognized internationally. Davidson has taught in Germany, the United States, and Canada.
Eira Roberts holds a Bachelor of Interior Design from Toronto Metropolitan University and is a Master of Architecture candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Roxana Cordon-Ibanez is an interior design graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University and currently works at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
Quentin Mitchell is the owner and operator of Vide Press, an independent risograph printing studio in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2016. Vide Press is the printer for SPACE FOR FREE.
Tobias Röttger and Susanne Stahl are graphic designers and cofounders of Stahl R (Berlin). Stahl R, together with Kathrin Baumgartner, are the graphic designers of the SPACE FOR FREE poster-zine.
