The Sandbag Pavilion
Sewing Architecture

Competition Winner
Lund City Strong Streets, Lund, Sweden.
Project financed by Lund Citysamverkan and Stena Fastigheter. The Pavilion will be relocated to Malmö.

Reusing denim jeans and sand to shape new public space. Sewing Architecture is a temporary installation built entirely from reused textiles and sand, two materials that are widely available across the world. Reusing denim jeans and sand to shape new public space. Sewing Architecture is a temporary installation built entirely from reused textiles and sand, two materials that are widely available across the world. The project turns fast fashion waste into an urban element that is structural and spatial. By stacking sand-filled bags sewn from reclaimed denim, I created an urban, couch-like formation at Lilla Fiskaregatan in Lund, a public street that for one week became a stage for interaction, reflection, and rest. The installation isn’t just built; it’s sewn, packed, and layered, forming a fabric of time, labor, and material memory. At a time when the fashion industry generates mountains of discarded textiles, this project explores a poetic form of reuse: transforming post-consumer garments into structural skin fabric that holds sand, and in turn, forms space.

Grow Your Vision

Urban Couch is an on-site seating installation designed for adaptability, inviting diverse forms of use, interaction, and flexibility in the public realm.

A semi–S-shaped seating arrangement that forms a shelter-like structure, offering both enclosure and integrated side seating.

A semi-enclosed U-shaped seating arrangement that fosters social gatherings while encouraging spontaneous encounters.

The flexible stacking strategy enables multiple seating scenarios, forming an S-curve with integrated back support.