#shared-ownership

#shared-ownership

Public space is often understood as belonging to no one in particular, collectively accessible yet institutionally maintained, yet a growing number of initiatives are challenging this assumption by testing shared management and distributed ownership models. In Paris, Adoptez un banc introduces a sponsorship-based approach, allowing individuals and groups to support temporarily and symbolically claim responsibility for historic public furniture without compromising its collective use.

"I believe co-ops have the potential to fundamentally reshape how creative work is done," Stocksy's curation lead, Cara Dolan, tells us.