An independent think tank, curating practice and gallery space in Malmö, working at the intersection of art, public policy and architecture.
A new award celebrating the city's everyday places - those that work, endure and are cared for with attention rather than rebuilt with spectacle.
Winner 2025: Kyrkogrottan in Limhamn.
An urban research project with the Chair of The City of Esch, following Esch-sur-Alzette's shift from steel to knowledge - and the hidden support structures that keep a city working.
A five-year process that pushed past standard urban development models in Sofielund, and introduced a new planning tool: the cultural-industrial sound zone.
A performance-lecture on how worthless urban values are reframed and extracted under contemporary planning regimes.
A conversation on art and city planning: what happens to studios, stages and exhibition spaces when a neighbourhood becomes an asset?
Seven local artists, seven new readings of Sofielund's industrial area - on language, time, power and who gets to author the future city.
A photographic archive of a changing urban landscape: doors that have disappeared, shops turned into flats, entrances replaced by concrete.
Participatory action research following a cultural quarter from acquisition to closure - either an obituary, or a manual for obstructing your own extinction.
CSAM challenges current modes of urban development and the narratives that support them - through community engagement and art as an investigative tool.
By engaging local artists and artisans to problematize the unjust allocation of urban resources, CSAM works to visualize the implications of big geopolitical shifts on local conditions in a local context.
CSAM in its current form was founded in 2019 by long-time partners Victoria Percovich Gutierrez (economist), Åsa Bjerndell (architect) and Karl Landin (urban planner). Our practice has developed through a combination of working as architects and community organizers, and curating talks, exhibitions and artistic interventions.