SMOOTH SUCTION
Self-Initiated
2026

Material
Metal, Textile, Light

Contemporary cities are increasingly defined by smooth, sealed surfaces—glass, metal, and polished concrete—designed for efficiency, control, and visual coherence. While these environments appear open, they often reduce opportunities for informal use and spontaneous interaction.
This project explores how such surfaces can be reactivated through temporary, non-invasive interventions using industrial suction systems. By attaching rather than building, it introduces spatial elements that create provisional situations of use without permanence or ownership.
The work is an ongoing series, currently consisting of a bench, table, 7m curtain, candle holder, and vase, operating across scales from intimate objects to spatial interventions.
These elements function as “intermediate spaces”: neither fully public nor private, neither fixed nor mobile. They enable moments of encounter, negotiation, and shared use within controlled environments.
Rather than proposing new structures, the project works with existing conditions, transforming passive surfaces into active spatial agents and questioning how urban space can become more accessible, adaptable, and collectively inhabited.

All Objects Available on request.

LEO SCHREWE