Artist “Repairs” Old Walls By Patching Them With LEGO Bricks

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Berlin-based artist Jan Vormann has used thousands of LEGO bricks to patch crumbling holes in architectural structures around the globe.

He was dubbed as the Lego Man, as his Dispatchwork project can be seen in many countries. He recently participated in the 17th iteration of Nuart Festival. He describes his project as “a forum to further develop, piece by piece, a global game together”, one that encourages citizens to take back public space and leave their mark in a playful way…”as long as you don’t mind when the structures slowly ‘dissolve’ or ‘disappear’ back into children’s toyboxes,” he told Juxtapoz.

Vormann encourages others to join him in his playful installations to cities around the world. Check out his latest creative additions below.

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LE PROPOS Les Lieux infinis sont des lieux pionniers qui explorent et expérimentent des processus collectifs pour habiter le monde et construire des communs. Des lieux ouverts, possibles, non-finis, qui instaurent des espaces de liberté où se cherchent des alternatives. Des lieux difficiles à définir car leur caractère principal est l’ouverture sur l’imprévu pour construire sans fin le possible à venir. Confrontés aux défis immenses de notre époque où les transitions écologiques peinent face à la domination de l’économie marchande, aux replis identitaires et à l’autoritarisme, il est urgent d’espérer. De s’inspirer d’expériences parfois éphémères mais concrètes et solidaires. […] – Nicola Delon, Julien Choppin, Sébastien Eymard @encore_heureux_architects * Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 leitmotiv is "Freespace" – The (fiscal?) police came twice to make us remove the installation and get back in line. Thanks for refusing and having our back @104paris @nicoladelon @encore_heureux_architectes ! Thank you for the invitation, thank you 104centquatre, @buurrb and caserma pepe staff – and mountains of thanks to the 💜core of this project for enriching and being part of Dispatchwork: @dispatchbeirut @pamhaydamous @androphyne @wildwuchstheater @klaashuebner @steffenklaue @dormoinmare @micolpoincare @vivilaglue @mrhaast @thiswilldestroyyourears & Resa 💜🧡💛💙❤ Special thanks to @silvesterjones for the outfit, @danihz for the double work and @galerieliusawang for the great support 😘😘 #dispatchwork #lieuxinfinis #labiennale #lego #104paris #liusawang #frenchpavillion @labiennale @venice.architecture.biennale

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