The unfinished department store in Kvartsitnyi settlement in Karelia. Its construction stopped in the early 1990s because the local quarry, the main job provider in the settlement, got bankrupt and closed. The never-finished store serves as a reminder of “good old times” for local residents. © Anna Varfolomeeva
Mária Valéria Informal Shanty Town in Budapest from the 1920-s. Source: www.egykor.hu
The photo was taken in Gaj village, Serbia. © Jovana Dikovic
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Scene from the today-non existent Tacheles squat in Berlin. © Grzegorz Piotrowski
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Rakova Jelša gardening site, Ljubljana, Slovenia. © Petra Matijevic
Samarkand, Usbekistan. © Mariya Petrova
Kyrgyzstan © Bermet Zhumakadyr kyzy
Kyrgyzstan © Bermet Zhumakadyr kyzy
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Bathore in Kamza, Albania. © Nebi Bardhoshi
Scene from the today-non existent Tacheles squat in Berlin. © Grzegorz Piotrowski
City-Archive of Samarkand (Usbekistan). A resolution of City’s executive committee that deals with cases of unauthorised housing construction© Mariya Petrova
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Erdenet, Mongolia. © Joseph Bristle
Party in a squatted house in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, mid-1980s. © Andreas Münstermann
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Kyrgyzstan © Bermet Zhumakadyr kyzy
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Kyrgyzstan © Bermet Zhumakadyr kyzy
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
The photo was taken in the settlement Ak Zhar, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Eliza Isabaeva
Ust’e. Local residents of the Ust’e settlement in Karelia turned their house into an informal hotel to attract tourists. As the local mining industry is in decline, they try new forms of employment. © Anna Varfolomeeva
Budva, Montenegro. © Sasha Tsenkova
Kyrgyzstan © Bermet Zhumakadyr kyzy
Skopije, Macedonia. © Sasha Tsenkova