Sweden as a country is facing major transformations based on its rapidly changing demographics. A declining birth rate and an increasingly large elderly population opt for a different approach to building for our community, since the current planning and construction do not reflect this change in users and need. 

The project, Increasing Togetherness by Crossing Generational Boundaries, is an activity center aiming to give space for a larger social context through shared facilities explored through the aspects of moving, eating and being creative together. 

Combining a small-scale preschool with multiple functions for leisure activities, the center creates a platform for both planned and spontaneous encounters between people of different ages in various kinds of ways.

With this project I wish to showcase the possibilities the concept of sharing space and fostering interactions will create an environment of empathy, play and respect, in an attempt to strengthen our communities’ social fabric.