Diplomprosjekt
Høst 2021
Institutt for arkitektur
This diploma proposes an architectural prototype for gathering venues in the dense city. The intention is that this prototype for gathering may work as a measure to increase quality of living in the dense city, when applied throughout the city on a neighbourhood scale. Oslo city is the selected case in this diploma, but the concept may be applicable for other cities facing similar challenges.
I argue that with the combination of high rates of people living under cramped conditions combined with the centralisation of Oslo’s culture life seen the recent years, there is a need for re-investment in urban culture and public realms on a local scale. This diploma may be seen as a counter-response to the commodification of urban culture and public buildings. Its aim is to give local communities more self-determination of their surroundings and shared spaces through a versatile and adaptable typology – an architecture on the premises of the residents. The diploma suggests an architectural typology that can be applied to a wide range of neighbourhoods to strengthen the urban culture in the local community, as a prototype for gathering in the dense city strengthening the neighbourhood identity and relieve cramped living situations.
The project is a response to the increasing number of small housing units built in Oslo combined with an exclusive housing market and lack of socially equalizing housing policies. The aim is to compensate for the cramped living situation many people are facing in the dense city by re-introducing the public assembly building as a type, functioning as an extension to the private home. I argue that this typology is increasingly necessary in the contemporary urban context as a direct measure to relieve cramped living, but also as a tool to strengthen community feeling and neighbourhood belonging.
Ingvild Høystad Stavem / ingvildstavem@yahoo.com / tlf. (+47) 900 40 960
