Rosengård is a neighborhood in Malmö, Sweden that is home to over 20,000 residents, 60% of whom were born outside of Sweden. It faces challenges of lack of employment opportunities and a perception of danger. The neighborhood is isolated by highways and railroad tracks that define its borders. However, the document proposes that these transportation routes could be used to unite rather than divide Rosengård and Malmö if different activities were placed along them, making the barriers more permeable and encouraging exchange between communities. The goal is to revitalize Rosengård by bringing its energy and culture into the surrounding areas.

1. About 60% of theresidents of RosengårdwerebornoutsideSweden, Iraqisbeingthelargestgroup.A further 26% descendsfrommigrants.How do theyintegrateintoSwedishsociety?

2. PuttingRosengård back onthe(mental) maps

3. Rosengårdis a multinationalcommunity inMalmö. Itisthemidpointbetween home anda brand new lifein Sweden.Thereis a little oftherest of theworld in Rosengård.

4. However, life in Rosengårdcan be a rudeawakening.Itoffersfewemploymentoptions, and itisperceivedbysome as a dangerousorunrestful place.More than 20.000 humanbeingslive in theMillion-Programmeapartment blocks.Exceptforresidentialbuildings, governmentoffices and sportsfacilities, veryfewactivitiestake place in Rosengård.Why?Gray: areasoutsideRosengård.Gray pattern: blufferareaswithlowtomiddensityresidentialunits.Green: open space and graveyard.Black: Rosengård Center, and governmentbuildingsYellow: residential blocks.The centre of Rosengårdisnotonlyisolatedbythehighway and therailroadtracksthat define it, butalsoby mono-functionalspacesaroundit.

5. Thisiswhatmostpeopleexperience of Rosengård: tunnelwalls, oftenseen at speeds of 70 or 80 kph.Whilemost of Malmö can beseenwalking, Rosengårdismostlyseenonwheels.

6. Knittingthe web.

7. These are thearteries of Rosengård. Theycarrymuch of theenergy and human flux of thecity and the South of the country, buttheyalsofunction as barriers, muchliketheBerlin Wall, creating a no-man’sland in betweencommunities.Rosengårdissharplydefinedbycirculation. Its Western limitistherailroadcomingfromDenmark and therest of Europe, whilethe South and East sides are definedbyhighways. Can theybeusedtounite Malmö and Rosengård, instead of dividingthem?

8. Activitymap of Rosengård, alongwithproposedexchangealongstrategicpoints. Thegoal: togenerateurban osmosis. Thatis, tomakethe (former) barriers permeablebyplacingdifferentactivities (takingadvantage of thewiderange of culturesthatlivehere) bothinsideRosengård and in itsnearbycontext.Thiswouldgivepeople a reasontovisit, and itwouldallowtheexchange of information, energy and culturebetweenRosengård and itscontext.Muchlife can befoundwithinwalkingdistance of Rosengård, butelementsneedtobeintroducedtocanalizeitsenergyintolife.Can theformerbarriersactuallybethekeytobringingRosengård back tolife?Can a mezzo-scaleinterventioneventuallyhave macro-scaleconsecuences?