This document summarizes a report on living in Rosengård, a neighborhood in Malmö, Sweden with a diverse immigrant population. It notes that over 60% of residents were born abroad and public spaces in Rosengård have become diluted, affecting how people experience their community. The report aims to enhance the social character of public spaces through openness, diversity, and participation. It seeks to generate a space that reinforces a sense of community and facilitates self-expression, collective experiences, and involvement in community life.

1. Living in Rosengård
the potential of public spaces
in a liminal community
by roberto OVALLE / Bergen Arkitekt Skole / 11 March 2010

2. 1 An introduction to the place
2 The human element
3 The architectural aspect
4 Epilogue

3. Malmö
Öresund
Kastrup
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Europe
Malmö
Chile Iraq
Bosnia Denmark Lebanon Ethiopia
Yugoslavia Afghanistan
El Salvador Poland
Somalia

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Modernism

5. Is this the future?

6. Meet the Rosengårders
60% born abroad + 26% born in Sweden to foreign parents

7. ultra-radical islamists
isolation
a strong culture of threats
women subject to physical and psychological harassment
religious extremism
thought police
child marriage
young people isolate themselves from society
source: the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College

8. A city within a city.

9. High unemployment.
Inability to speak Swedish at a functional level.
Low scholarity.
Lack of a permanent population.
Social isolation.
A very young population.
The Human Layer
The Spatial Layer
Sports.
Playgrounds.
Paths.
Open fields.
The experience layer

10. The consequences of public space d i l u t i n g.

11. A walk in the neighborhood.

12. 1 Weakening the
social experience

13. 2 Rationalizing randomness monofunctional spaces

14. 3
Affecting the
way people
experience their
community

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16. 5 Restricting the group experience
The largest crowd in Rosengård.

17. Intentions.

18. Conceptual goals
1. To enhance the social character of the public space through openness and democracy.
2. To increase the cultural diversity in the public space through inclusive and participative
design, focused on teenagers and young adults, the most vulnerable groups.
3. To reinforce thesense of community by generating a space in which local inhabitants can
develop attachment and belonging to their context.
4. To facilitate self expression, which is key in the generation of a local identity.
5. To emphasize the collective aspect of social life and promote involvement in community
life.

19. A space where the lines
of flight become evident.

20. A new background.