The project aims to create innovative urban narratives through a design and construction course, emphasizing social inclusion and sustainability in Bergen, and is part of the Generation Festival and FIB Festspillene Bergen 2024.

Investigating and learning from Aging in place and relocating health in NORCs Neighborhood of New-York City

Students from ENSAAMA worked with a project focused on rural development in the Fjell area of Øygarden municipality, Norway. The Greymatter Møvika & Ulveseth initiative involved transforming soon-to-be disused school buildings into community spaces, exploring sustainable residential construction, and improving local infrastructure. The project was conducted in collaboration with Architecture firm LOCAL and the Vestland Region County department for City development, aiming to address local engagement, sustainability, and innovation challenges.

With Norway’s aging population set to double by 2040, the need for innovative healthcare solutions has never been greater. Addressing this, our project in Lade integrates music as a tool for care, therapy, and leisure, fostering a vibrant, multi-generational community. Through music, we envision a transformation of nursing homes into dynamic social hubs, benefiting mental health and wellbeing. This music-focused ecosystem resonates with Lade's cultural values at the scale of the new neighbourhood that radically reuses the existing hospital housing, transforming them into generous affordable and generational homes. The landscape is preserved and enhanced with sound-paths and viewpoints giving it access while curating outdoors for food production and nature sanctuaries for wild-life.

Greymatter Bekkjarvik engages ideas around senior living in Norway's scenic coastal town of Bekkjarvik. Through research and student work for Bachelor diploma, it explores how architecture can support vibrant, sustainable communities for all generations.

In this book, we reflect on our journey exploring the complexities of aging. From personal commitment to a broad initiative and Master studio with Bergen Architecture School on the West coast, we share insights to inspire a dialogue on creating inclusive, multigenerational communities.

The documentary Greymatter Bergen is a project about the current state of how we grow old and live in the center of cities, using Bergen as a case study. By documenting and mapping the lives of our senior today, we want to inspire, question, and imagine an inclusive and resilient future for the city.

How rapid practice of assemblage, emphasizing the reuse of materials (ready-made) can generate speculative tools to interact with one surrounding?

« Can’t we imagine that safety accessories could also look domestic and reflect our changing lifestyle in an exciting and beautiful way? »