Investigating and learning from Aging in place and relocating health in NORCs Neighborhood of New-York City
How can we value the history and identity of the old Veterinary School in Oslo by revitalizing it with new programs?
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.
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.
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 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.
We understand user participation is a dynamic process combining modern technology and traditional methods to authentically understand users' needs and desires.
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.
« Can’t we imagine that safety accessories could also look domestic and reflect our changing lifestyle in an exciting and beautiful way? »
« rebuild synergies between environment, mobility, production and seniors »
« between urban and green. »
« rural urbanity and life cycle standard in the West coast of Norway. »
« chosen as a Crossroads prize winner by the jury of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021. »
"How can the historical hospital area of Molde redevelop after its relocation outside the center ?"
The project in Rana Municipality, Norway, addresses a rapid aging population and escalating healthcare costs by planning a new nursing home and repositioning facilities for more efficient health services, focusing on developing an age-friendly neighborhood in Ytteren.
« Laksevågneset, the patient city. »
Located in the center of Auby, the "Aldi" wasteland offers the opportunity to apply the principles established by our Greymatter research : Set the seniors as productive players of the cities.
The project offers an inclusive living concept within a lush and intimate environment that has a strong capacity to evolve. Using a simple and repetitive structural principle, we allow residents to change the size of their apartments depending on their needs and lifestyles.
