Elasticity in Rosengård

About 60% of the residents of Rosengård were born outside Sweden, Iraqis being the largest group.A further 26% descends from migrants.

How do they integrate into Swedish society?

Putting Rosengård back on the (mental) maps

Rosengårdis a multinationalcommunity inMalmö.

It is the midpoint between home anda brand new life in Sweden.

There is a little ofthe rest of the world in Rosengård.

However, life in Rosengårdcan be a rude awakening.

It offers few employment options, and it is perceived by some as a dangerous or unrestful place.

More than 20.000 human beings live in the Million-Programme apartment blocks.

Except for residential buildings, government offices and sports facilities, very few activities take place in Rosengård.

Why?

Gray: areas outside Rosengård.

Gray pattern: bluffer areas with low to mid density residential

units.

Green: open space and graveyard.

Black: Rosengård Center, and government buildings

Yellow: residential blocks.

The centre of Rosengård is not only isolated by

the highway and the railroad tracks that

define it, but also by mono-functional spaces

around it.

This is what most people experience of Rosengård: tunnel walls, often seen at speeds of 70 or 80 kph.While most of Malmö can be seen walking, Rosengård is mostly seen on wheels.

Knitting the web.

These are the arteries of Rosengård.

They carry much of the energy and human flux of the city and the South of the country, but they also function as barriers, much like the Berlin Wall, creating a no-man’s land in between communities.

Rosengård is sharply defined by circulation. Its Western limit is the

railroad coming from Denmark and the rest of Europe, while the South

and East sides are defined by highways.

Can they be used to unite Malmö and Rosengård,

instead of dividing them?

That is, to make the (former)

barriers permeableby placing different

activities (taking advantage of the

wide range of cultures that live here) both inside Rosengård and in

its nearby context.

This would give people a reason to

visit, and it would allow the

exchange of information,

energy and culture between Rosengård and its context.

Much life can be found within walking distance of Rosengård, but elements need to be introduced to canalize its energy into life.

Can the former barriers actually be the key to bringing Rosengård back to life?

Can a mezzo-scale intervention eventually have macro-scale consecuences?

Activity map of Rosengård, along with proposed exchange along strategic points.

The goal: to generate urban

osmosis.