The library and the ageing //ageing and the library, two mirror studios

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The overall theme of the design studio is: User Oriented Planning and Design and Social Sustainability

There are four items that constitute the context of this design studio: The innovation competition of the City of Gent, OIKODOMOS 2, the problematic of an ageing population and the D.M.S.C. workshop (designing the multi-sensorial city).

Title of the design studio is: The library and the ageing//the ageing and the library.

Students will investigate the (spatial) (geopolitical) effects of an ageing population and develop a contemporary theory/philosophy on alternative formats for collective living and then express this theory architectural.

The design studio aims at investigating in a designerly way the relation between an ageing population and knowledge (re-skilling and lifelong learning, the library) in an urban context.

Students will design a hybrid project containing dwellings for an ageing population and a library//a library and dwellings for an ageing population.

The site is an inner city zone: Waalse Krook in Gent (BE)

The D.M.S.C. workshop starts on the 15th of November and runs until the 24th. The general theme is that of Universal Design and reconnecting designers with (impaired) end-users. Students will (re)design the ground floor of an administrative complex of the City of Gent.

The design studio runs for 14 weeks and starts 29th of September.