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Catalogue 5: Calico Project: “CAre and LIving in COmmunity”, Bru-xelles
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Location and context
CALICO, ’CAre and LIving in COmmunity’, is a project of 34 apartments in cohousing providing a generational and social mix in interaction with its neighbourhood, located in Bruxelles Belgium. Its priorities are gender perspective, the integration of birth and end-of-life at the heart of the community, care, and access to housing within different acti-vities. The CALICO project received co-finan-cing from the European ERDF fund under the call for projects «Urban Innovative Actions».
It started in November 2018 and it was fini-shed by the summer of 2021.
Design concept
The project design concept is based on an open space for local initiatives, inserting the building within its neighbourhood and crea-ting a space for interaction with said neigh-bourhood. The principal aim is to create an intergenerational project with a social mix.
All inhabitants are part of the decision-ma-king process thanks to several inhabitants’
committees, within the idea of creating a “li-ttle community”.
Building functions and divisions
The building is composed of 34 apartments in cohousing with a division of three parts.
The project is interesting due to these three parts that are in charge of different associa-tions which enhance different direcassocia-tions for the interaction among the residents. Part 1 known as “Angela D” and it is CALICO’s partner association responsible for putting gender issues at the centre of the housing project through awareness-raising and trai-ning activities on gender equality issues. The second part of the project is designated to the “Community Land Trust housing” which is based on the philosophy that ownership
of land is separated from ownership of buil-dings, allowing low-income households to buy housing at a lower price than market price and allowing the price of housing to remain affordable for subsequent genera-tions. The last part is designated to the as-sociation of “Pass-ages”, which is integrated within the housing cluster, and focuses on the creation of living in harmony and in con-nection with others, accompanied by profes-sionals and volunteers.
Summary
This project is the solution for the ageing of the population that is affecting Belgium as much as its neighbours. The risk of isolation of older people increases as a society beco-mes more individualised, and their meagre incomes rarely give them the opportunity to live in affordable and adequate housing. By ensuring that all generations are represen-ted within its housing project, CALICO will allow seniors not only access to affordable housing, but, if they so wish, they will have the possibility of always being in the com-pany of others while actively participating in the life of the housing cluster. The younger residents will be able to enjoy presence and transmission from elder residents.
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Catalogue 6: “Le Cours des Arts: Living Diversity”, France Studio: a/LTA
Year: 2018
Rennes, France
Figure 37 - Location: France
Figure 38 - Roof plan Figure 39 - Facade
Figure 40 - Facades Figure 41 - Internal courtyard Figure 42 - Shared room
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Location and context
The project is located in the city of Rennes in France and is known as the “Beautiful outlook” / “Beauregard” due to the views between the valleys of the Ille and Vilaine ri-vers that the building can offer. Le Cours des Arts multigenerational building is based on the concept of “Living Mix” by the creation of spaces where diversity coexists among residents.
Design concept
The project aims to create and build a diver-se endiver-semble of housing units which combi-nes a social aspect and home buying pos-sibilities, with the challenge of creating an
“intergenerational housing complex”. The architect’s design concept came to carry out this programme with a new kind of commu-nity living in mind.
Building functions and divisions
Le Cours des Arts is a project with a pro-gram of 119 housing units, four artists’ stu-dios and housing, two artists’ stustu-dios, sha-red gardens, three commercial cells and a convenience room, where everything is communicated. Organised around a cen-tral communal courtyard, the opening in the landscape consequently becomes the cen-trepiece of the project, the three construc-tions make it possible to free up space in the heart of the block. There is a constant tension that exists within the spaces, caught up as we are in our daily lives, between spen-ding time with the community or with oursel-ves. The random distribution of the houses and artists’ studios creates spaces evidently conducive to interaction for they break with the panoptic effect which would have been given. The treatment of visibility of each spa-ce is managed and controlled by the design of different spaces.
Summary
Le Cours des Arts multigenerational buil-ding is another case example of the creation of spaces made for social interaction and community commitment. The project aims to give elderly social cohesion and a sense of community by creating a connection be-tween different ages and abilities of the re-sidents under common management. The creation of a common courtyard is the heart of the project where different routines are met in one place. Once again architecture is taken as a tool design for achieving the cha-llenge of the multigenerational approach.
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Catalogue 7: Helgetun Boliger, Norway Studio: B + B Arkitekter
Year: 2018
Bergen, Norway
Figure 43 - Location: Norway
Figure 44 - Facades
Figure 45 - Wood Facade Figure 46 - Shared activities Figure 47 - External facade
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The project is located 10km away from the city of Bergen, in an area surrounded by na-ture and large green areas with walking trai-ls and farm areas with animatrai-ls. The project targets are elderly, kindergarten and a foun-dation of people with disabilities. The inte-raction between generations is emphasised through the creation of a natural environ-ment and healthy life.
Design concept
The genesis of the project is based on the philosophy “it must be nice to grow old” (GC Rieber Gruppen, n.d.). The design concept is aimed to create and facilitate an active, so-cial and healthy life with opportunities and outdoor activities that enhance the idea of communities and care among residents. It is a project that represents itself as a social experiment, where lower medication and ending loneliness are the principal objecti-ves to achieve through mentally and physi-cal health. In the Helgetun project area, the three bridge-building units of senior homes, kindergarten and disability centres were es-tablished by G.C. Rieber & Co AS (Helgetun, 2018). It is an interesting case because the project grew among the years, ending up in the multigenerational architecture concept.
The establishment of Helgetun started at the disability centre in 1954, kindergarten in 2014 and at last the senior homes in 2019 (Helgetun, 2018). The purpose of gathering the three facilities that follow the course of life and include people with special needs is to benefit from each other from separate operating units.