The architectural consequences-hunting for lines of flight in Rosengård

2. Confrontation

by Roberto Ovallepart of the group “City in a special challenging condition (liminal situation)”

April 8-9, 2010

A POTENTIAL READER’S GUIDE1. The context and the problem2. The existing3. A concept diagram4. Recombining public life -brainstorm-5. The site: the transition between full and empty

Epilogue. The 5 common points.

To generate a background that

makes lines of flight more visi

ble.

Some of the lost values of public space in Rosengård. Some are more concrete (or architectonic) than others, but each of these words has a spatial value directly or indirectly related to it, as well as a corresponding problematique. As an enclave in Sweden (or a foreign exclave, depending on how you see it) Rosengård is par-ticularly susceptible to macro-scale events, such as wars or global warming.

Among the mass of apartment blocks and the emptiness of open space, it is hard to experience the micro scale in Rosengård. In view of this situation, person-to-person interaction becomes necessary in order to articulate the

IN (private space) and OUT (public space) of Rosengård.

AA sequential configu-ration fails at hold-ing activity and only serves as a connect-ing element.

BA rhyzomatic program-matic configuration allows for the for-

mation of knots of activity, and still serves as a connector.

Linear lines of flight

Stop

Go

Field of activity

Function

Rhyzomatic lines of flight

The void

Function

Seclusion

Void

Transition

Identity

ExtremeCulturalSituation

City in a special challenging condition (liminal situation) A common feeling.