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Growing Together / m²ft architects

Architect: m²ft architects
Location: Uddevalla, Sweden
Project: Landscape & urbanism
Software: Autocad, Rhino 3d, Photoshop, Illustrator
Aditional credits: Flavio Martella, Maria Vittoria Tesei

The proposal “Growing Together” it is not just a project, but a multidisciplinary process that involves numerous actors, boosting the variety and the community typical of a healthy urban context. During the process, new uses and new architectures will be places alongside an architectural renovation of the pre-existing buildings; they will provide a unique and fresh character to the three areas, making them recognizable and characteristic.

“Growing Together” creates a network able to understand the current conditions of Dalaberg, Hovhult and Bulid proposing the necessary interventions for the effective regeneration of areas. These interventions will be developed mainly in three phases and they will be supervised by a control organism specifically created for the management of the process: the OSD (Office for Sustainable Development). The three phases will have a total duration of 20 years and will be divided into 4+8+8 years so as to provide sufficient time to settle and analyse the new figures and the new interventions.

The development of Dalaberg, Hovhult and Bulid will therefore be gradual allowing adaptation and assimilation by the local population, the city and the entire region. In this way, the spontaneous creation of a sense of community and belonging is encouraged, new investors are constantly attracted, and there is time to effectively evaluate the effectiveness of the adopted interventions, allowing any adjustment. An optimal solution, able to reach full potential in a short time and in a stable, inclusive and resilient way.