sweden
During the summer of 2019, an interdisciplinary group of students from the University of Washington, other U.S. universities, and a local craft school collaborated with local residents of all ages, including a significant proportion of Syran newcomers to reimagine a public park in Dals Långed, Sweden. Building on student work from the previous summer, students designed and constructed a children’s adventure playscape, a gathering pavilion, and a swimming area. Throughout the design process, students engaged with community members in public meetings and children’s workshops as they created a space informed by and responsive to community needs. The group designed a space meant to cultivate new and diverse social networks in a community shaped by ongoing social migration —a place for cultural exchange that newcomers and more established residents alike can call home.
Photos by Kendra Klenz, Sidney Greenslate, Daniel Winterbottom
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