The growroom

This project is a two-person project, all illustrations are made together.   Increasingly more people are choosing to settle in cities. At the same time, we live in a time where achieving sustainability goals is more important than ever. The increase in residents in urban environments has created a build-up of people passing through the streets, squares, parks, and other green areas in the city, putting a huge strain on public spaces. In response to this, renewable, viable, safe and healthy public spaces are needed, with the aim of creating an equal urban environment open to all. These public spaces require inventive solutions to develop the urban environment into a sustainable future.   Urban development is not only inevitable, but a must for progression, however, to the average citizen this creates ever-shifting, ever-changing surroundings for them to work and live in. During these, sometimes years-long, periods of change, public spaces can fall into a form of middle ground, where the previous purpose of the space has been lost, and the new purpose has yet to be gained.   This study investigates whether temporary use can contribute to sustainable urban development and an intervention study is conducted at a public space that is undergoing change. The intervention is made with a temporary pavilion, originally designed by SPACE10, with cultivation opportunities in the centre of Malmö.