Temporary Living with Boundaries

TOPOGRAPHY OF INTERCONNECTIONS
by A.Ozge Ozdamar
LOCATION
Magdeburg is the capital of Saxonia-Anhalt. The site: Magdeburg South-East is a former industrial part of the city with high rate of unemployment and a large amount of abandoned properties.

INTRODUCTION
The change of paradigm in the Stadtlandschaft of Magdeburg has a very noticeable effect on people’s lives and their everyday environment. Spaces which once had a high value for the community and individuals are now abandoned. Remaining values of use need to be localized and strengthened, new ones introduced according to the present process of shrinking in the Stadtlandschaft and the needs of the people in Magdeburg.

TEMPORARY LIVING WITH BOUNDARIES
The post-unification situation led to two kinds of boundaries in Magdeburg-South: “Linear Boundaries” and “Area Boundaries.”
CONCEPT: Frugal solutions to modify boundaries.
GOAL: Providing interconnections between living environments by means of boundaries.

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