The graduation project, "From Exhaustion to Resilience," is set in Sønderbro, a neighbourhood of Copenhagen. Initial research and site visit identified the primary challenge as a sense of exhaustion experienced by the residents, connected to their social interactions and urban environment. Inspired by Gilles Deleuze’s conceptualization of exhaustion, the term here describes a state of complete depletion and lack of possibilities, relating both to the urban environment and the social interactions within the community. Consequently, the main issue that the project addresses is how a public condenser can disrupt this exhausted context to generate new and previously unimaginable possibilities.
The design utilizes two guiding principles throughout the different scales to generate these new possibilities. The first is termed “the spectacular everyday”, it entails treating the everyday patterns and things in life as something spectacular and a source of new possibilities. The second principle focuses on turning boundaries into borders, edges shaped by interaction, as from this interaction new possibilities can emerge.
The final design functions as a framework, featuring both internal and external infrastructure that facilitate and support the everyday and turn it into something spectacular. In addition to this, the design establishes new borders full of interaction. By establishing these qualities, the design successfully disrupts the exhausted condition of Sønderbro, generating resilience and new and unimagined possibilities.
The final design functions as a framework, integrating both internal and external infrastructure that facilitate and support the everyday and turn it into something spectacular. In addition to this, the design establishes new borders full of interaction. By incorporating these qualities, the building successfully disrupts the exhausted context of Sønderbro, generating resilience and new and unimagined possibilities.