ARCHITECTURE FOR PTSD, VOLLSMOSE

2021_9th semester

This project explores the existing values, the strong community, and the problems of the Danish “Ghetto” Vollsmose. With a focus on local initiatives, the concentration of people effected by PTSD and critical spaces of the area.

Could we treat mental health disorders with a combination of spatial intervention and a strong community?

By studying the neurological effects of space and the impact of a healthy social environment on the human brain. Are we using an Archi-puncture approach to counter the critical spaces. And facilitating already existing initiatives, into transformed existing structures. In a new program-oriented infrastructure of the public space in Vollsmose. Here by embedding a subtitle treatment of PTSD and other mental health disorders. And increasing an overall sense of well-being, in synergy with the current community.