Ryan Qie

MODULAR COMMUNITY CENTRE

Covid has changed our way of life, and after a long period of self isolation, people have become more aware of the importance of the community because of their need to socialise. In a community centre, there is not just family and friends, but a larger social circle. There is a conflict between the needs of individuals and groups.

The project explores to what extent the community centre can make up for the shortcomings of traditional nuclear families in a post-work future, and what forms of public interior can help residents, especially vulnerable groups.

With the concept of moveable furniture units, residents can switch between public and private spaces freely in a way that suits their lifestyle. The centre has the ability to provide timely assistance for some vulnerable people while promoting social interaction.

The way people socialise in a public interior is heavily dependent on the space and furniture in the community centre. A meeting room might be an ideal place for a party, but where to temporarily store the central meeting table? Also how could the entertainment equipment be moved here? All of these issues limit the ability of centers to offer more flexible and rich services.

Instead I propose a concept of modular furniture units, this slide shows that these modules can be moved and folded, andthere are some different ways in which the modules can be placed to create different scenarios to meet the needs, there will be bedrooms that can be temporarily set up and dismantled to act as shelters for vulnerable people. As for the axonometric view of the project, the functional areas are arranged according to the privacy of the space.

The governments when they trying to bridge the grey digital divide, they provided training courses for older people, offering them theme activities. You know, teaching about how to use the desktop at community centres. But today no one tells them how to play video games, live streaming and how to find content that interests them.

This project addresses the issue of helping the elderly bridge the grey digital divide within the framework of cohousing, using facilities in common spaces to generate interest in the internet and electronics as an alternative to traditional classroom-based teaching.

Cohousing Grey Digital Divide Intergenerational

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