Multi-aged Micro Town Type: Academic Group Year: 2020 Location: Barcelona, Spain Software used: Revit I Sketchup I Photoshop I Illustrator The design studio project challenge is to design “A Multi Aged & Sustainable Micro-Town”, where inhabitants of all ages will dwell in this neighbourhood. The site is located in the Horta Region northern part of Barcelona, where the city meets the mountains. It resides between a university on the west, an existing neighbourhood on the north, and a highway on the south, which creates various challenges to the design project. The project is an attempt on the contribution of solving mental health issues which are surprisingly prevalent in the elderly of Barcelona. By conceptualizing the term creativity as our central design point, we socially-physically connect the elderly and the youth in creative activities to form a mutual symbiosis, hence improving their well-being. Creative plaza as the centre with Axes running through the site are the baselines. we carefully lay out the functions of public buildings. The residences are scattered behind the general functions to increase the reciprocity between the residents and the public without harming nature too much. Also, social functions are proliferated within the residences to create a lively, healthy, and creative atmosphere.
