Community(s) Care - alternative scenarios to the danish parallel societies act

In the current system of the danish parallel societies act, top down decision makers favour demolition as the method to address the ‘political dystopia’ of these areas labelled as 'parallel societies’. This one size fits all approach has little regard for the communities it breaks up, or the environment both on a local and national scale. Instead there is a priority for political gain and architecture is a tool for further political stigmatisation and ostracisation. Our project explores how the architect can facilitate the redistribution of agency within the redevelopment discussions to favour those currently disregarded.

Using Bøgeparken, Vollsmose as a case study, we have used scenarios as a method to explore alternative futures.

Vollsmose is one of the largest transformation areas in Denmark and Bøgeparken is the area within Vollsmose with the most demolition planned. In September 2021, this process started with the residential tower. It is here we have focused our project, however, these scenarios could play out in any of the buildings slated for demolition in Vollsmose, or any other transformation area in the country.