Neighbourhood Index
Explore the selected projects, perspectives and practices from Oslo Architecture Triennale’s Open Call for submissions contributing to the mission: creating more diverse, generous and sustainable neighbourhoods.
Selected for exhibition
The Croydon ‘Urban Room’ is a shopfront for public participation, fostering meaningful connection between people & place; past, present & future.
Selected for exhibition
A field of abandoned railway tracks, taken over by plants, animals and people, is carefully transformed into the center of a new neighbourhood.
Selected for exhibition
Copenhagen Car Free(dom) is a speculative project that showcases how the city can develop beyond the framework of private automobile ownership.
Selected for exhibition
Reimagining how a mixed-use cooperative housing development could be conceived at a neighbourhood scale.
Selected for exhibition
An inspiring collection of design guidelines formulated to support the City of Reykjavík in steering quality of the planned residential development.
Honorable mention
Frizz23 and the five pioneering participatory processes behind it have charted a new approach to community focussed urban development.
Honorable mention
Proposing an alternative for in-fill residential buildings with suggesting a sharing-based lifestyle and creating a neighborhood inside the building.
Honorable mention
Building community resilience and offering neighbourhood wellbeing in a temporary affordable rental housing in a sustainable semi-urban environment
Honorable mention
A remarkable new neighbourhood that will enable people to live easy, communal and low-impact lives at this critical time for the planet
Honorable mention
The project creates a “neighborhood core” from a palimpsest of Asian urban development.
Honorable mention
This project examines the power of an informal, spontaneous, low-tech spatial gesture: a ladder built to straddle a fence between two properties.
This bottom-up initiative transforms the dense urban fabric of a 19th-century working-class area into a park and community centre.
Twenty years ago, was created one of the most visionary neighborhoods in Oslo. Unfortunately, this was just a glimpse into utopia…
Deeply rooted in context and driven to repurpose a historical site for resilient communities through food security
Startblokka is a temporary social project in Linderud Oslo, made possible through collaboration.
Occupie empty space of the metropolis with a modular, densificable and desdensificable project of housing: A glocal strategy applicable in the world.
A community on Ammerud with industrial kitchen, rental premises that the neighborhood can borrow cheaply, youth club and library
#YongeCity envisions a new city within the existing urban fabric of Toronto, forming one, continuous, horizontal neighbourhood over Yonge Street.
The asphalt is a void covering Earth, a palimpsest onto which we print our values and beliefs. The ground-soil is a membrane connecting us.
FOUN’TA’SY project uses Tactical methods that are proven to be efficient for shaping urban environments, not only financially but also execution wise.
This is an example of an open form of urban furniture – not exactly defined, leaving various possibilities for use by inhabitants.
A research pamphlet evaluating the under valued success of South London's urban mutualism and establishing alternatives for neighbouring development
Contemporary application of totemism as social sculpture and art intervention in public space. Interdisciplinary art/science project engaging locals.
With a systematic approach, Gredelj can become a well integrated part of the contemporary city centre.
The project aims to build a residential quarter with the goal of climate-adapted, sustainable planning and construction in lively neighbourhoods.
A local attraction that combine modern architecture with natural landscapes, with the goal that residents can participate in their community.
KOMM’ RUM invites you to come together and share stories, memories and ideas in the neighbourhood of Johannstadt (Dresden, GER).
Tranformasjon av tidl. sykehusområde i Fredrikstad til boligområde og nærsenter. Gjenbruk og videreutvikling av historisk bebyggelse og parkområde.
Mereside Library/Laundrette combines essential services with opportunities to co-design, co-produce, adapt and share a local amenity.
I will propose many places in the city where people can gather in a relaxed atmosphere.
The Star Homes project explores ways to develop low-cost and insect-proof housing to enhance the health of people in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa
The idea of “neighborhood terraces” is a response to changes that are occurring and to needs of inhabitants in a highly urbanized environment.
Through Ficciones Compartidas, the old Tobacco Factory of Alicante became a new meeting place for neighbors, ecologies and cultural policies.
In this master thesis Eva Storrusten researched the lost women ́s spaces of Stone Town, and interpreted the potential architecture to an infill-site
Parkly is modular and circular outdoor furniture that creates green and happy public places for more friendly neighborhoods and liveable cities.
Self-initiated public realm project in Tallinn, functioning as a garden, a playable space and as material laboratory for outdoor use of rammed earth.
The old Urania cinema was reconstructed into an office space that integrates a cultural centre open for public into the existing historic fabric.
This pilot project aimed at designing crafts shops’ shutters, promoting their business and enhancing the visual qualities in informal areas.
Tourism Suburbia is a post-growth perspective on tourism, a framework for collective infrastructures on a neighbourhood level.
Lambertseterportalen is newly built interactive public sculpture installation located in the center of Lambertseterparken.
NABO_Lab is a pop-up platform for research and a neighbourhood laboratory .
Free Mühlgang curates an unearthing of the invisibilized past of a public space to envision alternative narratives of freedom produced by inclusivism.
A boring grass area mainly used for dogwalking has been transformed into a local park with room for social gatherings, tranquility and rainwater
Proposal for a novel air rights management platform and structural strategy to develop housing with lasting benefits for residents through co-owning.
Competition win in 2017. Situated in Fornebu, Bærum. 65 000 m2 dwelling, 750m2 commercial, 500m2 community space. Area: 37000 m2. Futurebuilt pilot.
Reconversion of a derelict working-class “ilha” neighborhood into longterm affordable rental housing, in the historical city center of Porto,Portugal
A pathway, punctually connected with the public space, that gives access to the new apartments laid out above the neighborhood pre-existing buildings.
Miniature Megalopolis radically reimagines what a neighbourhood can be, through the lens of one of Oslo’s most complex urban areas - Groruddalen.
Regeneration of the Alfama neighborhood, degraded by the no preservation of the historical urban fabric and saturated by excessive tourism.
Exploring neighborhood-scale food systems and civic innovation in Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
An exploration of how the large-scale infrastructural project Missing Link 12 can be reprogrammed to better fit the context and needs of residents.
Project defines the next century's urban living where you have access to nutrition at your doorstep, not just for humans but for other beings as well.
Karlovac – a completely immersive experience for all your senses
Conceptual development of a marine activity park in Stavanger, based on blue & green nature solutions.
The project consists in a series of modest urban interventions, where wasteland or sterile grass patches are planted with bee-friendly white clovers.
The project redefines the boundary of a night-shelter in a peripheral neighbourhood, transforming the former fence into a space with multiple uses.
A green oasis, designed for and with the community, where to pause from the busy city life, and connect with nature and with others.
Let’s go to Lonja – a promenade with designed urban furniture along the river
Civil society and the public sector are jointly turning a vacant building complex into affordable spaces for art, education, housing & administration
Turning a neglected urban environment into an exciting mixed-use neighbourhood with adequate housing, commercial spaces and functional public areas.
Agroecology is the additional programmatic layer fostering interactions between plant, animal, human, and the environment within agricultural systems
The urban development concept "Hello Future?!" shows positive visions of the future of a residential neighborhood in Kiel (Germany).
The project tries to reinforce the existing condition of a small neihborhood by gently framing the space and finding beauty throughout it.
An essential contribution to a conscious and convenient neighborhood is serviced laundry facilities. We simplify laundry and clean the future.
A model of how education, sustainability and design merge to harvest a bright future that attend the needs of the community and our neighborhoods.
Our proposal for a permanent restaurant is a neighbourhood driven initiative, presenting the ideas and needs of daily users in the public discussion.
In the period 2013-2020, an area improvement was carried out in the Saupstad-Kolstad district. Broad approach has given the district new energy.
The project aims to build a residential quarter with the goal of climate-adapted, sustainable planning and construction in lively neighbourhoods.
Foster change by a temporary redesign of streets with a set of wandering modular street furniture creating livable meeting spaces for the neighborhood
The project uses participatory placemaking to create safe, accessible and vibrant urban commons in marginalised public housing neighbourhoods.
OPEN Garage is a research-driven proposition for a community equipment, situated in the context of post-socialist collective housing estates.
ecovillage Hannover is a future-oriented urban development which is guided by sufficiency and highest ecological standards
Winning proposal for the transformation and future-proof development of a former Paper Mill industrial complex in Patras, Greece
Transformation of a former industrial area into a new urban neigbourhood
Jubileumsparken is an example of a long-term place-building process where a neighborhood is created years before the first residents move in.
Data is the new resource. We proposed to move from large data centres to small, diffuse data centres that feed neighbourhoods with their energy waste
Modular er et modulbasert rehandelskonsept for bærekraftig handel og lokal verdiskapning — eller et slags sirkulært kjøpesenter om du vil
Hortes de Caldes Parking and Sindicat Square. Project by RavetllatRibas
An online tool for foraging in the city, identifying edible wild weeds and mapping public fruit trees.
'Das Kooperative Haus' is a master thesis by Danny Liu and Kai Pieper at Bauhaus University Weimar developing a vision of sustainable city planning.
A Tourist Trap? aims for the mediation between people and nature, connecting nature, places and culture.
A worn down nonplace, absent on the locals mental city map has been transformed into a modern urban space with a luminous landmark.
The project showcases how rainwater management can turn threat to ressource and create value for both the residents, the neighbourhood, and the city.
Co-Carts are multifunctional vehicles whose forms and functions stimulate collaboration, encourage experimentation and transform collective spaces.
Precollinear Park is a placemaking experience. A linear park which develops along an unused tramway overlooking the river and the hills.
En Torno al Vergel–Around the Garden – is the winning proposal for the construction of a public housing block comprising 42 units in Seville, Spain.
Focusing on creating urban platforms consisting of sky gardens, elevated parks, and fixing urban behavior of humans.
The design of the Fjord City will result in attractive, urban, and sustainable neighbourhoods, where people, the fjord, and the future meet.
TAKING PART showcases new creative methods of involving young people from vulnerable social housing in the planning of their own neighbourhoods.
Project displays how neighbourhood is socially and physically crucial for post-disaster recovery with an idea of a floating, post-disaster settlement.
Economic urban center, that will stimulate the gastronomic and the convention industry, which will attract corporate tourism and new housing offerings
Regenerate a rundown urban block through a porous morphology, implement equipments to stimulate neighbourhood dynamics and create an Urban Centre.
Our project reflects on the status of the commercial street by restructuring its elements according to new traffic flows based on health guidelines.
Helhetlig utvikling av bykvartal i Ski sentrum med boliger, barnehage, skoler og bypark.
The aim of the project has been to look at the potential for future development of a district of Kristiansand with a focus on social sustainability.
A vision for the redevelopment of Central Vista, the historic seat of Indian democracy, to create an inclusive, cultural and ecological urban centre.
Cohousing project with owner-occupied and cooperative apartments, artists’ studios and space provision for social associations and commerce
It's architectural strategy was designed as a cultural venue to inspire creative confrontation, support new ideas and accommodate outstanding events.
UDWR2H - Underground drinking water reservoir incastred on the edge of the village to provide drinking water to part of the local community.
'Let the sunshine in' is prospective research proposing 3 scales of actions for a better relationship between housing and the metropolitan city.
The hospital area is well integrated into the city structure and has become an attractive neighborhood in the city Trondheim
To rethink, reuse, and retransform slum disadvantages into advantages
AIR SQUARE is a transportable square that activates underused urban spaces by bringing them purpose and a vibrant public life.
A neighbourhood in Antwerp can become a new network of spaces that combines public amenities with nature and weaves the inner blocks into the city.
Landscape fragment becomes dynamic suburban park: locals, travelers, workers, ecological zones share a new typology of a large-scale neighborhood park
The project explores the liminal condition of the threshold by replacing the existing shutters with a dual piece of furniture for everyday activities.
The project proposes an innovative, landscape-driven approach to renewing the community public space, reclaim those spaces that belong to the public.
STILSTAND transforms parking into an exhibition space, using the blueprint technique as an artistic co-creation method.
By engaging all senses to define the experience and stories of a space, the project ought to promote sustainability and local craftsman production.
Meridian Water is not one place, but many; it is a series of interconnected micro-neighborhoods, each with a distinctive character and sense of place.
Versus is a roller skate rink in Nantes's historic center as part of the annual festival Le Voyage à Nantes 2021.
Living The Future rehabilitates a dismissed urban fragment in Milan introducing social dwelling spaces and new public services for the neighborhood.
Dalen Aktivitets park is an activity park, Trondheim. The park is designed to promote active use, a meeting place for all generations.
ZIBO offers a vision for the sustainable redevelopment of LeCorbusier’s abandoned Industrial Zone in BOgota
A new mixed use residential neighbourhood set within the Klingelbeek estate, a beautiful old park along the river Rhine in Arnhem, Holland.
Jonas - a new concept for a mixed-use residential building, designed to enhance social cohesion by creating a sustainable, inviting heart for the area
61°69 is a co-designed and co-built community garden by teenagers in Siberia, and curated through a series of thematic educative workshops.
An alternative to demolition of social housing that reuses the unused, invites the collective over the sole, and shapes the community as a main core.
Giving people a chance to integrate, create and celebrate the common environment
Urban Space for Physical, Mental and Social Health is a study for activating inter-block spaces and their untapped potential in Burgas, Bulgaria
Brainport Smart District is a future-oriented urban district that promotes sustainable, smart and productive living and working.
Ten tests to develop new methods to involve residents and local actors in the development of existing and future public spaces of Gottsunda in Sweden.
Winning Europan 16 entry for the Karlskoga (SE) site that proposes a site-specific district that embraces local qualities around a new railway station
The pilot project aimed at developing concepts of street furniture and greening, and producing prototypes for them in an informal neighborhood.
Transform a historical farm in a communal agri-cultural area based on circular economy, to project a better future for people, communities and nature.
Integrated closed-loop technologies make public buildings profitable and community-friendly. Their daily use provokes ecological thinking in the city.
This housing building gets significant collective spaces-facilities and consists of a C shaped body with a glazed full-height atrium.
The proposal questions inherited domestic spaces through the implementation of a basic set of retroactive tools for communal reset.
A meeting place/plays for the neighborhood, with the neighborhood of Rudshøgda
The project aims to create a neighboorhood, which seemingly created itself through many back and forths and in many years, unique at every corner.
Urban redevelopment of the historical heart of Forest (a municipality of Brussels, BE) and transformation of its abbey into a regional cultural centre
The NVM is a social and economic initiative that seeks to share tools in the community thus reducing consumption and unessential spending.
This self-initiated proposal investigates how to upgrade post-war residential housing buildings to meet current environmental and social standards.
PM campus is a combination of rural healthy neighbourhood and suburban density mixed with urban vibrancy in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine