For a long time, Lista-Gillberga has been a place where retired elders move to spend their last years in the fresh air in the countryside. Eskilstuna municipality's investment in expanding through new housing, population growth and a university means that the area could now have an increase ofyounger generations who want the proximity to the city of Eskilstuna but still want to feel the freedom of the countryside. This Community Center+ becomes one intergenerational institution, where both younger and older generations can meet and socialize. In addition to a part of the building that contains premises open to the public, the building contains a preschool with two departments, as well as a nursing home that includes 20 apartments. The premises that are open to the public are easily accessible to both the residents and the preschool children and here, for example, localassociations and other actors can activate the elderly and children in various activities. In addition to this, a common department is also provided for the nursing home and preschool. This contains a conservatory, open hangout area and studios specifically available for the residents and the children. An important driving force in this project lies in the fact that nursing homes should not just be a storage unit for the elderly during their final years of life. Research shows that contact between the elderly and children can contribute to strengthened mental health for the elderly and that symptoms of dementia can decrease. The elderly should experience the feeling of being needed and appreciated in society. They should be able to really live their lives to the fullest and not have to feel cut off from the outside world. Gillberga Generational can thus be seen as a hub for the residents of Lista-Gillberga where both older and younger people are welcomed and can socialize together. / Länge har Lista-Gillberga varit en plats dit pensionärer flyttar för att spendera sina sista år i frisk luft på landsbygden. Eskilstuna kommuns ’satsning på expandera genom nya bostäder, befolkningsökning och ett universitet innebär att området nu skulle kunna få en tillökning av yngre generationer som vill ha närheten till Eskilstuna stad men ändå känna friheten på landsbygden. Detta Folkets hus + blir en generationsöverskridande institution, där både yngre och äldre generationer kan mötas och umgås. Förutom en del av byggnaden som innehåller lokaler öppna för allmänheten innehåller byggnaden en förskola med två avdelningar, samt ett vård- och omsorgsboende som omfattar 20 lägenheter. De lokaler som är öppna för allmänheten är lättillgängliga för både de boende samt förskolebarnen och här skulle tillexempel lokala föreningar och andra aktörer kunna aktivera de äldre och barnen i olika aktiviteter. Utöver detta föreslås också en gemensam avdelning med vinterträdgård, allrum / myshörna och ateljéer specifikt tillgängliga för boendet och förskolan.  En viktig drivkraft i det här projektet ligger i att ett vård- och omsorgsboende inte bara ska bli en förvaring av äldre under deras sista år i livet. Forskning visar på att umgänge mellan äldre och barn kan leda till stärkt mental hälsa hos de äldre, att symptom på demens kan gå tillbaka samt ett allmänt gladare humör. De äldre ska få känna sig behövda och sysselsatta och på riktigt få leva livet fullt ut och inte behöva känna sig avskärmade från omvärlden. Gillberga Generational kan alltså ses som ett nav för invånarna i Lista- Gillberga där både äldre och yngre välkomnas och kan umgås ihop.

Folkets hus med snickeri för allmänheten i ett litet kustsamhälle.  Projektet tar avstamp i en idé om att stimulera små samhällen runt Mälaren att växa fram från vattnet i stället för från landsvägen. Bilen ersätts av eldrivna båtar för pendling och frakt. Ett ökat fokus på landsbygder skapar möjligheter för lokala producenter att fortsätta sina verksamheter och erbjuda närodlade varor för de boende. Tanken om ett folkets hus med ett gemensamt snickeri handlar om att bygga själv efter egna förutsättningar och att ta vara på material. För vissa används platsen som en bas för ett renoveringsprojekt eller för att bygga sitt nya hem. För andra kan det vara en viktig social plats och fungera som en fritidsgård för närområdet.  Byggnaden står, delvis i vatten, på en grund av platsgjuten betong och har en solid tegelmur kompletterad med pelare och balkar i KL-trä. Byggnadens omformbarhet öppnar för framtida möjliga användningsområden för andra syften som till exempel idrottshall, skola eller kulturcenter. / Community center with public woodshop in a coastal village. The project is based on an idea to stimulate small communities around Lake Mälaren to grow from the seaside rather than from the road. The car is here being replaced by electric boats for commuting and shipping. An increased focus on rural areas creates opportunities for local producers to continue offer locally grown goods to the residents. The idea behind a community center with a public woodshop is to make use of material available and build things yourself according to your own prerequisites. The woodshop could be used as a base for renovation projects or to build elements of a new home. Equally important is the social function where the place can function as a leisure center for the local area. The building is situated partly in water. On a foundation of cast-in-place concrete stands a solid brick wall supplemented by columns and beams of cross-laminated timber. The open floor plan and the transformability of the building makes possible other future uses of the community center such as a sports hall, a school or a cultural center.

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The aim of this thesis is to create an architectural design for youth that is informed by and in response to current trauma informed healthcare guidelines and research about wellness, with a focus on safety, trustworthiness, and empowerment. 70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives, which stems into a larger risk factor public health group for substance abuse disorders and behavioral health issues (SAHMSA, 2014). “Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being” (National Council for Behavioral Health, 2013). Understanding how trauma can affect humans and applying this information from a human centered approach helps architectural designers create spaces that cultivate wellbeing. These spaces acknowledge the needs of the user by integrating the knowledge of trauma into its design phase, from beginning to end. As a result, re-traumatization is avoided, and a user-focused space can be created. This paper will evaluate and combine research about how to care for traumatized patients in the healthcare setting with research about how spaces make us feel, to create a community center with a focus in mental health outreach in Easthampton, MA. This project addresses the idea that design and space do have an influence on healing in various settings.

Pause is a necessity within the rhythm of life. There are pauses everywhere around us; we pause when we breathe, we pause when we speak, and we pause when we think. Pause is a crucial part in the most beautiful pieces of music, it is in between our bites of food and sips of coffee. Pause is what makes life beautiful; without it the world around us will consist of a meaningless cacophony. Architecture, much like other things in life must also contain pauses to be enjoyable. The most memorable and appreciative architecture consist of spaces where once has an ability to pause and have an experience be it much needed rest, peace or a moment to think. There are many memorable places that create such moments and that I have experienced across places in Europe and United States. This experiences I studied and would like to bring to much needed places closer to home. I strongly believe that it is very important to have places of pause in our urban fabric. Thus, I searched and found a site which I believe would be most beneficial from a community center filled with opportunities to pause. The site location is being developed with a cacophony of commercial and residential construction with little consideration to what is needed in between in order to create a beautiful composition of a city; a pause in the urban fabric. / Master of Architecture

The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which public school buildings were used as community centers in 1939-40, and the degree to which certain citizens understood this utilization. The study is limited to the county seats in Deputy State Superintendent's District Number Seventeen of Texas, which includes the following counties: Angelina, Cherokee, Shelby, Rusk, Nacogdoches, Sabine, and San Augustine.

This qualitative thesis discusses the process of preservation of the community building Källör. In a case study the political processes around the issue of the preservation of the society building is examined on the basis of the concerned laws (PBL & KML), where the protection of cultural-historical buildings is treated in relation to the case of Källör. The voluntary commitment and its significance for the building, is examined through the community center association of Källörs (bygdegårdsförening societetshuset Källörs) work for the building's preservation and goal to run it as a community center (bygdegård). Finally, it is investigated whether and how the place has been important for the involvment of the association. Nine interviews were conducted for the study, six with members of the association and three with professional and responsible persons in the case. Materials in the form of laws, decisions, investigations, brochures and municipal plan overviews were also used for the study. The material was analyzed through the study's theoretical framework; the arm’s length principle (armlängdsprincipen), authority, authenticity, Sense of Place and Genius Loci. The case study shows that the issue of preserving the local cultural heritage is a complex and dynamic process. Those involved can interpret the laws and the cultural-historical value in different ways and the building is not always judged to be objective based on its cultural-historical value. The work of the association has made an impression in the political process and the place has also proven to be important for the associations commitment. The question of the preservation of the local cultural heritage is complex in where laws and collaborations have the potential to be developed, in order to ensure that the local cultural heritage is assessed according to it’s cultural-historical value and thus does not risk being lost. This is a two year master’s thesis in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies.