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Threshold spaces often contain a narrative moment that holds both the past, the present and the future. It is ambiguous since it can both connect an separate. It works as a transition through spatial sequences, where it changes from one position to another. They thrive on spatial ambivalence and the expectation of what is to come. In my investigation, I want to highlight these qualities. By unfolding methods from photography, threshold  spaces can be enhanced. Working in-between mediums such as photography, drawing and models. Transforming the findings into new space. I want to invite the visitors into a moment, going through, inside and around the space.   Working with photography I highlight different parts to later take it further into 3D modeling, to show my findings in the image. After this translation in the digital world, it comes back to the analogue world again. Here it’s possible to work in a less controlled way than in the computer. So the method goes through different stages in representations from 2D analogue to 3D modeling.

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Globalization is increasing the interaction between people on a worldwide scale due to advances in transportation and communication technology. Interactions between nation-states and individuals allowed for the growth of international trade, ideas, and culture. People are not bound to places anymore and are at home in all countries, but what happens to those excluded from globalization?   The project is designed in Midyat, a south-eastern city in Turkey. Midyat is the center of a larger area, called Turabdin, with several villages. The people in and around Midyat grow up in a different socio-cultural context, then we do in the Western welfare condition. They grow up in a part of the world where Christian and Muslim minorities have fled to. The area has worked as a sanctuary for minorities, but also suffered from genocides. Almost everyone is multilingual, speaking Turkish, a little English because it is mandatory in school, Kurdish, Syriac and Assyrian. Most people are poor or lower middle class, not affording the latest phones or laptops. There is no public transportation. Either you own a car, take a taxi or walk. This makes it difficult, especially for children, to get from the village to the city. The children go to elementary school in their village, but there are no high schools in the villages, which means that the education offered for the children is limited to the age of 14. After school they have no other option than to get a job, which usually means following in their fathers’ footsteps. For young women, taking care of the house and waiting for a man to propose is usually what awaits. These children are isolated and not part of our globalized world.     My design proposal is a high school with housing possibilities, in Midyat. The main users will be children from different villages, with different backgrounds and cultures. In school they will be given the opportunity to continue towards an academic life. By going to school and live together, they will learn to accept each other’s differences, and to co-exist. They will be given a chance to take more control over their own life and future.   I want to create a new educational ground that fits our changing world, with an open environment, avoiding long monotonous corridors. Basing from the idea that learning occurs in social and cultural settings, I want to transform traditional classrooms to allow for more social learning arrangements, connecting each of them to courtyards. Since the children will be living on the campus, I believe it is of importance to distance the living, educational and leisure areas while still being closely connected.

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“Hosting is power and by having power you become visible.”- Sandi Hilal Urban loneliness We have become loners. Often, we feel loneliness, sadness because one has no company, are feeling remote or isolated. We are living so close to people we don’t know, sleeping just a meter from someone, who you don’t know more about than the name on the door. We are watching people’s perfect lives through a screen. Constantly connected but never really connecting. We feel the pressure of maintaining a flawless façade while at the same time feeling overlooked. Today, we are living in a society where independence and freedom is highly valued. The amount of people living alone are constantly increasing and today 40 % of the households consists of one person. At the same time, we can see a trend of increased loneliness. Almost 300 000 are socially isolated, ½ to 1 million is defined as socially alone and 1/6 answered that they don’t have a close friend. To have a society where you can be independent and have the freedom to form the life you want to live is essentially a great thing. The problem arises where there is no space to connect and you are unwillingly living a lonely life. We are living in new constellations, away from the nuclear-family and the built environment needs to follow, providing alternatives for dwelling and public spaces for interaction. Four layers of hosting Through the mapping, me and my partner Aida Davallou did in the autumn term, we found how hosting can be empowering, how hosting events connect people and how you get an instant friend inviting someone to your home, sharing your most private space. Hosting, or the act of inviting, is a great method to reduce the loneliness in the city and forms the entire project, from the public to the home. The public – Giving the opportunity for the citizens to act as hosts, arranging events for friends or forstrangers. The organizations – Organizations together with the community arranging open events to reduce loneliness.Providing a platform for interactions and new friendships, also for those without a socialcontext or invitation. The community – Open up their homes occasionally, inviting the public to small, more intimate dinner eventsheld from the common kitchens of the residents. The home – Inviting people into your everyday life through co-living. Giving social context whilesharing kitchen and living spaces. Also hosting temporary living for residents moving betweenmultiple homes. Food as connector In every event we analysed for the research food was an important factor, constantly present if not as the mainfocus. The smell or taste of a specific dish is one of the strongest impressions giving a sense of home. Food tends to bring people together and functions as a great catalyst for interactions. When everyone is gatheredaround the dining arrangement it is a perfect time to share how your day went, your best recipes or yourfavourite story. A peaceful time of the day to appreciate your friends and family or getting to know someonenew. That’s why food is a strong influence on the project. Togetherness The aim of this project is to provide a platform where everyone has the right to be a host, being empoweredand visible. This is the space for the citizens of Umeå to connect, as well as a home to share.