Developing together : The effect of encounters within art and creativity

What can we as architects contribute with in order to decelerate the exponential increase of involuntary loneliness? My BA project is a contribution to decrease involuntary loneliness by welcoming all groups of people to a cultural meeting point available everyday. By reactivating the old boiler central of the paper mill in the city center of Jönköping, I welcome and unite persons in a physical world embraced by art and creativity. A non social building becomes social, becomes a world where the gap between being the viewer and the practitioner is removed. A world where anyone can flourish in their expressions. The boiler central is preserved in order to represent its history and character. The brick facade enfolds the main performance space which is built as a free standing construction with balconies that breaks the squared pattern and continues to the two extended parts: the studio space where one can rent a room suitable for the art they want to practice, and the conservatory inspired lounge space which extends the plaza into the building as well as creates a welcoming relation to the surrounding residential buildings and the shoreline walkway from the city centre by enabling outside performances and new encounters, which in turn creatively and spontaneously activates the site and district. These three parts coexist and overlap each other and the outside space. The old and new basement accommodates dance and theatre practice halls, music recording studios, storage and restrooms.