Transformation: reimagining Aalborg Women's Crisis Shelter
Authors
Kristensen, Kamilla Tind ; Bjerregaard, Pernille
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2025
Abstract
This thesis explores how an outdated dormitory in Aalborg can be transformed into a contemporary women’s crisis shelter that meets the urgent need for safe, supportive, and healing environments for survivors of domestic violence. Grounded in social sustainability, healing-architecture principles, and an ambition to enhance perceived safety, the project de-institutionalizes the shelter typology to foster a homelike atmosphere that supports recovery for women and their children. In parallel, it seeks to lower climate impact by retaining and adaptively reusing as much of the existing building as feasible. The methodology adapts the Integrated Design Process for transformation projects, combining theory and literature on violence and shelter typologies, site/building/context analysis, an interview with Aalborg Women’s Crisis Shelter, room programming, case studies, sketching, 3D modeling, physical material studies, and environmental assessments such as LCA. The proposal also suggests that visible institutional presence and on-site activity from ambulatory counseling and staff workplaces can improve perceived safety. The report presents the theoretical basis, a design framework and proposal, and an evaluation; specific performance outcomes are not provided in this excerpt.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan et ældre kollegium i Aalborg kan transformeres til et moderne kvindekrisecenter, der imødekommer det store behov for trygge og helende rammer for kvinder udsat for vold. Med udgangspunkt i social bæredygtighed, helende arkitektur og øget oplevet tryghed sigter projektet mod at af-institutionalisere krisecentertypologien og skabe en hjemlig atmosfære, som understøtter helingsprocesser for kvinder og deres børn. Samtidig søger projektet at reducere klimaaftrykket ved at bevare mest muligt af den eksisterende bygning gennem adaptiv genanvendelse. Metodisk anvendes en tilpasset Integreret Designproces til transformationsprojekter med teori- og litteraturstudier om vold og typologi, sted-, bygnings- og kontekstanalyse, interview med Aalborg Women’s Crisis Shelter, rumprogrammering, casestudier, skitsering, 3D-modellering, fysiske materialestudier samt miljøvurderinger som LCA. Forslaget peger på, at synlig institutionsnærvær og aktivitet fra ambulant rådgivning og personalefaciliteter kan styrke oplevet tryghed. Rapporten præsenterer den teoretiske ramme, et designframework og et konkret designforslag med efterfølgende evaluering; konkrete effekter og resultater er ikke dokumenteret i dette uddrag.
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