The influence of a foundational core centered around tradition fosters a cohesiveness of identity and values. A location such as Copenhagen, with a vast history of trackable lineages and traditions, has consequently developed intense roots of nationalism.
As such national homogeneity intensifies however, an underlying presence of exclusionary principles propagate and poke through the surface in the form of harsh immigration policies, gentrification, and social prejudices.
The dissolving of the traditionally linear nature of Danish buildings and values would allow multiple readings and interpretations that better respond to all people in Copenhagen.
This thesis breaks the existing vernacular of a historically relevant environment with contrasting dynamic forms and incites the questioning of implicitly accepted ideals and traditions.
Implementing programs such as trade and resource centers specifically directed towards underprivileged communities that coincide with entirely public market spaces aims to spark both interaction and intercommunication that reduces social fragmentation.
