Kaleidoscape!

Malmo, Sweden | 2016 | Competition

Kaleidoscape celebrates the diversity of all people coming together to form communities. Analogous to a community Kaleidoscape consists of a series of individual parts that can shift like a kaleidoscope to form new multifaceted landscapes. These landscapes can accommodate a multiplicity of uses depending on the needs of their community. Kaleidoscape is a portable unit that can be easily transported, replicated, and become an icon throughout the city for services that support and engage communities. To maximize its efficiency Kaleidoscape operates on many levels. It is easily transported as a box that holds smaller modular units that can be deployed in a variety of configurations to support a diversity of uses such as job fairs, cultural exchanges, language classes, information services, and different local community activities. The wide range of possible configurations allows Kaleidoscape to operate in different ways depending on a community’s individual needs. The box itself functions as a hub for the modules that provides electricity and internet access and can also unfold to provide a semi-enclosed seating area that could host classes, a café, or be an information center.