1. Departure D N A
NEW HIERARCHIES
D for DENSITY
Demography
ELASTICITY
Västra Hamnen as a
new sustainable City
DYNAMICS OF SMALL
CULTURES
Demographic consequences by
the increasing of the popluation. Communication and
who are the inhabitants? language barriers
How can Malmø get more dense
with 100.000 new inhabitants?
Will it be at the expence of the
social interactions, the green
spaces, more polution and less
available recreationareas?

2. Departure D N A
N for NATURE ELASTICITY
Sea level rising. Using
the natureforces in-
stead of fighting it.
Based on the IPCC report, it is noted that
current and future climate change would be
expected to have a number of impacts, particu- DAV
larly on coastal systems. Such impacts may
include many serious incidents pr example
increased coastal erosion, higher storm-surge Different layers and
flooding, changes in surface water quality how to use the human
and groundwater characteristics, impacts on scale in Västra Ham-
agriculture and aquaculture through decline nen.
in soil and water quality, and loss of tourism,
recreation, and transportation functions. As
shown on the map it is how Malmø will be after
3 meter of sea-level rising (in a period of 100
years).

3. Departure D N A
A for ALTERNATIVES FOR THE
FUTURE
IMBEDDED INFORMATION
The Citytunnel project
POINTS OF DEPARTURE
My focus will now be to look
into the larger scale.
- How to place 100.000 new in-
habitants in an already densed
situation
The railwaysystem for today does - How to combine the traffic-
not hold for the development which system with the increasing of
is expected in the Oresund region. the population for the future.
If the railway network does not
improve the expected traffic will -how can the citizens move
increase with more cars, which will
from A to B in a faster and
mean increased environmental impact
and several traffic accidents in the
more economically way?
area. It will also be difficult for the For how long will the City-
road traffic to connect the Malmo tunnel manage to transport
Oresund region in an efficient man- people before it needs exten-
ner. sions?