DALLAS: Haptic has been selected to create a housing complex in a picturesque Norwegian town with a growing elderly population.
The London- and Oslo-based studio – which ranked in the top 100 of the inaugural Dezeen Hot List – won a competition with its design for a series of buildings with zigzagging rooflines in the fjord-side town of Drøbak.
The complex will incorporate various communal areas to encourage as much interaction as possible between its elderly residents and the wider community.
Haptic said the aim was to place “equal focus on the internal and external spaces, creating a number of social spaces to bring people together”.
As well as gardens, allotments and a public square, the complex will include shops, restaurants and an underground multi-storey car park…