THE NEW 'GOOD': Exploring a new urban lifestyle that would ensure us with a resilient future in central Stavanger, Norway

Sammanfattning: We want to have a good life! In fact, this is the core of urbanism and the reason why we keep building and constantly improving our cities. The ideal of how we wanted to live has changed through the time and developed into a form many people are satisfied with. But there is so much behind us living this ‘good life’. The urgency of climate crisis and the worsening situation for humans in afflicted regions and the wildlife worldwide is alarming. No wonder why many people have started feeling worried and therefore it affects our mental health as well. We have to change the whole system and search for new ways how to exist and not harm the environment at the same time. The case of centrally located waterfront in the fourth biggest Norwegian city gives the opportunity to create a new district that would combine resiliency for the future with attractiveness for now, while connecting with the history as well. An industrial landfill area will be reconnected to the city and transformed into a lively district, where nature and culture meet and where people live more sustainably. Parking lots will be transformed into flourishing parks and people will be given comfortable solutions to move around without cars. The coastline will be arranged for humans to enjoy and for animals to thrive, and it will at the same time protect the city from the rising sea. A new festive street will gather a wide range of activities for everyone. People will be living in cooperating communities, surrounded by business opportunities and innovative solutions focused on pushing the research forward. Through this exploratory transformation we may understand that we can live ‘a good life’ even though it will look different from the life that we are living right now.