Page 14 of Design for our future selves 2001 Awards by Helen Hamlyn Research Centre - Royal College of Art

12 Large communities of older people live ghettoised lives in a media-driven city that caters for a population that never seems to exceed the age of 54. This project aims to achieve social inclusiveness for third age users in the public sphere by overlapping the activities of the University of the Third Age (U3A) with the functionality and physical space of Liverpool Street Station. The concourse of the station becomes the campus ground for learning, education and sociability; a performance space for members lessons and activities. Interrelationships form between the commuters and U3A members, enriching the lives of both and encouraging dialogue and meetings between the two groups. Victoria Robinson/Architecture Interiors station campus

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