"Leisure spaces are often where different generations cross paths. Without formal programs or assigned roles, they allow people to move, pause, and remain together, each engaging space in their own way. In a built environment increasingly shaped by specialization and separation, these shared spatial grounds have become less common, giving leisure-oriented architecture a renewed relevance. Discussions around public space have repeatedly pointed to the value of openness and flexibility in supporting collective life."
"As architect Herman Hertzberger has noted, "the more a space can be interpreted in different ways, the more people it can accommodate." Rather than attempting to create interaction, architecture shapes the conditions that make togetherness possible. Through movement, play, and moments of pause, architecture frames conditions where encounters unfold informally, allowing multigenerational users to occupy the same environment through shared spatial experience."
Leisure spaces enable informal intergenerational encounters by allowing people to move, pause, and remain together without formal programs or assigned roles. Openness and flexibility in public space support collective life and accommodate diverse uses. Architecture shapes conditions for togetherness instead of forcing interaction. Movement, play, and moments of pause frame situations where encounters unfold informally, letting multigenerational users share spatial experience. Ramps, elevated paths, and continuous routes blur the line between circulation and use, activating bodies and social conditions. Projects such as Ku.Be House of Culture in Movement and the Luchtsingel reframe walking and circulation as collective, leisure-led spatial practices.
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