The Project "garden room" is a practical, yet theoretically based solution to activate and enhance the socio-spatial and ecological potential of urban green spaces in housing developments and to find solutions to a densification of urban green spaces.
Qualitative interviews with inhabitants as well as other stakeholders were conducted to find out their needs, wishes and preferences. The scientific findings served as basis to generate a set of design modules and a concept to re-design the outdoor spaces for housing developments belonging to the housing cooperative Eigengrund. In a further step green spaces of the housing estate Glanzenberg I and Glancenberg II in Dietikon were re-designed and implemented according to the scientific findings - including ecological and econonical aspects. The project was realised together with the landscape architect Hansjörg Gadient.