This capstone project challenges the ways in which program design could construct systems and spaces of interaction that provide opportunities of social connection to a specific demography experiencing loneliness. This is addressed in relation to the matrix of a block by building with and on what’s existing through minimal and affordable structures to create a robust social infrastructure. It takes shape in both micro or macro spaces that address the fundamental causes of loneliness and how one could combat this matter.

The selected site block resides in Central Harlem and consists of diverse programs from housing, education, community gardens, religious and commercial spaces. However, this project targets two specific programs the Outreach Center for Youth Development on the East side of the block and the abandoned church's and the Nelson Mandela Community Garden on the West side of the block.

The proposed plan on the West Side is constructed around the concept of using the indigenous flowers growing in the community garden to be recycled to make candles that would not only invite and engage the target demography but also could be used to donate and support the Church's around the community, while acting as incentive to protect the garden from private development. On the East Side is a proposal for a community kitchen that is supported through the resources on from the proposed rooftop garden

At last what binds these two programs, is a collapsible market space that resides at the center of the block providing opportunities for produce on either ends of the block to be shared and space for the community to sell their products.