Of Sweden's housing stock of approx. 4.8 million homes, almost 90% were built after 1940. A time period when Swedish welfare was created and gave large parts of the population the opportunity for homes with good comfort and new social and technical infrastructures.
According to the EU Commission's initiative "The green deal", we need to at least double the renovation rate in the next ten years to ensure energy and resource efficiency. A need for climate adaptation which means that many living and residential environments end up in focus for energy renovation, transformation and in some cases for demolition.
The rapid urban densification is happening in such a hurry that it is difficult to keep a distance to understand and value the idea, meaning and aesthetics of the residential environments. How do we value the homes from the post-war era compared to those built today? How do we nurture and value them? How can we ensure that our homes are technologically, climatically, socially and economically sustainable for the future?
Join us on a walk and lecture as we look at three examples and discuss current housing issues with a 100-year perspective on Malmö's housing development, history and future.
Program
15.00
Gathering at Malmö C for a train ride on the Continental Line.
15.19
Train to Persborg (arriving at 15.27)
15.30
We visit and examine three examples from Malmö's housing development - Persborg, Augustenborg and Rosengård. The tour is organized by the Malmö-based architect and writer Tyke Tykesson. The walk is done in conjunction with architecture professor Erik Stenberg's housing course Possibilities of housing at KTH
17.34
Train back to Malmö C (arriving 17.41)
17.45
Joint walk to Form/Design Center.
18.00
Repair Talks with Architects Sweden Skåne. Lectures by Christer Larsson, Erik Stenberg, Charlie Steenberg, Panum and Kappel. See the program here.
19.30
Conclusion
About Tyke Tykesson
Tyke Tykesson is an architect and author who has been working at the Malmö City Planning Office since 2002. He studied architecture in Lund and Glasgow and has studied art history and intellectual history at Lund University. He has taught architectural history at Malmö University and Lund University of Technology and lectures on Malmö’s architectural history.
About Erik Stenberg
Erik Stenberg är arkitekt och lektor i arkitektur vid KTH Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad i Stockholm. Han har undervisat studio och kurser i arkitektur sedan 1997, med ett speciellt intresse för grundläggande nivån, designprocesser och bostäder. Han är för närvarande vice föreståndare för KTH Centrum för hållbart samhällsbyggande där han både deltar i regionala forskningsinitiativ och bedriver bostadsforskning. Sedan 1999 har han också varit engagerad i praktik, forskning och politik för omstrukturering av miljonprogrammets storskaliga bostadsområden i Sverige. Han har byggt om lägenheter, organiserat en bostadsmässa (Tensta Bo 2006), forskat och ställt ut arkivmaterial från sin växande samling, startat en introduktionsarkitekturskola i Tensta och föreläst omfattande nationellt och internationellt. Under 2021-2025 leder Stenberg den svenska delen av ReCreate, ett EU Horisont 2020-finansierat forskningsprojekt som fokuserar på återbruk av prefabricerad betong som inte var tänkt för demontering. I denna del samverkar KTH med Helsingborgshem och Strängbetong.
About School of Repair
In connection with the exhibition The Great Repair Moves North, several events for School of Repair will be held. During the fall, participants will have the opportunity to attend workshops, lectures, and study trips related to several of the projects from the exhibition. The Great Repair Moves North highlights how the exploitation of resources and people in the construction industry undermines the integrity of architecture. To promote architecture as a discipline and harness its potential as a reparative force, the exhibition advocates for a new architectural ethos centered around repair.
Read more about the exhibition