From Basement to Kitchen

Project

How can we transform empty, unused basement spaces into vibrant, thriving oases? Botildenborg, in collaboration with Form/Design Center, SLU and MKB, is running an urban basement farming project in Rosengård. Together with local residents, a model for future food production is being developed – right beneath our feet.

The aim of the project is to transform unused basement spaces into lively, dynamic meeting places that can contribute to both sustainable urban development and stronger social cohesion.

In the project, cultivation is used as a tool to create sustainable and socially inclusive environments in urban areas. By testing new business models and forms of social interaction, the project seeks to develop innovative solutions that can support urban development and contribute to the green transition in existing residential areas.

Over a three-year period, the cultivation systems will be developed, monitored and researched to better understand how they can contribute to future urban development.

Together with local residents

Over the course of three years, participants meet weekly to grow, harvest and cook together. Here, they are given the opportunity not only to grow their own vegetables, but also to cultivate knowledge, community and new ideas for how residential areas can be developed through innovative, sustainable solutions.

Growing the food of the future

The project cultivates mushrooms, microgreens and other crops using sustainable, modern methods. Mushrooms are grown in specially adapted cultivation cabinets, while plants are grown hydroponically – a soil-free technique where nutrients are delivered directly through water.

Together, new crops are tested, knowledge is shared and the cultivation is developed step by step.

Would you like to join?

Do you live in Rosengård and are curious about growing? Get in touch:

info@botildenborg.se
+46 76 311 06 06

Participants

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet SLU, Stiftelsen Botildenborg and Form/Design Center

Funders

Part of ShiftSweden, an innovation programme within Impact Innovation – Sweden’s innovation initiative for the 2030s, led by the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas and Vinnova.

SOIL – Social Innovation Living Lab

Botildenborg

Botildenborg is a farm and organization whose mission is to help people and communities grow and thrive through food, cultivation, and community. Together with Form/Design Center, Malmö University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), LUCSUS at Lund University, Region Skåne, and the City of Malmö, Botildenborg runs the SOIL Social Innovation Living Lab.

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