The aim of the project is to understand urban constraints through analysis of sites’ deep context and to arrive with a relevant spatial solution. Moreover, we hope that the problems investigated and communicated will be once tackled. The object of analysis is the today image and urban structure of the unappreciated area of Holylands. The proposal is to recognize the favors and the wealth of the neighbourhood. Built originally for the middle-class, the neighbourhood used to be a welcoming area of the city with a strong culture of community and public activity. The analysis of the problem starts with the acknowledging the initial values and follows with the adaptation to the today situation. The scheme is the architectural intervention corresponding to the syntax of the area. The project investigates the neighbourhood in architectural terms and emphasizes the values and need of the community, public space, openness and clarity in the living environment.

This project aims to explore how to repurpose a technical building into a public space, more specifically: Hornstulls Subway stations north entrance building into a Hemgård. The entrance building for Hornstulls subway station at Hornsbruksgatan, Södermalm is up for demolition. The building was designed by the style-forming architects Bengt Lindroos and Hans Borgström together with their college Nils Arne Rosén at Stockholms spårvägar in 1961-1964. Bengt Lindroos and Hans Borgström is also known for their design of Kaknästornet and Söderledskyrkan, both designed around the same time as Hornstulls Tunnelbana.  The building is built in brutalist style, typical for its time. A style both idealized and hated. But the trend of embracing these structures has been on the rise. Therefore, I find it unfounded, that in these times of sustainability and reuse, this strategy isn’t applied in this case. Especially since the building with its durability and robustness would suit a public use well. It is also economically beneficial for organizations and associations that never could have afford to erect a new building in the city center. The building's strategic location (being a subway station) will make the building easily accessible from all over Stockholm.  This project aims to explore one way of how this building can be preserved and reused instead of demolished. And a proposal for how one can add a public space to an already existing building.

Inqueeries of Space is an artistic research project that explores queering as a practice to create intersectionally inclusive and safer spaces. Queering is both the research object and method. The project examines how spaces can be queered, by means of focusing on public spaces in Kalmar. Experimental practices of queering conducted the research process, like queer city walks, visual alterations of space, or using space in non-normative ways. Queering is investigated as a change agent that dismantles, resists, and disturbs discriminative structures of heteropatriarchy within spaces. Queer aesthetics are being discussed as something non-universal that challenges norms within design, often including transgressiveness and maximalism. The project brings out the need for queer spaces and demonstrates how queering bears the duality of both disturbing norms and celebrating marginalized experiences. The complexity of queerness, inclusion, safety, and visibility is highlighted instead of promoting simplified solutions.

This study is about the phenomenon of trust as applied in urban planning processes. The study views this concept through the lens of “the opposition” – the dissenting voices to the official narratives of urban planning projects. The main focus in this context is Slussen in Stockholm, Sweden, which is a majorly important redevelopment project as well as a source of heated debate. The methodological approach is qualitative research. The data collection relies on interviews and a discourse analysis of text and language. The interviewees are chosen based on their experience of, or participation in, opposition against the Slussen redevelopment project. The theoretical literature and the interviews are analysed through the theoretical framework of Erik Blennberger’s six analytical themes of trust. This enables a systematic detached approach to analysing the subjective interviews as well enabling a comparison between empirical evidence and relevant theoretical literature. This process resulted in seven categories of (dis)trust emerging from the interview material, which in turn resulted in the conclusion that, based on the study’s main findings three factors were the possible reasons behind the opposition of the Slussen redevelopment project: (1) Slussen as a unique space, (2) Debate character, (3) Authority. Based on these empirical findings and their comparison to the theoretical literature, the study concludes that trust depends on people’s perceptions of trustworthy actions of those who initiate change. That by exploring trust in the statements of oppositional networks over time it is possible to better understand issues regarding implementation of urban planning projects. / <p>QC 20161129</p>

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Public transport is widely used in Stockholm which means that the flow of people in the open spaces close to public transport nodes will always exist. Public safety is a social factor that are important for social sustainability and for people spending time in open spaces. Surroundings, media, and history have given Tensta a predetermined poor reputation as a troubled Swedish area with high crime and low education. This area needs a new way of thinking about the link between people interaction and public space design. If it is possible to create a space where everyone can feel safe, it would make the area more livable.   Public safety is understood, in this study, as the way people feel about safety and crime related topics around Tensta centrum. The aim is to look at the physical environment to propose suggestions to how the sense of public safety can be enhanced in Tensta centrum. Because of this, the link between citizen opinions and actor opinions will be studied to see where this situation stems from.   Findings show that citizens and actors think similarly about what needs to be done in the area. Citizens tend to feel like the city is not caring for Tensta because they are not seeing any changes while actors are more positive towards the future of Tensta. The problem is the communication between citizen and actor. There are many activities that are present in Tensta that citizens do not know about. / Kollektivtrafik används mycket I Stockholm. Detta betyder att människoflödet i områden kringliggande kollektivtrafiknoder alltid kommer att existera. Trygghet är en social faktor som är viktig för social hållbarhet samt för människor som tillbringar tid i dessa öppna ytor. Omgivningen, media, och historik presenterar Tensta med ett förbestämt dåligt rykte som ett av Sveriges högsta riskområden samt ett område med dåligt utbildade invånare. Detta område behöver nya tankesätt för länken mellan mänsklig interaktion och design av öppna ytor. Om det är möjligt att skapa en yta där alla kan känns sig trygga, skulle det skapa ett livligare område.   Mänsklig trygghet är förstått som, i denna studie, hur människor känner gällande trygghets och brottsrelaterade ämnen runt Tensta Centrum. Syftet är att titta på den fysiska strukturen och föreslå åtgärder för hur denna känsla kan förstärkas. Därför ska länken mellan invånares åsikter och aktörers åsikter studeras för att se var denna situation härstammar från.   Resultaten visar att invånare och aktörer tänker lika gällande Tensta Centrum och vad som behöver göras. Invånare tenderar att känna sig försummad av staden och nämner att staden inte bryr sig om Tensta på grund av att dem inte ser några skillnader. Aktörer är mer positiva till kommande strukturella ändringar. Problemet tycks ligga i kommunikationen mellan invånare och aktör. Det är många aktiviteter som händer i Tensta men invånare tycks inte veta om att dessa aktiviteter finns.

Otryggheten i Sverige har ökat markant under de senaste åren. Bara i Stockholm har den i helhet ökat med 2 % från 2014 till 2017. Den gruppen som är mest utsatt för otrygghet är kvinnor, hela 36% av kvinnorna i Sverige är oroliga över att utsättas för brott. Det framgår som en självklarhet i studien att kvinnor behöver kunna känna sig fria i det offentliga rummet. Anledningen till varför just kvinnor är begränsade i rörelsemönster är på grund av oron över att utsättas för brott. Det finns en tydlig skillnad mellan upplevd risk och faktisk risk. Problematiken uppstår när den upplevda risken stoppar människor från att vistas i det offentliga rummet. Stadsplanerarens ansvar är att möjliggöra så många möten och aktiviteter som möjligt på ett sånt sätt så att ingen individ ska behöva avstå från att gå ut på grund av oro. Det går inte att kontrollera vilka människor som vistas i alla stadsrum, men genom fysisk planering kan staden utformas för att motverka brott och öka tryggheten. Den här studien redovisar flera välbeprövade metoder för att förebygga brott genom digitala metoder såsom kameraövervakning och portkoder. Arbetets fokusområde handlar dock mer om vad en planerare kan göra utifrån den fysiska utformningen för att förhindra brott och främja tryggheten. Standardiserade åtgärder som belysning och god skötsel visade sig vara framstående trygghetsbidragande faktorer. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur människor upplever trygghet i det offentliga rummet. Sedan kommer faktorerna som bidrar till trygghet respektive otrygghet kartläggas och användas som underlag för att definiera vad ett skyddat rum är och ge förslag på hur det kan konstrueras. I studien görs en enkätundersökning med 105 kvinnor som bor i Stockholmsområdet samt tre intervjuer. Enkäten och intervjuerna används som underlag och kompletteras med en litteraturstudie. Slutsatsen som dras av denna studie är att ett skyddat rum är är en blandning av social och fysisk trygghet. Det skyddade rummet är en plats där du kan känna dig trygg, möta andra människor, känna gemenskap, tillhörighet och inkluderande samt inte känna oro och titta dig bakom axeln för att inte hamna i en oönskad situation. Studien har visat att ett skyddat rum inte går att skapa genom stadsplanering eftersom att människors beteende inte går att planera, förutse eller styra. Det som istället är möjligt att genomföra med stadsplanering är skapa förutsättningar för trygghet. / Insecurity in Sweden has recently increased significantly. In Stockholm, the overall increase amounts 2% from 2014 to 2017. The group most exposed to insecurity is women, up to 36% of women in Sweden are worried about being exposed to crime. In this study it goes without saying that women need to be able to feel free in the public space. The reason why women are limited in mobility is the concern of being exposed to crime. There is a clear difference between perceived risk and actual risk. The problem arises when the perceived risk stops people from staying in the public space. The city planner's responsibility is to enable as many meetings and activities as possible in such a way that no individual should have to avoid leaving home due to concern. Since it is not possible to control which people are staying in public spaces, through urban planning public spaces can help prevent crime. This study presents several tested methods for preventing crime with digital methods such as camera surveillance and gate codes. However, the focus of this study is focused on what an urban planner can do based on environmental design to prevent crime and promote security. Standardized measures such as lighting and maintenance proved to be prominent contributors to safety. The purpose of the study is to investigate how people experience security in public spaces. Then, the factors that contribute to security and safety will be identified and used as a basis for defining what a protected spaced is as well as give suggestions on how it can be constructed. In the study, a survey is held with 105 women living in the Stockholm area and three interviews. The survey and interviews are used as a basis and is completed by a literature study. The conclusion drawn from this study is that a protected space is a mixture of social and physical security. The protected space is a place where you can feel safe, meet other people, feel included, community and belonging, not be anxious and look behind your shoulder to not end up in an unwanted situation. The study has shown that a protected space cannot be created through urban planning because people's behavior cannot be planned, anticipated or controlled. What is instead possible to implement with urban planning is measures to create the possibilities of security.

The main idea is to make a short film about mobile technologies and the changing relationships between us and the public space under the age of these technologies. Some people might blame those mobile technologies like smart phones for separating us from each other. In my view, however, we cannot ask those technologies to take all the responsibilities, because new technologies will not be put into the market unless the society needs them. These technologies do change our perceptions on the public space in some ways, but there must be some deeper reasons behind. Based on the analogy of mobile technologies to "interfaces" to the environment like our skins, bodies and clothes, we are able to rethink the role of these technologies and our relationships with them and the public space. In big cities full of stimulations and strangers, we are always looking for different types of "filters" to help us control our experiences in order not to be too overwhelmed by the endless information. Living without these "filters" is like being naked in the wild field, which means we cannot control what we see, what we hear and what we touch. In the film, there are two story lines in parallel: one is about the overwhelming stimulations and anonymous individuals using mobiles technologies in public spaces; the other is about one person walking in the wood, stripping down clothes until being naked. By asking the question in the beginning and the end "what does it mean to be naked", I wish eachaudience could rethink the interrelationships between us, mobile technologies and public spaces.

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As a unique form of rural-urban transition settlement in China’s rapid urbanization process, the “urban village” plays a very distinctive part in promoting urbanization, being a transit point for many rural people entering urban areas. The term “informal employment migrants” usually refers to those people, who have no formal employment status and work in informal, low-skilled, low-paying jobs in the city. These people often have no stable job security or social protection, facing problems with housing, education and healthcare, as well as a lack of social interaction and cultural and recreational activities, etc. They are the main force in the industry, promoting urban development and securing the service base, while having little power in terms of economic ability and social status.  The rights and interests of the millions of these non-local residents living and working in urban villages, are very important aspects but are usually overlooked by current planning instruments. In the daily life of an urban village, such as Kangle village, not only do the profits from the rental of collective land and property village-owned enterprises benefit only the household residents of the village, but the organization and participation in any public activities within the village have nothing to do with the tenants. As a result, these migrant tenants, who have come to Guangzhou to make a living in the case of this project, are mere outsiders in terms of the distribution of benefits or the share of spiritual entertainment in the urban village. As outsiders, they are often the most affected by the regeneration, the most opposed to it and suffer most directly from its benefits, however, have the weakest voice in the planning progress. Therefore, in urban regeneration planning, we planners should pay more attention to the existence and living needs of these informal employment migrants, provide them with better living and working conditions, improve their quality of life, and promote the equal development of urban society.