Syftet med detta examensarbete är att redogöra förutsättningarna för ett genombrott av bygggemenskap i Sverige med fokus på Örebro. Arbetet beskriver vilka för- och nackdelar med byggemenskap som talar för respektive emot ett genombrott, samt vilka åtgärder som kan göras för att underlätta ett genombrott. Nödvändig teori för analysarbetet insamlades genom att besöka Freiburg i byggemenskapernas hemland, Tyskland, och där intervjua en konsultbyrå som initierar och ger råd om bygggemenskaper. Även i Sverige intervjuades personer med god kunskap om ämnet och på så vis kunde jämförelser och slutsatser dras mellan byggemenskaper i Sverige och Tyskland. Ytterligare teori hämtades från litteratur. Det som talar för ett genombrott av byggemenskaper är: • Möjligheten att utforma sitt eget boende. • Bo i ett individanpassat hem i städernas centrala delar. • Kunna välja grannar innan inflyttning. • Att det är ekonomiskt fördelaktigt med byggemenskap. Det som talar emot ett genombrott av byggemenskaper är: • Projekten tar ofta lång tid och är svåra att på förhand prissätta. • Gruppdynamik och samspel i gruppen kan vara ett problem då det är svårt att komma överens om vissa frågor medlemmarna har olika uppfattning om. • Problematiskt att hitta människor som vill gå med i en byggemenskap med liknande uppfattning om utformning och funktion på det blivande huset. Åtgärder för att underlätta ett genombrott i Sverige är: • Att stöd ges från kommunen genom att byggemenskaper får förtur på köp och val av mark. • Till viss del att människor som vill bli medlemmar i en byggemenskap enklare kan finna varandra. • Att vinna bankernas förtroende till boendeformen och på så sätt få dem beredda att enklare lämna krediter. / The purpose with this thesis is to outline the probability of joint building ventures having a breakthrough in Sweden with focus on Örebro. This thesis describes the pros and cons with joint building ventures and how these speak in favour for a breakthrough. Also, it describes what can be done to ease a breakthrough. Necessary data for the analysis was collected by visiting the city of Freiburg in Germany, the homeland of joint building ventures, and interview a consulting firm, which initiates and gives advice about joint building ventures. Also in Sweden, people with good knowledge on the subject were interviewed in order to provide information necessary to make conclusions and comparisons between joint building ventures in Sweden and Germany. Further data was collected from literature. Reasons speaking in favour for a breakthrough are: • The opportunity of designing your own house. • Live in a personalized home in the city’s central parts. • Getting the chance to choose who are going to become your neighbours. • Economically advantageous. Reasons speaking against a breakthrough are: • Hard to precalculate the cost and time for the project. • Group dynamics and interaction within the group could be a problem when the members have different opinions. • Hard to find other people willing to join a joint building venture who have got the same ideas of how to design the house, what kind of materials to use etc. What can be done to ease a breakthrough in Sweden? • Support from the municipality, giving joint building ventures priority to choose and buy ground. • Make it easier for people who want to join a joint building ventures to find each other. • Get full faith in joint building ventures from the banks in order to easier get credits.

The history of housing in Sweden is a central part of our cultural history and for the collective understanding of ourselves. During the 20th century the Swedish state has played an active roll in the production of housing. But, since the 90s the housing question has been left to the market which struggles to produce the quantity of housing that is needed. While the housing that is built today comes with a lot of qualities, it is also ridden with problems. The floor plans are general, yet fixed, common spaces are under prioritized and the possibility to customize your apartment is low. Not to mention that we are moving towards a situation were also rental apartments are put on the free market which under the current situation, could lead to an increased segregation in the bigger cities. The ability to choose how your home should be configurated has become a luxury.   The situation has certain similarities with the speculative way of building of the late 19th century in Sweden. The answer then was to make it possible for workers, small farmers and officials to build their own homes with financial help from the state.   When neither the market nor the state can provide good enough housing for the citizens, it is time to, like before, explore how we can take the matter in our own hands. Today an answer could be joint building ventures. Friends, colleagues or like-minded can get together and build their own multifamily houses by planning, building and finally inhabit the buildings. It is today a tricky process, but experiences from Germany have showed that it can be a reliable way of providing housing when the idea gets more normative. Holmsund could be a good testing ground for joint building ventures. The settlement is expected to grow, there are free central plots and the settlement can provide enough service and commuting possibilities even for people more used to city life.   My system provides a frame, concrete slabs resting on steel columns with a wet core stabilizing the structure laterally. The users are then, in dialogue with the architect and the other residents negotiating the space after their needs and economical situation.

In a development area of Trollbäcken, a suburb half an hour south of central Stockholm, I have created a sustainable housing project in the form of a byggemenskap/baugemeinschaften with a focus on sustainability. With the help of friends and family members and their wishes for a future home as basis for my programme, I investigated what sustainable housing could be with a special interest in the relationship between material and immaterial sustainability, between the buildings and the community that inhabits and maintains them, aiming to create a built environment that supports the sustainable lifestyles of the residents.