Com a função inicial de promover abrigo para o homem, propósito que vem desde os primórdios da humanidade, a variedade e as formas de construir sempre marcaram suas épocas e transformaram a habitação em construções transmissoras de significados, capazes de traduzir as aspirações de uma sociedade. No Brasil, a industrialização e a abolição da escravatura provocaram profundas modificações nos espaços habitacionais, especialmente no que se refere às populações mais pobres. Conceitos de funcionalidade, moralidade, higiene e salubridade, relacionados com o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias, levaram a sociedade a repensar antigos padrões urbanísticos e arquitetônicos. Desse modo, novas formas de morar, a partir de novos modelos, passaram a substituir e influenciar a maneira de conceber e construir e os espaços habitacionais. É nesse contexto que as primeiras intervenções de cunho habitacional projetadas começaram a se materializar, migrando-se do modelo de cortiços insalubres para vilas operárias, e destas para modelos influenciados pelos preceitos da cidade-jardim e, finalmente, para o conjunto habitacional racional de implantação moderna. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise teórica, histórica e crítica, que pretende reunir as diferentes formas de morar da classe trabalhadora-operária, com suas diversas tipologias e investigar como elas se encadearam e influenciaram, utilizando para isso casos de espaços emblemáticos edificados em território brasileiro, ao longo da primeira metade do século XX. Elegeram-se as três grandes esferas tipológicas empregadas na produção habitacional privada ou pública do período: as vilas operárias, casos que utilizam premissas da cidade-jardim, e o conjunto habitacional racional moderno. Dos empreendimentos aqui estudados, muitos são objeto de tombamentos, na esperança de manter vivo para a sociedade um retrato do passado, da forma de morar e conviver socialmente, e como referência e testemunho das respostas ao problema da habitação operária no Brasil. / With the initial task of promoting shelter for man, purpose that comes from the dawn of humanity, the variety and ways to build always marked their times and turned the housing construction into objects full of meaning, able to translate the aspirations of a society. In Brazil, industrialization and the abolition of slavery induce profound changes in living spaces, especially as regards to the poorest populations. Concepts like functionality, morality, hygiene and health, all related to the development of new technologies lead the society to rethink old urban and architectural standards. Thereby, new ways of living defined from new models began to replace and influence the way of design and build housing spaces. In this context, the first interventions designed based on a residential nature began to materialize, migrating up from unhealthy slums to models designed like workers' villages, and then for models influenced by the precepts Garden City and finally to the rational way of modern collective housing. This work aims to present a theoretical, historical and critical analysis, which intends to bring together the different forms of living of the working stratum, with its various typologies and investigate how they influenced and are chained, making use of emblematic cases that were built in Brazil, during the first half of the twentieth century. Were elected three great typological spheres employed in private or public housing production for the period: the workers' villages, cases that use the premises of Garden City model, and the modern rational collective housing. Many of the projects studied here are under protection laws, hoping to stay alive to society as a picture of the past, that illustrate a way of living and socializing, as a reference and testimony of answers to the problem of workers' housing in Brazil.

Com a função inicial de promover abrigo para o homem, propósito que vem desde os primórdios da humanidade, a variedade e as formas de construir sempre marcaram suas épocas e transformaram a habitação em construções transmissoras de significados, capazes de traduzir as aspirações de uma sociedade. No Brasil, a industrialização e a abolição da escravatura provocaram profundas modificações nos espaços habitacionais, especialmente no que se refere às populações mais pobres. Conceitos de funcionalidade, moralidade, higiene e salubridade, relacionados com o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias, levaram a sociedade a repensar antigos padrões urbanísticos e arquitetônicos. Desse modo, novas formas de morar, a partir de novos modelos, passaram a substituir e influenciar a maneira de conceber e construir e os espaços habitacionais. É nesse contexto que as primeiras intervenções de cunho habitacional projetadas começaram a se materializar, migrando-se do modelo de cortiços insalubres para vilas operárias, e destas para modelos influenciados pelos preceitos da cidade-jardim e, finalmente, para o conjunto habitacional racional de implantação moderna. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise teórica, histórica e crítica, que pretende reunir as diferentes formas de morar da classe trabalhadora-operária, com suas diversas tipologias e investigar como elas se encadearam e influenciaram, utilizando para isso casos de espaços emblemáticos edificados em território brasileiro, ao longo da primeira metade do século XX. Elegeram-se as três grandes esferas tipológicas empregadas na produção habitacional privada ou pública do período: as vilas operárias, casos que utilizam premissas da cidade-jardim, e o conjunto habitacional racional moderno. Dos empreendimentos aqui estudados, muitos são objeto de tombamentos, na esperança de manter vivo para a sociedade um retrato do passado, da forma de morar e conviver socialmente, e como referência e testemunho das respostas ao problema da habitação operária no Brasil. / With the initial task of promoting shelter for man, purpose that comes from the dawn of humanity, the variety and ways to build always marked their times and turned the housing construction into objects full of meaning, able to translate the aspirations of a society. In Brazil, industrialization and the abolition of slavery induce profound changes in living spaces, especially as regards to the poorest populations. Concepts like functionality, morality, hygiene and health, all related to the development of new technologies lead the society to rethink old urban and architectural standards. Thereby, new ways of living defined from new models began to replace and influence the way of design and build housing spaces. In this context, the first interventions designed based on a residential nature began to materialize, migrating up from unhealthy slums to models designed like workers' villages, and then for models influenced by the precepts Garden City and finally to the rational way of modern collective housing. This work aims to present a theoretical, historical and critical analysis, which intends to bring together the different forms of living of the working stratum, with its various typologies and investigate how they influenced and are chained, making use of emblematic cases that were built in Brazil, during the first half of the twentieth century. Were elected three great typological spheres employed in private or public housing production for the period: the workers' villages, cases that use the premises of Garden City model, and the modern rational collective housing. Many of the projects studied here are under protection laws, hoping to stay alive to society as a picture of the past, that illustrate a way of living and socializing, as a reference and testimony of answers to the problem of workers' housing in Brazil.

Com a função inicial de promover abrigo para o homem, propósito que vem desde os primórdios da humanidade, a variedade e as formas de construir sempre marcaram suas épocas e transformaram a habitação em construções transmissoras de significados, capazes de traduzir as aspirações de uma sociedade. No Brasil, a industrialização e a abolição da escravatura provocaram profundas modificações nos espaços habitacionais, especialmente no que se refere às populações mais pobres. Conceitos de funcionalidade, moralidade, higiene e salubridade, relacionados com o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias, levaram a sociedade a repensar antigos padrões urbanísticos e arquitetônicos. Desse modo, novas formas de morar, a partir de novos modelos, passaram a substituir e influenciar a maneira de conceber e construir e os espaços habitacionais. É nesse contexto que as primeiras intervenções de cunho habitacional projetadas começaram a se materializar, migrando-se do modelo de cortiços insalubres para vilas operárias, e destas para modelos influenciados pelos preceitos da cidade-jardim e, finalmente, para o conjunto habitacional racional de implantação moderna. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise teórica, histórica e crítica, que pretende reunir as diferentes formas de morar da classe trabalhadora-operária, com suas diversas tipologias e investigar como elas se encadearam e influenciaram, utilizando para isso casos de espaços emblemáticos edificados em território brasileiro, ao longo da primeira metade do século XX. Elegeram-se as três grandes esferas tipológicas empregadas na produção habitacional privada ou pública do período: as vilas operárias, casos que utilizam premissas da cidade-jardim, e o conjunto habitacional racional moderno. Dos empreendimentos aqui estudados, muitos são objeto de tombamentos, na esperança de manter vivo para a sociedade um retrato do passado, da forma de morar e conviver socialmente, e como referência e testemunho das respostas ao problema da habitação operária no Brasil. / With the initial task of promoting shelter for man, purpose that comes from the dawn of humanity, the variety and ways to build always marked their times and turned the housing construction into objects full of meaning, able to translate the aspirations of a society. In Brazil, industrialization and the abolition of slavery induce profound changes in living spaces, especially as regards to the poorest populations. Concepts like functionality, morality, hygiene and health, all related to the development of new technologies lead the society to rethink old urban and architectural standards. Thereby, new ways of living defined from new models began to replace and influence the way of design and build housing spaces. In this context, the first interventions designed based on a residential nature began to materialize, migrating up from unhealthy slums to models designed like workers' villages, and then for models influenced by the precepts Garden City and finally to the rational way of modern collective housing. This work aims to present a theoretical, historical and critical analysis, which intends to bring together the different forms of living of the working stratum, with its various typologies and investigate how they influenced and are chained, making use of emblematic cases that were built in Brazil, during the first half of the twentieth century. Were elected three great typological spheres employed in private or public housing production for the period: the workers' villages, cases that use the premises of Garden City model, and the modern rational collective housing. Many of the projects studied here are under protection laws, hoping to stay alive to society as a picture of the past, that illustrate a way of living and socializing, as a reference and testimony of answers to the problem of workers' housing in Brazil.

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El proyecto está situado en las laderas al sur de la ciudad de Lima. Actualmente existe una serie de problemas urbanos tales como la escasez de áreas verdes, problemas de accesibilidad, falta de conexión peatonal y vehicular, déficit de equipamiento urbano, que afecta la calidad de vida de los pobladores. Las laderas de Lima se han ido poblando sin tener referentes, ni participación del Estado, que hoy han llegado a albergar a más de 3 millón de personas. Es por esto que se planteó la solución de acoplarse a las propuestas de intervención del programa Barrio Mío y el Plan de Desarrollo Urbano de Lima y Callao (PLAM 2035) en las laderas del Morro Solar en Chorrillos. La propuesta de tesis se enfoca en crear nueva infraestructura habitacional, con la “progresividad” como herramienta fundamental para el diseño y materialización de las diversas tipologías de vivienda, permitirá que esta sea mejorada, transformada y adaptada a las necesidades y preferencias de sus habitantes. El diseño arquitectónico está basado en la disposición e inserción de los bloques de vivienda perpendiculares a la topografía, y a través de ellos, cruza la “alameda central” del proyecto, donde ocurren diversas actividades comerciales que permiten la interacción entre usuarios. En los bloques, se propuso la “calle elevada” que conecta las viviendas en todos los pisos con el espacio urbano en ladera, que busca no ser un corredor o lugar de paso, sino de permanencia. / The project is located on the hills of the city of Lima. There are currently a series of urban problems such as the lack of green areas, accessibility problems, lack of pedestrian and vehicular connection, urban equipment deficit, which affects the quality of life of the inhabitants. The hillsides of Lima have been populated without having references, or participation of the State, which today have reached more than 3 million people. That is why the solution was proposed to join the intervention proposals of the Barrio Mío program and the Urban Development Plan of Lima and Callao (PLAM 2035) on the slopes of the Morro Solar in Chorrillos. The thesis proposal focuses on creating new housing infrastructure, with “progressivity” as a fundamental tool for the design and materialization of the different types of housing, it will allow it to be improved, transformed and adapted to the needs and preferences of its inhabitants. The architectural design is based on the layout and insertion of the housing blocks perpendicular to the topography, and through them, crosses the “central mall” of the project, where various commercial activities occur that allow interaction between users. In the blocks, the “elevated street” that connects the houses on all floors with the urban hillside space, which seeks not to be a corridor or place of passage, but of permanence, was proposed. / Tesis

La Globalización 3.0 propone un nuevo reto para los diseñadores y arquitectos de todo el mundo: diseñar programas arquitectónicos eficientes incorporando espacios compartidos generadores de sociedad. Para ello, se propone clasificar los espacios de la vivienda en dos tipos. Los primeros son los espacios donde se realicen actividades netamente privadas y los segundos son espacios donde se realicen actividades que se puedan desarrollar en sociedad. Teniendo en cuenta que estos últimos se utilizan solo el 20% del tiempo, se propone unir estos espacios con los de otras viviendas para generar un espacio mayor de uso más eficiente, el cual se llamará espacio compartido. Este proyecto plantea cumplir “el reto” con la creación de una nueva tipología de Vivienda Colectiva de Estudiantes, para satisfacer la alta demanda que se presenta en Lima. La Vivienda Colectiva de Estudiantes se ubicará en San Borja, siendo parte del gran eje cultural nacional del que son parte: la Biblioteca Nacional, el Gran Teatro Nacional, el Museo Nacional, el Centro de convenciones, entre otros. Sirviendo de punto medio entre el eje cultural y la zona residencial. Además de ser un espacio de interacción social e intelectual entre estudiantes de diferentes carreras, la Vivienda Colectiva de Estudiantes tendrá como objetivo principal servir como apoyo y complemento a la formación del estudiante, brindando todos los espacios y servicios que este requiera y de esta manera apoyar a construir un capital humano con conocimiento e inteligencia, con miras al desarrollo y a la investigación. / Globalization 3.0 proposes a new challenge for designers and architects around the world: to design efficient architectural programs incorporating shared spaces that generate society. To do this, it is proposed to classify the spaces of the housing into two types. The first are the spaces where activities that are purely private are carried out and the second are spaces where activities that can be developed in society are carried out. Taking into account that the last ones are used only 20% of the time, it is proposed to unite these spaces with those of other housings to generate a larger space of more efficient use, which will be called shared space. This project intends to face "the challenge" with the creation of a new type of Collective Student Housing, to satisfy the high demand presented in Lima. The Collective Student Housing will be located in San Borja, being part of the great national cultural axis, of which are part: the National Library, the Great National Theater, the National Museum, the Convention Center, among others. Serving as a middle point between the cultural axis and the residential area. In addition to being a space for social and intellectual interaction between students of different careers, the Student Collective Housing will have as its main objective to serve as support and complement to the student's formation, providing all the spaces and services that this requires and, in this way, supporting to build human capital with knowledge and intelligence, with development and research ideals. / Tesis

Quinta Vertical: vivienda colectiva en Barrios Altos, surge a partir de la añoranza de los juegos hechos en patios, de quintas y callejones, donde reinaban los niños y los viejos. También es una crítica al actual modelo inmobiliario, en muchos casos, fuente y resultante de los problemas sociales actuales relacionados al individualismo. La presente tesis es la respuesta arquitectónica al déficit habitacional acorde a las exigencias y costumbres de una sociedad diversa y prospera culturalmente, ligada fuertemente a la identidad limeña y cuyos objetivos son resueltos, en su mayoría, gracias a su capacidad de colectividad, sumergida en un entorno en continuo desgaste y destrucción a pesar de su importancia urbanística e histórica, el cual degenera el modo de vivir de sus habitantes obligándolos irremediablemente a abandonarlo. El proyecto asimila tipologías urbanas y domesticas tradicionales del lugar, estudia teorías arquitectónicas relevantes y las emplea con una conciencia contemporánea enfatizando la identidad de barrio y densidad habitacional en una búsqueda por lograr viviendas de calidad, áreas comunes capaces de propiciar la vida colectiva y la inserción armónica en un centro histórico. / Vertical Quinta: Collective Housing in Barrios Altos, arises from a yearning of the games in the patios, of quintas and callejones, where kids and old ones reigned. It is also a critical stand on the real state model, in a lot of ways the source and result of current social problems related to individualism. The present thesis is an architectural response of the housing deficit, according to the demands and traditional ways of a diverse and culturally flourished society, strongly linked to the limeño’s identity, whose objectives are mostly resolved thanks to their collective capacity, emerge in a context of continuum wear and destruction, in spite of its urban and historic relevance, which degenerates the way of living of its occupants forcing them to hopelessly abandon it. The project assimilates urban and domestic traditional typologies found in the place, it studies relevant architectural theories and applies them with a contemporary consciousness emphasizing a neighborhood identity and habitation density in a search to reach quality housing, common areas capable of propitiate a collective life and a harmonic insertion in a historical center. / Tesis

Introduction (and purpose)- We as humans and as engineers need to build in a sustainable manner for the families of today while considering the coming generations.A new type of collective housing is hence needed in Jönköping that could ensure building in a more social sustainable way. The purpose of this study is to help in understanding which aspects people prefer in a collective house and further on illustrate the floorplans of a collective house based on the survey’s results. Method – Literature study was used to acquire all relevant knowledge about social sustainability and collective housing. A quantitative survey was then used to study the housing conditions of different families and the relationships they have with their neighbours. Results – Respondents that were interested in social sustainability as a concept and collective housing as a way of living answered the web-based questionnaire. Living in a good location, in a safe area and having good relationships with neighbours were the most important aspects in a household. The economical- and social factors ranked as the most important driving factors that would make families consider moving into a collective house. Approximately half of the respondents had no relationship with their neighbours and just greeted them when they ran into each other, while a large number of respondents believed that a stronger relationship could be formed with their neighbours if they had a place in the building to share a hobby with them. An illustration of a multi-family collective housing will be presented which was a combination of people’s opinion, literature, and cases. Analysis – Many respondents prioritized living close by to schools, work, or city. This is because a person’s surroundings can affect their feeling of safety in an area, thus helping them form social networks with those sharing those same surroundings. This inturn, helps prolong a households age which creates a stable and safe environment for the residents. The entrance point of the building is usually its main entrance, however due to the respondents answers the street around the building marks the beginning of the journey from the surrounding site and throughout the building. Discussion – The high response that the questionnaire gathered was a result of the respondent’s interest in social sustainability or collective housing. Respondents belonged to different age groups which ensured a high reliability. A higher reliability could have been ensured if it was for example shared with people who are already living in collective housing as they would have a clearer idea on what it is like to live in one,and their experiences could have been fruitful to the thesis. One’s psychological health is known to be enhanced through the interaction that the people can have in their buildings shared premises. Choosing a location for the illustration of the house would have changed the buildings architectural form, gave different window placement, other entrances, amongst others. The methods chosen for this study was however reliable as they created a clear path for the authors to guide in illustrating the building so that a person could visualise the respondents answers instead of just reading them. / Introduktion (och syfte) – Vi som människor och ingenjörer behöver bygga på ett hållbart sätt för dagens familjer, med hänsyn till kommande generationer. En ny typ av kollektivhus behövs därför i Jönköping, som säkerställer att man bygger på ett socialt hållbart sätt. Syftet med denna studie är att hjälpa till att förstå vilka aspekter gemeneman föredrar i ett kollektivhus, och illustrera detta genom planskisser baserade på insamlade enkätsvar. Metod – För att erhålla relevant kunskap om social hållbarhet och kollektivt boende användes litteraturstudier. En kvantitativ undersökning användes för att studera respondenternas bostadssituation och deras relationer med sina grannar. Resultat – Respondenterna som hade ett intresse i social hållbarhet som ett koncept, och kollektivboende som ett sätt att leva, besvarade den webbaserade enkäten. Att kunna bo i ett tryggt område, med ett bra läge och ha goda relationer till ens grannar var de viktigaste aspekterna i ett hushåll. Ekonomiska och sociala faktorer räknades som de mest viktiga faktorerna som driver familjer att kunna tänka sig flytta in till ett kollektivhus. Cirka hälften av respondenterna hade inga relationer alls med sina grannar och hälsade bara när de stötte på varandra. Stor andel av respondenterna trodde att en starkare relation kunde skapas med grannarna om det fanns en yta i byggnaden där de kunde dela en hobby tillsammans. En illustration av ett flerfamiljskollektivhus presenteras, vilket grundas på resultat av enkätsvar, litteratur och analys av enskilda fall. Analys – Många respondenter prioriterade att bo nära skolan, arbetet eller centralt. Detta kan bero på att ens omgivning påverkar känslan av trygghet, och man får en starkare relation till de vars omgivning man delar. Det kan i sin tur, förlänga livslängden för ett hushåll och på så sätt skapa en stabil och säker miljö för de boende. Ingången på en byggnad är vanligtvis dess huvudentré, men på grund av respondenternas svar valde vi gatan runt byggnaden för att markera början på resan från den omgivande platsen och genom hela byggnaden. Diskussion – Den höga svarsfrekvensen i frågeformuläret berodde på respondenternas intresse för social hållbarhet eller kollektiva bostäder. Respondenterna tillhörde olika åldersgrupper, vilket garanterade en hög reliabilitet. En ännu högre reliabilitet kunde ha säkerställts om den till exempel delades med personer som redan bor i kollektivabostäder, eftersom de skulle ha en tydligare uppfattning om hur det är att leva i ett, ochderas erfarenheter kunde ha varit fruktbara för avhandlingen. Det är känt att ens psykologiska hälsan förbättras genom den interaktion som människorna kan ha i de gemensamma lokalerna i sina byggnader. Att välja en plats för illustrationen av huset skulle ha förändrat byggnadens arkitektoniska form, olika fönsterplaceringar, olika ingångar intill byggnaden, bland annat. Metoderna som valts för denna studie var dock tillförlitliga eftersom de skapade en tydlig väg för författarna att följa när de illustrerade byggnaden så att en person kunde visualisera respondenternas svar i stället för att bara läsa om dem.

his study is exploring whether collective housing could mean a solution to the housing crisis and if this form of housing at the same time could achieve social sustainability. It is of interest to achieve social sustainability in order to decrease social isolation and mental illness that spreads mainly among young people in Sweden (Eckerdal, C. et al., 2018). This is examined by looking at the social benefits that can be found by charing home with others that is not your direct family and see if this form of housing could be seen as an attractive housing alternative of people in different socio-economic groups. The results are based on interviews and scientific articles that together concludes that this way of housing may not be an over all solution for the housing crisis in Sweden but may contribute to some positive change in both the housing market and in the inhabitants mental health, which the results of this text indicates. The way people live has a big impact on their possibilities to create a sustainable social life and it is important for humans to feel safe (Alfredsson, B., 1979). Humans way of socialise is directly related to their social connection which is why an unsafe living situation could have negative consequences on humans social life and mental health (Satici, S. A et al., 2015). This way of living could become more and more popular with inhabitant in need of a home (Törnqvist, M.,2019) and an increased wish from people to become a part of a community as a result of the urbanisation and an individualism (Vestbro D., 2010).

Studentbostadsbristen påverkar studenter runt om i hela landet. 20 000 studentbostäder saknas, varav 50 procent saknas i Stockholm. Studenter tvingas välja mellan temporära boenden eller att tacka nej till den utbildningen de blivit antagna till. Dessa levnadsförhållanden leder till en sämre livskvalité under studietiden, vilket i sin tur kan påverka studenternas utbildning och framtid. Vid utformning av studentbostäder läggs ofta den sociala hållbarheten åt sidan. Den sociala hållbarheten bidrar till att studenterna känner gemenskap, samhörighet och hemhörighet. Nytänkande gestaltningsförslag och idéer behövs för att öka känslan av gemenskap och utveckla den sociala hållbarheten i studentbostäderna. Studentbostäder med välplanerade sociala ytor ger möjlighet till en högre livskvalité för studenterna. Gemensamma sociala ytor ökar möjlighet till att skapa nya kontakter både i början och under studietiden. Att skapa goda levnadsförhållanden i studentbostäder borde ses som ett samhällsintresse då studenterna efter sina studier ger tillbaka till samhället och bidrar till framtidens utveckling. Syftet med rapporten är att lyfta fram problemet med den nuvarande studentbostadsbristen och den låga sociala hållbarheten i dagens studentbostäder. Målet med gestaltningen är att bidra med ett förslag på en fungerande utformning av studentbostäder med fokus på den sociala hållbarheten och gemenskap. Genom examensarbetets enkätundersökning samt faktainsamling byggdes en stabil grund för det gestaltningsarbete som utfördes. Resultatet blev tre studentbostadshus som placerades i ett av kvarteren i det nya området Kista äng. Studentbostadshusen har fyra olika studentbostadstyper samt gemensamma sociala ytor som är tillgängliga för alla studenter i kvarteret. / The shortage of student housing units affects students around the country. 20,000 student housing units are needed, 50 percent of these are needed in Stockholm. Students are forced to choose between living in temporary accommodations or decline the education to which they have been admitted. These living conditions lead to a poorer quality of life during the study period, which in turn can affect the students' education and future.  When designing student housing units,the social sustainability is often put aside. Social sustainability contributes to the students getting a feeling of community, solidarity and being at home. New design proposals and ideas are needed to increase the sense of community and to develop the social sustainability of student housing units.  Student housing units with well-planned social spaces allows for a higher quality of life for the students. Common social spaces enhance the opportunity to make a connection with new people at the beginning and during the study period. Creating good living conditions in student housing units should be regarded as a societal interest as students, after their studies, return to society and contribute to the development of the future.  The purpose of the report is to illustrate the problem with the current student housing shortage and the poor social sustainability of today's student housing units.  The goal of the design is to contribute ideas for a functional design of a student housing unit with a primary focus on social sustainability and fellowship.  With the help of the survey and the information that was gathered a sound basis was created before the the design work started. The result was three buildings with student housing units that were placed in one of the neighborhoods in the new area of Kista äng. The buildings have four different types of student housing units and social spaces that are available for all students in the neighborhood.