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In 1901, Nikola Tesla had a grand idea of constructing a large tower that would service the people of the world with wireless free electricity, using the earth as a conductor and the tower as the transmitter. This idea might seem like something dreamed up by a mad scientist in his laboratory, or something that you read about in a science-fiction novel, not something that was based in actual scientific research. But the spirit of free thinking that surrounded the environment in which Tesla was conducting his research, made this kind of experimentation possible. This environment was the famous inventor Thomas Edison’s workshop in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where he was first hired as an assistant, and worked in his early career. Edison’s workshop was the space that facilitated the tools, the equipment, the inspiration and the encouragement that Tesla needed to carry out his research in the best possible way.The architecture of the workshop is basically user experience design on a physical and spatial level. Space is the medium and the built structure act as the interface and the framework – the conduit – between humans and technology. The physical space is the one essential element that both can interact with, where people of the community, the engineers, programmers, artists, designers, makers and thinkers find new ways of using, and existing together with new ideas and technology.This framework is the hackerspace. In essence, a hackerspace is a community-led grassroots movement where democratic ideals are emphasized in the way it is used, organized and managed. It is an open workshop where the tools and knowledge are shared and co-managed between users in both the physical, as well as the digital, space. The hackerspace ultimately represents the democratization of the design process, where future collaborators can work together without prejudice and limitations.Holmsund Hackerspace supports the humanistic approach to digital sciences and how we use technology today, and in the future. For us as humans to make sense of new technology, we very much need a physical space as a frame of reference, as we are physical beings first and foremost. The hackerspace is the blank slate and the foundation on which you carry your inspiration beyond the walls of the structure. Much like Tesla did in Edison’s workshop back in the day.

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.

Survey's purpose is to illustrate why and how the process happened when Piteå relocated its commercial port away from Skuthamn to the new construction on Haraholmen 1950-1973. How decision-makers worked to achieve their goals, how the work changed and what incentives motivated them to act. The results showed that the decision was taken not to retain the existing commercial port in large part due to Skuthamns physics attributes, which made it impossible to ship large deep vessels from there. The reason that the decision about the port took such a long time was due to a local political conflict which was based on interest in the ownership of Haraholmen. The reason for the location of the trading port became Haraholmen had political backgrounds. The study's methodology is qualitative and describes the events chronologically. / Undersökningens syfte är att belysa varför och hur processen gick till när Piteå flyttade sin kommersiella hamn bort från Skuthamn och byggde upp den nya internationella handelshamnen på Haraholmen 1950-1973. Hur beslutsfattarna arbetade för att nå sina mål, hur förändrades deras arbetsmetoder med tiden och vilka incitament som motiverade dem att agera. Resultaten visade att beslutet som fattades att inte behålla den befintliga kommersiella hamnen Skuthamn som Piteås handelshamn till stor del berodde på att Skuthamns fysiska attribut omöjliggjorde transporter dit med stora djupgående fartyg. Anledningen till att beslutet om hamnen tog så lång tid berodde på en lokalpolitisk konflikt som grundade sig i vilken aktör som innehade äganderätten av markområdet på Haraholmen. Anledningen till lokaliseringen av handelshamnen på Haraholmen hade sin bakgrund i statens transportpolitik. Metoden som använts är kvalitativ och beskriver händelserna kronologiskt.