Academica är ett stadsbyggnadsförslag för området längs Valhallavägens östra del mellan Roslagstull och korsningen Valhallavägen/Odengatan. Bakom förslaget står Stockholmsbyggmästarna och Utopia Arkitekter. Platsen har identifierats av Stockholmsstad som ställer sig positiva till att utvecklaområdet. I samband med NorraLänkens färdigställande år 2015 förväntas trafikmängden minska och transport av farligt gods kommer inte längre att tillåtas på Valhallavägen. Detta kommer att göra det möjligt att utveckla området och inte minst att bebygga det med bostäder. Målet med arbetet har varit att ta fram en tydlig idé för utvecklingen av platsen. Förslaget ger svar på frågor om vad området bör innehålla och varför, samt ger också en tydlig bild av hur förslagsställarna tänker sig att området kan utformas med hänseende på så väl stadsbyggnad som på arkitektur. / Academica is a urban planning proposals for the area along the east side of Valhallavägen between Roslagtull and  the intersection of  Valhallavägen  and Odengatan. The area has been identified by the City of Stockholm who are in favor of developing the site. The completion of Norra Länken in 2015 will reduce the amount of traffic and transportation of dangerous goods will no longer be allowed on Valhallavägen . Hence the area will be possible to develop with a much-needed addition of public spaces, services and housing. The goal of the proposal has been to create a clear idea regarding the development of the site. It provides answers about what the area should include and why and it also gives a picture of the design of the area as whole and the individual buildings.

Valhallavägen is a large boulevard in Stockholm spanning from Roslagstull to Gärdet. It’s 3.5 km long, making it the longest street in the inner city of Stockholm. It acts as a border between the stone city and the free landscape of Nationalstadsparken and the institution belt. The middle strip was planned to be a park, but is today dominated by parking lots. This project aims to develop Valhallavägen to an efficient main street, a green oasis and an attractive place in Stockholm with a clear identity.

This thesis project is about an associations union and territorial practice through the lens of collaborative construction. The project started with reading a newspaper article about an associations union being evicted from Fältöversten Centrum. The union contains 53 clubs, associations, and interest groups. I interviewed members of the different clubs and associations about what they liked about their old space and what they would like in a new space and outlined a program with them. The site is on the median of Valhallavägen, a boulevard in central Stockholm. The site is poor, given it’s surroundings of noteworthy architecture and significance within the cities grid. I conducted experiments to learn about the site. One being an on-site chair building workshop that contributed its’ resultant chairs to the site for public use. The chairs movements and orientations around the site were documented.  The proposal is a series of small houses spread throughout the site. In order to provide a construction method that’s both appropriate for self builders and spatially interesting, I adapted construction principles discovered during the chair workshop: beams joined by form-cut panels to created 2d trusses. The trusses intend to provide levels of spatial interest in the interior, as well as being a lexicon of the structures principles. the plans of the houses are left intentionally under-designed, the intention being that this leaves the interiors free for appropriation. Spaces include atelier spaces, workshops, makers spaces, meeting rooms, kitchens, auditoriums, greenhouse and a dancehall. The intention of these spaces, their location, orientations, construction and program are to manifest a parallel city, a deconstructed landmark of shared resources and knowledge, and a porous, inclusive, urban image.