Conference 2024: Designed Living Environment – How to Count?

How much does quality cost? Do we need and can we think and calculate in new ways?

The conference brings together property owners, construction actors, municipalities, and authorities to collectively listen to inspiring examples and discuss how we create and ensure attractive living environments and manage existing values – for today’s residents and for future generations.

During the morning session, we will hear from various actors who develop and discuss how to achieve sustainable and high-quality construction that is not subordinated to short-term economic considerations. The afternoon offers several inspiring and educational examples from different parts of Sweden on how we can work consciously with both material and intangible values, all to achieve sustainability and quality in the creation of our shared living environments.

We will also broaden our perspective with two keynote speakers, one Swedish and one international, who will address the conference theme.

Plus, the winners of the ‘Årets strålkastare’ Award are announced – recognizing those who’ve set the bar high in the field of Designed Living Environments.

Watch the conference in retrospect (in Swedish):

About the conference

Between 2020 and 2024, the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning ↗, the Swedish National Heritage Board ↗, ArkDes and Public Art Agency Sweden ↗ jointly organized an annual conference on the Policy for Designed Living Environment. The conference was aimed at professionals working at municipal, regional, and national levels, as well as within academia and private sector.

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