Conference 2022: Designed Living Environment – In Times of Urgency
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Society and our shared living environments are constantly under stress and renegotiation.
The 2022 conference addresses questions about which values and qualities in our designed environments are important to preserve and develop as we face major global challenges such as armed conflict, climate change, threatened cultural heritage, resource management, and segregation.
During the conference, we will gain insights into how actors in the field have thought and acted when considering both local conditions and major global challenges in their work. What can we learn from each other? What have the work processes looked like? What tools have been used? What were the success factors, and what was the final outcome?
Plus, we announce the winners of the ‘Årets strålkastare’ award – recognizing those who’ve set the bar high in the field of Designed Living Environments.
Watch the conference in retrospect (in Swedish):
Gloria Cabral, Architect, Gabinete de Arquitectura
Césare Peeren, Architect, SUPERUSE
Britta Marakatt-Labba, Artist
Jake Ford, Architect, White Arkitekter
Vanja Knocke, Project Manager and Developer, National Property Board Sweden
Johan Folkesson, Chief Architect, Swedish Transport Administration
Eva Mårtensson, Facility Management Director, Knivsta Municipality
Bengt Wahlgren, Building Conservationist, Restaurera AB
Marianne Jonsson, Curator, Swedish Arts Council
Andreas Bjersby, Head of Art Department, Region Uppsala
Malin Myrin, Vice Chair, ICOMOS Sweden
Håkan Sandhagen, Chief of Architecture, Akademiska Hus
Ulrika Mebus, Chair, ICOMOS Sweden
Jonas Eldin, Architect, Eldin Oscarsson
Lone-Pia Bach, Professor of Restoration Art, Royal Institute of Art
Karin Sjödin, Landscape Architect, Varberg Municipality
Helena Bjarnegård, National Architect, Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
Joakim Malmström, National Antiquarian, Swedish National Heritage Board
Kieran Long, Director General, ArkDes
Patrick Amsellem, Director, Swedish Arts Council
Marja-Leena Pilvesmaa, Head of Cultural Environment Department, Swedish National Heritage Board
Jessica Segerlund, Head of ArkDes Think Tank, ArkDes
Lena From, Art Project Director, Swedish Arts Council
Malin Ouest, Moderator
About the conference
Between 2020 and 2024, ArkDes together with the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning ↗, the Swedish National Heritage Board ↗ and Public Art Agency Sweden ↗ jointly organized an annual conference on the Policy for Designed Living Environment. The conference brought together architects, urban planners, designers, artists, and officials from local, regional, and national levels—both on-site and online—to share ideas and explore forward-looking examples in architecture, design, art, and cultural heritage.
