Designed living environment – architecture, form, design, art and cultural heritage in public spaces
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Designed living environment – architecture, form, design, art and cultural heritage in public spaces
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How are artistic perspectives and the values of public art incorporated into the design of sustainable living environments? This was one of the questions explored by ten cross-disciplinary teams through the call Designed living environment – architecture, form, design, art and cultural heritage in public spaces.
Since 2018, Sweden has had a national policy for what is called Policy for Designed Living Environment – one of the few countries in the world to do so. In short, the policy focuses on the designed environments around us, with a special emphasis on architecture, design, public art, and cultural heritage. When different art forms and artistic processes are included in the design of shared spaces, they can bring new ideas and enrich both cities and rural areas.
The call aimed to fund research projects that would generate new knowledge about how people’s living environments are designed. It sought to highlight artistic perspectives and the role of public art alongside architecture, design, and cultural heritage in creating sustainable environments.
The goal was for the funded projects to contribute to the national objectives for the Policy for Designed Living Environment, as well as to Sweden’s national cultural policy goals and national cultural environment goals. The results were also intended to support the UN’s New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities in Agenda 2030.
Ten transdisciplinary projects were granted a total of approximately 40 million SEK. The projects involved participants from 31 organizations, including universities, artistic enterprises, private companies, and public and non-profit organizations. Municipalities across Sweden took part in six of the projects. All projects brought together researchers and artists, representing a wide range of artistic perspectives and practices.
The call was initiated by Statens konstråd in collaboration with Formas, the Swedish National Heritage Board, ArkDes, and the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning.
Explore the projects through the films at statenskonstrad.se ↗
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Project timeline
2020–2024
Project members:
Hanna Erixon Aalto, Senior Lecturer, SLU
Ania Öst, Architect and Landscape Urbanist, KTH
Marta Bohlmark, Urban Planner and Architect, KTH
Luc Pagès, Artist, City of Stockholm
Erik Aalto, Artist, KTH
Arne Nykänen, Operation, Maintenance and Acoustics, Luleå University of Technology
Björn Hellström, Researcher and Artist, Tyréns and KTH
Felix Magnusson, Artist, Tyréns
Ylva Preutz Papantoni, Strategic Planning, Tyréns
Anette Winbland von Walter, Gällivare Municipality
Catharina Gabrielsson, Associate Professor of Architecture, KTH
Eva Arnqvist, Artist
Jonathan Metzger, Researcher, KTH
Anna Wignell, Artist, Curator, and Project Manager, City of Västerås
Per Hasselberg, Artist, Konstfrämjandet
Elena Raviola, Professor of Design, University of Gothenburg
Johnny Friberg, Designer, University of Gothenburg/HDK-Valand
Helena Hansson, Designer and PhD Candidate, University of Gothenburg/HDK-Valand
Karl-Johan Ekeroth, Designer, University of Gothenburg/HDK-Valand
Liselotte van Leeuwen, Researcher, University of Gothenburg/HDK-Valand
Otto von Busch, Consultant, Swedish Handicraft Council (Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor)
Mauricio Sagastuy, Eco Agroforestry Center
Mania Teimouri, Regional Advisor, Västra Götaland Region, Department of Cultural Development
Peter Christian Lövfold Grönfeldt, Designer, KOMPAN A/S
Nikolaj Maj Bentsen, Designer, KOMPAN A/S
Johanna Sjögren Duthy, Form/Design Center Malmö
Per-Johan Dahl, Researcher, Lund University
Cecilia Sterner, Artist and Curator, Konstfrämjandet Skåne
Lena Jungmark, Landscape Architect, SLU
Pernilla Magnusson Theselius, City Architect, Ängelholm Municipality
Meike Schalk, Associate Professor of Architecture, KTH
Miro Sazdic, Artist, Konstfack
Anette Göthlund, Researcher, Konstfack
Ylva Frid, Not Quite, Culture Centre Fengersfors
Cordula Bielenstein-Morich, Artist, Not Quite
Marcus Jahnke, Researcher, RISE
Kristina Mjöfors, Researcher, RISE
Fredrik Fogelberg, Researcher, RISE
Jenny Lööf, Project Manager and Communications, RISE
Aikaterini Synapalou, Architect, Warm in the Winter
Åsa Ståhl, Senior Lecturer, Department of Design, Linnaeus University
Svenja Keune, Researcher and Artist, University of Borås
Stephan Hruza, Artist, Linnaeus University
Mathilda Tham, Researcher, Linnaeus University
Filippa Devos, Educator and Communications, Växjö Art Gallery, Växjö Municipality