Connecting-Stockholm
Connecting-Stockholm
Sara Göransson and Filipe Balestra from Urban Nouveau* have designed a long-term strategy that turns the segregated capital of Sweden into a network city.
Urban Nouveau* will move its practice to the exhibition space of Arkitekturmuseet from the 7th of September to the 10th of October to take Connecting-Stockholm to a public level. A gigantic model of the connected city will be under construction while interviews with community representatives, politicians and ordinary citizens take place. Both local Stockholmare and global visitors are welcome to join the discussion and model making, becoming part of the design team.
The strategy frames Stockholm’s future growth onto urban bridges, which connect previously disconnected
suburbs. The new connections will increase the perimeter of housing along green areas, bringing people closer to Nature. The spaces in-between connections may become new permaculture courtyards to maximize local food production and consumption, minimizing imports and transportation. The development of the city is directed towards a self sustainable landscape.
The project was born out of the one year research project Local Act-Global Change, presented by Göransson as her diploma work at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in June 2006.
Scheduled interviews
All scheduled interviews:
- Magnus Hunhammar, Institute for Sustainable Transportation September 8, 2010 from 15:00
- Mohammed el Abed, regionplanekontoret, Stockholm September 9, 2010 from 11:00
- Kristina Alvendal, Borgarråd i Stockholms stadshus September 9, 2010 from 14:00
- Stephen Hinton, transition Sweden September 11, 2010 from 11:00
- John Gerhard, grundare av Ekolådan September 17, 2010 from 11:00
- Peter Hallen, arkitekt September 17, 2010 from 15:00
- Per Wirten, journalist och författare September 17, 2010 from 15:00
- Birgitta Notlöf, Halina Hylander Livstycket, Tensta September 22, 2010 from 11:00
- Sanjoo Malhotra, Inter cultural management September 23, 2010 from 11:00
- Therese Karlsson, Alexandra Håkansson, Statistiska Central Byrån, Befolkningsstatistik September 23, 2010 from 14:00
- Bertil Thermaenius, Permakulturexpert September 23, 2010 from 15:00
- Håkan Forsell, Urbanhistoriker September 24, 2010 from 15:00
- Mikaelsskolan, Sollentuna åk 8 och 9 scheduled September 28, 2010 from 13:00
- SBK- Upplands Väsby scheduled September 28, 2010 from 17:00
