Important results from the project
By using food and farming as tools, unused basement space was transformed into a lively, safe and dynamic meeting place that contributes to both sustainable urban development and increased social cohesion. Property owners and urban planners can utilize existing built environments while increasing the degree of self-sufficiency of residents. Future images guide and visualize the anchoring of measures to develop future places. In addition, the project led to new funding.
Expected long term effects
The project offers a model for transforming existing built environments into sustainable, inclusive and aesthetically pleasing local places that contribute to solutions for local food security, social preparedness, safety and community. Residents’ living environments are improved through increased social connections through basement farming that promotes cohesion. Property owners will have the opportunity to find new uses by renting out basements for food production to tenants.
Approach and implementation
In the pilot project From Basement to Kitchen, farming has been used as a method based on three different areas in the Million Program areas: basements, spaces between buildings and homes. The project invited residents, adults and children, to learn how to grow indoors, at home and in the basement. In the project, the participants also had thematic discussions about how the common living environment can be developed. Both about how to use unused basements but also the spaces between buildings.
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