Urban space for youth
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan - Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Skolan f elektroteknik & datavetens |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 4 791 148 |
| Project duration | May 2023 - June 2025 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Circular and biobased economy |
| Call | Build for the future - Innovation for a sustainable building and construction sector |
Important results from the project
Young people´s habits and preferences regarding outdoor activities have been mapped out. Young people have designed concepts for urban spaces that meet young people´s needs and they have contributed to the development of a web tool for site analysis and communication with planners. The design concepts for outdoor environments that young people have designed in a co-creation process with project partners and teachers have been interpreted and realized in a full-scale installation.
Expected long term effects
The project results will have very good effects on the work in architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. Architects consider citizen dialogues a challenge as the client often has a clear objective to maximize cost-effectiveness. If gains in terms of both time and cost can be demonstrated, by involving young people, great incentives are created for the client. The added value is transparency, greater democracy, increased competence among all participants and trust in the process.
Approach and implementation
Young people´s habits and preferences regarding outdoor activities have been mapped out, including their thoughts on participation and democracy in urban development. A dialogue method has been developed, using a web tool developed in the project. Over 250 high school students have created concepts for outdoor environments, in the form of visualizations and physical models in a co-creation process. The concepts have been interpreted and realized in an installation in Stockholm.