Focus on suburbia: a design project where the villa suburbia and its people play a role in sustainable change
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Architecture and planning beyond sustainability, MSc
Publicerad
2022
Författare
Khezri, Pouya
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Sammanfattning
Villa suburbs are common sight in the modern city, this is also true to
the Swedish urban fabric. There is great demand for these areas, high
standard of living with comforts of large space, calm neighborhoods,
and high level of privacy. Yet these neighborhoods are seldom
in focus in the discussion of urban change, a rhetoric that these
neighborhoods are already good and don’t need change. They do like
many other places bring bad qualities. Issues like inefficient land use,
high consumption lifestyles, car dependency, segregation of socioeconomic
groups, and weak communities. Focus on the villa suburb
can in fact contribute to the discourse of more sustainable cities.
This thesis brings ways to see how the Swedish villa suburbia can
inhabit sustainable change through design. To add to the current
physical environment in such a way sustainable changes can occur.
It requires an understanding of why the villa suburbs are still
increasingly attractive, to understand not only the issues but also
the qualities of the villa suburb so that elements are sustained while
bringing further qualities. The case of this thesis is the neighborhood
of Solängen in the city of Mölndal. A study of the site and interviews
with inhabitants and organizations have been done so the design is
one with an understanding of the area according to locals. Together
with theory a process occurs where research through design reflects
in three design concepts that is applied to a block in the center of
Solängen. The design concepts being densifying with restructuring of
floor plans in villas, densifying with additions of new building units on
property, placemaking by creating space for local community to meet,
interact and share resources.
The result is a proposal that could bring opportunity of solving larger
issues of suburbia. It can combat urban sprawl, bringing efficient
land and resource use with densification and more sharing economy.
Also combatting segregation and isolation with tighter communities
and a diversity of new people through a diverse housing stock. The
result can contribute to the discourse of the suburbs role towards a
sustainable future.
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Villa suburb, densifying, placemaking, diversity, community