Vititecture; re imagining a Swedish dairy farm to a vineyard
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and planning beyond sustainability (MPDSD), MSc
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Garme-Syri, Shayan
Nordling, Viktor
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
The Swedish countryside has encountered several challenges over
the past century. Rural depopulation, caused by people migrating to
urban areas in search of better opportunities, has led to shrinking
communities and a weakened social fabric. Economic shifts towards
industrial farming practices have reduced the number of active farms
but increased their size, leaving a considerable number of unused farm
buildings scattered throughout the landscape.
However, recent years have witnessed a shift towards more sustainable
rural development, characterised by the emergence of a new rurality.
This modern reinterpretation challenges outdated perceptions and is
driven by societal, economic, and technological changes. Rural and
agricultural businesses are adapting to these shifts by reinventing
themselves to provide not only for nutritional needs but also
to offer leisure opportunities, promote environmental sustainability,
create post-industrial employment, counteract rural depopulation,
and contribute to a sense of history and tradition in regions and nations.
Furthermore, a new agricultural program, the Swedish vineyard, has
been gaining prominence during the same time period. This
development has been facilitated, in part, by climate changes that allow new
crops to thrive in the Swedish climate, as well as more permissive policy
changes concerning gatesales of alcohol. Given that the typology of the
Swedish vineyard is in its early stages, there is a notable scarcity of
architectural knowledge specific to this context.
This thesis directly engages with the challenges faced by the countryside
by working with the building stock of unused farms and implementing the
new program of the vineyard. It investigates the current preconditions
for establishing vineyards in Sweden, demonstrating its findings through
the transformation of a farm in Grimeton, Halland. The farm converts
from an inactive dairy farm into a vineyard and winery with associated
tasting and commercial businesses. The transformation is executed with
a holistic and mindful approach, considering the traditional architecture
and craftsmanship of existing farm buildings, ensuring that changes and
extensions harmonise with the historical past of the farmyard.