Hagsätra-Rågsved Situations Spring 2022

TRANSVERSAL PERIPHERIES

Exploring minority perspectives and developing care-full spatial interventions for greater (social) sustainability

In Transversal Peripheries we explore and develop spatial perspectives and potential interventions for greater sustainability through a focus on conditions in the urban periphery of Stockholm. More specifically through an engagement with conditions in large-scale postwar housing areas. These environments are often marked by ethnically diverse local communities, relative poverty and territorial stigma. But also often by a vivid civil society and a high degree of local engagement and organization. In the course, there is an emphasis on social aspects of sustainability and we aim to enrich our understandings of what a socially sustainable development could be, by exploring situated perspectives among minorities inhabiting the urban periphery. More specifically will we engage with the social and built environments of Hagsätra and Rågsved, two such large-scale housing areas in the southern periphery of the municipality of Stockholm. Currently there is an ongoing process of urban development in these areas, which explicitly aims to address issues of social sustainability.

TEACHERS

Maria Ärlemo Lecturer in sustainable urban planning, course responsible Jaime Montes Bentura Lecturer in architecture and sustainable urban planning and design

STUDENTS

Mahmoud Abdelaal Saba Farheen Ahmed Khadija Ali Maria Andersson Anastasiia Demidova Maria Ann George Karl Hedin Özge Hocalar Linn Johansson Sydney Karbonik Luka Kodikaite Jiayi Lan Minghui Li Md Ratin Emma Sörbom Emma van der Saag Filip Wadsten Yanghua Weng Jedrzej Zdulski

CONTENT

Researching local conditions

MAPPING CIVIL SOCIETY : Local associations

Berättarministeriet, Hagsätra youth centre PRO Vantör

Rågsveds Folkets hus Snösätra Kulturkvarter The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Rågsveds IF

MAPPING SITUATED ACCOUNTS : Interviews

The butterfly effect : Growing up at the youth centre in Hagsätra Listening to elderly Hanging around at Folkets hus in Rågsved Decoding Snösätra

The Ethiopian Church, a global community Along the sidelines of the soccer field

MAPPING DEMOGRAPHY : Statistics

Employment Health Education Land-use and ownership Housing typologies Political landscape

Developing propositions for context specific spatial interventions

SELECTED PROPOSALS

‘Kollo’ in the suburbs, Luka Kodikaite Chamber of storytelling, Saba Farheen Ahmed The missing resources in Hagsätra, Khadija Ali Hagsätra community centre, Emma van der Saag Overlapping social communities in the centre of Rågsved, Maria Andersson Graffiti for social integration, Anastasiia Demidova Co-habitance between butterflies and humans, Özge Hocalar From borderland to wonderland, Karl Hedin Designing for the local community, Mahmoud Abdelaal

Researching local conditions

MAPPING CIVIL SOCIETY : Local associations

The aim of the task is to gain insight into civil society in Hagsätra and Rågsved by exploring a specific local association. What is the main aim of the association, when and for what purpose was it formed, what has it done over time, what agen da does its members currently further, how is it organized, what activities and events are part of its practice, what community does it gather? Also, and equally important, how does the association and its practices manifest spatially? Where is it situated, what spaces does it inhabit and make use of for its activities and events, and what additional spatial requirements does it, perhaps, seem to have?

MAPPING SITUATED ACCOUNTS : Interviews

The butterfly effect: growing up at Hagsätra fritidsgård PRO Vantör: Field interviews

Chronicles of Rågsveds Folkets Hus Decodifying Snösattra

The church and the community Reclaiming football

Employment

SELECTED PROPOSALS :

Kollo in the suburbs, Luka Kodikaite Chamber of storytelling, Saba Farheen Ahmed

The missing resources in Hägsatra: bringing back welfare institutios Building a community center in Hägsatra

Overlappin communities in Rågsved centrum

Grafitti School in the park towards integration: Rågsved Inter-actions: cohabitance between humans and nature

From borderland to wonderland: a passage between Hagsätra and Ormkärr Regaining trust: reinvesting in sports facilities from neighbours perspective

Berättarministeriet, Hagsätra youth centre , Saba Farheen Ahmed, Linn Johansson, Luka Kodikaite

PRO Vantör, Anastasiia Demidova, Karl Hedin, Özge Hocalar

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

Folkets Hus Rågsved The House of Opportunity

Aim & Origin of Folkets Hus

Rågsved Folkets Hus is a citizen-run nonprofit association that is politically independent. They are members of the national organization Folkets Hus och Parker, which with its 600 members organizations constitutes one of the largest popular movements.

How it is Organized

Nya Rågsveds Folkets Hus is owned and managed by the local association in Rågsved and Vantör. If the association becomes a member, it can be involved and influence how the house is to be managed and developed in the future. All associations and organizations can apply to become shareholders in Nya Rågsveds Folkets Husförening

Mapping of Events & Locations

Christmas Wreath Safety Day

Distribution of Folkets hus in Sweden

• Rågsved Service & Evenemang (Runs their Cafe and restaurant)

• Clowner utan gränser/ Clowns without borders

• Kulturförvaltningen / The Cultural Administration

• MUCF, The Agency for Youth and Civil Society Affairs

• ABF, Workers' education union

• Rädda barnen, Save the Children association

• The others Folkets Hus

• Kulturkvarter Snösätra

• Rågsved Hagsätra Samhällsförening (Rågsvedsdagen 19 maj)

• Högdalens Library

• Hagsätra Library

• Rågsved IF

• Rågsved boxningsklubb

• Svenska Bostäder

• Police (the three closest police stations are; Farsta Närpolisområde, Västberga and Huddinge Närpolisområde)

Inside Folkets Hus

Dialogue Room

Urban Cultivation

Halls

Rågsved Center Stockholm, Sweden

Folkets Hus halls for both rooms for up people. Associations, religious communities social enterprises opportunity to price.

Rågsved offers party and meeting to 15/50/230 Associations, communities and enterprises have the to rent at a lower

Cafe & Kitchen

Folkets Huset also has its own Cafe & kitchen which is run by Rågsved Service & Evenemang AB, a wholly owned company by Nya Rågsveds Folkets Husförening.

Konsthall

Rågsveds Konsthall is a meeting place for openness, curiosity and which in various ways illustrates diversity. The art gallery offers not only art in its broadest sense but also the opportunity for co-creation, a room for all creatives without a wall, for anyone who has something to tell but lacks an audience, those who want to try something new.

Music Studio

Music studio and a mentor program for young people between 16-25 years together with Ametist Azordegan, music journalist, author and DJ. Those who are currently participating are young boys and girls interested in music living in Rågsved and later also new arrivals.

Andra Varvet Second Hand Shop School

Collaborations

Youth Center Library Eldery Center Theater Ung Utan Pung Events & Activities

Activities Routes

Folkets hus Rågsved, Khadija Ali, Maria Ann George, Jiayi Lan

Snösätra Kulturkvarter, Sydney Karbonik, Minghui Li, Emma Sörbom, Jedrzej Zdulski

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Maria Andersson, Emma van der Saag, Yanghua Weng

Rågsveds IF, Mahmoud Abdelaal, Md Ratin, Filip Wadsten

CONTENT

Researching local conditions

MAPPING CIVIL SOCIETY : Local associations

Berättarministeriet, Hagsätra youth centre

PRO Vantör

Rågsveds Folkets hus Snösätra Kulturkvarter

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Rågsveds IF

MAPPING SITUATED ACCOUNTS : Interviews

Inspired by feminist theory and an ethnographic research approach the assign ment aims to further insights into individual situated perspectives and lived ex perience among residents in Hagsätra and Rågsved. How do they experience and view life in these areas? How do they inhabit and use these areas? What qualities, problems and potentials do they see and point to in their everyday life environ ments? What aspects of Hagsätra and Rågsved would they like to see developed, and how? And which, if any, of these aspects could be addressed by means of spatial practices such as planning, urban design and architecture?

Growing up at the youth centre in Hagsätra , Saba Farheen Ahmed, Linn Johansson, Luka Kodikaite

Listening to elderly, Anastasiia Demidova, Karl Hedin, Özge Hocalar

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

2 days later...

Rågsved Youth Center, 19:45

Welcome to tonightʻs coordination meeting and safety walk!

Hey! Anton and Simon. Whatʻs up?

The sky is up!

Letʻs

Being a youth leader is a huge responsibility. You balance between the role of being a PARENT and a FRIEND and sometimes, itʻs really really difficult. BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT. These kids deserve the best.

*Coordination Police is and week/day What weekend,

go to Högdalen Hallen, many teenagers are apparently there...

Drug

Crime GangYouth

Folkets Hus is the heart of Rågsved.

Urban farming was MY initiative.

Andra Varvet started in Folkets Hus and become a SUCCESS.

Huge profit before pandemic.

Social events are conducted with the profit money..... I’m also the one who connected developers and local people at Folkets Hus.

....The boxing club grew out of Folkets Hus....

After the 2013 riots in Husby, I’m the one who gathered the local community & arranged safety walks.

Folkets Hus shut its door and we had to take over the safety walks.

The Youth Center:

Rågsved, 12:13

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

Space Layout of Nya Folkets Hus Rågsved

from within community. rented space

elder, music studio 2 Art Gellary 4 Cafe 1 Rent Space

*Coordination meeting with the a way to inform each other the police about how the week/day has been in the area. can be expected during the weekend, known/unknown challenges, etc. Folkets Hus is always a MEETING POINT. Q: Any connection to the head organization? - No. Q: Collaboration with other Folkets Hus? - No. Q: How does a typical workday look like? - Itʻs been closed for 2 yrs. 10:30, 2 February, 2022 Folkets Hus Rågsved But wait, the manager is coming...

3 Music Studio Space Layout of Nya Folkets Hus Rågsved

1 Rent Space we are here Hanging around at Folkets hus in Rågsved, Khadija Ali, Maria Ann George, Jiayi Lan

Soccer Game Vantör vs Örby

Bandhagen.

Decoding Snösätra, Sydney Karbonik, Minghui Li, Emma Sörbom, Jedrzej Zdulski

The Ethiopian Churcha global community, Maria Andersson, Emma van der Saag, Yanghua Weng

Whichplaces doyouvisitfor trainings?

Asyouseetodaywe arehereatActicfor gymsessions.Otherwise atHagsätraIP,that's ourhomearena.

Ihavebeeninthe clubforover22 yearsnow.SoI've beenherealong time.Iwas interestedinfootball andcomefrom Rågsvedsoitwas obvioustostart playingwith RågsvedsIFasakid, itwasalmostthe onlychoice.

Butcanyoutraintherenowduring thewinter?

Noo.Icansaylikethisourpitch atHagsätraIPis deplorable,it issobad.Weareplayingin division2thisyearandithas neverhappenedbefore.Weare oneoffewteamsfromthe southernpartofStockholm thatplayindivision2andyou cangoandfeelonourcarpet downthere, wecannottrain...

...Iwastherethismorningand itwasrockhard.Thatiswhy wetrainherebecausewehave nogoodpitch.Someclubsin the richerareas haveheated pitch,themunicipalityinvest moreinthoseareas...

...Werentaheatedpitchat KanalplanonThursdaysat 21:00untilwecanplayat Hagsätraagain.

Hi,wecomefromKTH andaredoingaschool projectaboutHagsätra andRågsved.Isitokay ifweaskyousome questions?

Brr..Yes,okay.Ehh I'msofrozen,likean icecube…Howmany questionsarethere?

Youhavebeeninthe clubforaverylong time.Doyouhave anyfuturedreamsor wishesforRågsvedsIF

Eh,wellwhatweneedthe mostismoneyfor developingtheclub.We wantaheatedfotballfield andaretryingtogetit. Butit'snotthateasy..The municipalityofStockholm isnotthatcooperativeif yousayso.

And..Todayweonly haveone11-man artificialgrasspitchat HagsätraIP,beforewe hadtwo.Onewith naturalgrassandone withgravel.Wewould liketohaveonemore 11-manpitchwhere thepreviousgravel pitchwas.

Isitokayforus todoan interviewwith youandask somequestions? Yesbutehmaybe,can youcometoHagsätra whenwehave traininginstead?

Goodjob boys!

Refereeblowsthe whistle.Endsignal.

Youcantakemynumber,so canyoucallmeonMonday andthenwecandecide.We havetrainingatActicat 19:00onMonday.It'salittle bitnicertherethanstanding outhereinthecold. Absolutely! Congratstothe wintoday.

Unfortunately,does SanSirohavea meaningforyou?

Shouldtheyreallydo

footballthereforfun.Itis whereeveryonehangsout insteadofdoingstupidthings.

Icansaylikethis.Ifwehad the finances,icouldhave beenabletotakethisteam to Superettan,or Allsvenskan within2-4 years.Butitisthefinances, thatiswhatbrakesusright now...I'vebeenherefor22 yearssoon23andIhave to leavethisclub.Youknow, Iinvestinthisasacareer andthenIhavetothink aboutmyself,Ialsowanta full-timejob,allmy colleagueshaveit.Fornowi doingthisalmost ideally.I haveanotherfull-timejob... Goingupat06:00,work, wenthome,eat,thento thetraininguntil22:00, then repeat

IfIcandream,somefucking billionairewillcomeandhelp us.Sowecancontinuetobuild thisclub.For10yearsagowe were200members,todaywe are800members, mainly children.Iftheeconomyis thereIwouldliketostay all mylife,because ilovethis club.

...Todayalotofkidscan´tplay outsideduringwinterbecause wedon´thaveanyheated footballpitchbutifyouwalk aroundandlookatthericher areas,allthekidstrain,there is unfortunatelyadifference,it shouldn´tbethatwhenit comestochildren.Everyone paystaxinSwedenandit

Wehavetouchedonthistopic beforewithfacilitiesbutarethere otherchallengesfortheclub?

Hi!Whatis yourname? Stella

Ihaveplayed footballfortwo years.Istarted becausemyolder sisteralreadyplayed football.

Thebestthingwith RågsvedsIFisthat allmyfriendsareso goodatfootballand kind,that'sgood! Andthereisnothing Iwouldliketo change.

No,nothing! (Runsawayand startsplayingwith theothergirls)

Isitsomethingyou wishforthefuture, youcanwish whateveryouwant? ...Notevenabig indoorfootballfield?

I'mafootballcoach forthisteam.Girls born13/14,yesa parentcoach simply.

What'syour name,andwhat isyourrolein theclub?

I'vebeenheresince,ehyes myoldestdaughter.Shehas playedafewyearsbeforeso itwillprobablybe3yearsin totalnow.ButIhavetrained thisteamhereforayearand ahalf...

...Otherwisei´mapreschool teachersoIknowhalfofthe teamsincebefore... Irecruitedmostofthem fromthere,maybe40%of theteam.Theothersaremy daughter'sclassmatesand thenofcoursegirlsfrom Rågsved'sfootballschool.

Itislikea free-for-allgame aboutthetimes.Wehaveat 17:00anditisnotoptimal either,manyarereally stressedforpickingupthe kidsfromschool.Manyend theirworkat17soitis difficult.Youhaveto puzzle andmakethe bestofthe situation,butIstillthinkit workswell.Yousolveit basedontheconditions.And itstillfeelsgoodto challenge thegirlsandthemselvesby trainingoutsideduringthe winter,thereare suchgreat pitchesouttheresoit actuallycompensates.Those whowanttotrainalittle extragettheopportunityto doso.

Forthe future iwanttobethe coachasaslongasicanwith thisteams.Idon´thaveany furtherambitionsinany coachingcareerinthatway. Evenifmydaughterwouldnot wanttoplayfootballanymore, IthinkIwouldcontinueanyway becauseI feelsomuch commitmenttothesegirlsandi reallywantthemtohavea positivefeeling aboutphysical activityandself-confidenceand allthesethings.

Wearehereduringthe winter(little Hagsätrahallen)butitis quite crowded. Ifweareall here,weare 30girls.So we,orIalsoofferwinter trainingoutdoorsat HagsätraIPonSaturdaysif thereis nosnow.Because thereisalittlelackof spaceandthereareno moretimesinsideeither. Butyesindoors isdifficult

Aretheyanychallengesfor RågsvedsIFthatyoucould highlight?

Ihavealmostonlyexperience withmyownteam.Andabout theassociation,ithinkthey takeaverylarge social responsibility togetintouchwithandareandtheyareeasy veryquickwithsocialthings... ...Sometimesiasktheother parentsifthereareanyoneelse whocanhelpmewiththe trainings.Andthensome parenthelpmeout,that's probablyhowit shouldwork andthey(theclub)serveswith everythingelse,materials,times andeducationsaswell.Ihave attended coachingeducation

Okay.Thankyouso muchforlettingus comebyandwatch yourtraining,thank you.

You´re welcome,be happyguys! (Runsbackto trainingand startscheering onthegirls.)

Wereallylikedall thepositiveenergy here,itwassuper fun!

Along the sidelines of the soccer field, Mahmoud Abdelaal, Md Ratin, Filip Wadsten

CONTENT

Researching local conditions

MAPPING CIVIL SOCIETY : Local associations

Berättarministeriet, Hagsätra youth centre PRO Vantör Rågsveds Folkets hus Snösätra Kulturkvarter The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Rågsveds IF

MAPPING SITUATED ACCOUNTS : Interviews

The butterfly effect : Growing up at the youth centre in Hagsätra Listening to elderly Hanging around at Folkets hus in Rågsved Decodifying Snösätra The Ethiopian Church, a global community Along the sidelines of the soccer field

MAPPING DEMOGRAPHY : Statistics

With an emphasis on the social environment, previous mappings have focused on exploring contemporary perspectives and experiences among local residents and the agenda and practice of currently active local associations and actors. In this task, the focus shifts towards a greater emphasis on the physical environment. More specifically towards an exploration of how conditions of segregation man ifest spatially in Hagsätra and Rågsved. Where do people with differing degrees of privilege live? Within which conditions? In which housing typologies, sizes and standards? In housing owned by themselves or by more or less accountable landlords? In this tahe students by use of statistical materials explore and visual ize how these conditions manifest spatially in the specific context of Hagsätra and Rågsved.

SENIOR: Anastasiia Demidova; Karl Hedin; Özge Hocalar; Yanghua Weng

Employment, Sydney Karbonik, Minghui Li, Emma Sörbom, Jedrzej Zdulski

Health, Maria Andersson, Emma van der Saag, Yanghua Weng

Education , Saba Farheen Ahmed, Linn Johansson, Luka Kodikaite

LAND DEVELOPMENT

The City of Stockholm bought the the entire Älvsjö with the exception of the farm itself from the Lagerbielke family on Älvsjö farm for 760000kr.

Hagsätra and Rågsved started to be built in 1956. The name for the districts was at this time still unclear. It was discussed whether the entire area should be called Ormkärr, but it was not considered appropriate as the name could be associated with snakes and sacred areas.

As early as the 1850s, the first sale of land took place from the Lagerbielk fideicommission, when the Vastra Main Line was to be built. In 1878, additional land was sold for the railway station in Alvsjo gards agor.

PLOT DIVISION

LAND ANALYSIS

On October 2, Hagsätra Centrum was inaugurated. A huge folk festival with speeches by city councils and other invited Honoratiores. The metro station opened.

The major years of immigration were 1958, 1959 and 1960, when Hagsätra's population went from zero to 9,584. The sports ground was taken into use in the late 1960s and became an important gathering place for the young people of the nearby districts.

The center right party took over the reins in Stockholm. The new majority saw increased freedom of choice as one of their most important tasks. Including letting the tenants buy their apartments from the municipally owned housing companies. The sale gained momentum after the center right party's victory in the 2006 parliamentary elections. It was now free for Sweden's municipalities to sell their housing stock. Over the next four years, Svenska Bostäder sold more than 10,000 apartments to newly formed tenant-owner associations.

Since the autumn of 2016, an urban development has been underway for the entire Hagsätra and Rågsved. The purpose of the project is to build approximately 3,000 - 4,500 new homes of various types and the project has a special focus on social sustainability. The entire project will be completed by 2035 at the earliest.

The decision was made in the Stockholm City Council. A metro station would be built to connect the southern and western parts of the city with the city center.

Hagsätra was formed on 1 January. Additional land was taken from the districts Älvsjö and Rågsved, which together became 170 hectares smaller.

Rågsved Metro Station was inaugurated in 1959.

The pavilions were demolished in the early 1990s when large parts of the city center were rebuilt and covered. At the same time, high-rise buildings in the formerly large car parks were densified.

2005, IKANO Bostäder enters Hagsätra. In 2008, Ikano acquired approximately 1,400 apartments in Rågsved and Högdalen from the city's companies. In 2012, IKANO bought an additional 1,700 apartments from the public company Svenska bostäder's apartments in the area. ‘’Public owned housing is over’’ was said by the local news.

FORM OF OWNERSHIP

Landuse and ownership, Khadija Ali, Maria Ann George, Jiayi Lan

Housing typologies, Khadija Ali, Maria Ann George, Jiayi Lan

Political landscape, Mahmoud Abdelaal, Md Ratin, Filip Wadsten

CONTENT

Researching local conditions

MAPPING CIVIL SOCIETY : Local associations

Berättarministeriet, Hagsätra youth centre PRO Vantör Rågsveds Folkets hus Snösätra Kulturkvarter The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Rågsveds IF

MAPPING SITUATED ACCOUNTS : Interviews

The butterfly effect : Growing up at the youth centre in Hagsätra Listening to elderly Hanging around at Folkets hus in Rågsved Decodifying Snösätra The Ethiopian Church, a global community Along the sidelines of the soccer field

MAPPING DEMOGRAPHY : Statistics

Employment Health Education Landuse and ownership Housing typologies Political landscape

Developing propositions for context specific spatial interventions

SELECTED PROPOSALS

Based on insights gained from the explorative mappings of Hagsätra and Rågsved the students were tasked to develop careful and context specific design propositions that they deemed had potential to generate better living conditions for the local inhabitants – and, in a wider sense, to contribute to positive societal change.

Kollo in the suburbs , Luka Kodikaite

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

Kollo in the

Kodikaite

Kollo in the suburbs , Luka Kodikaite

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

Chamber of storytelling , Saba Farheen Ahmed

Chamber of storytelling , Saba Farheen Ahmed

Missing resources in Hagsätra, Khadija Ali

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

PROBLEM

Duetothelackofpublicmeetingspaces,webelievethatthecommunityidentitiesofRågsved andHagsätrahavenotgrowntotheirfullpotential.Additionally,webelievethatpublicmeeting spaceswouldincreasethesocialresilienceofthesecommunities.Socialresilienceisdefinedas “theabilityofhumancommunitiestowithstandandrecoverfromstresses,suchasenvironmental changeorsocial,economicorpoliticalupheaval.”(StockholmResilienceCentre,n.d.).Thisis importantasitleadstocommunitiesthatarebetterpreparedagainstexternalitiesandhave greaterandsmoothercooperation.

Whenresearchingatthebeginningofourcourse,wefoundthatmanysocialorganizations andactivistgroupshavecomplainedaboutnothavingenoughspaceformeetingsorevenfor theirownactivities.ItisforthisreasonthatIwanttotransformtheoldschoolauditoriumintoa communitycentre.

Notonlyisitlocatednearthecentreandeasilyaccessible,ithasahistoryofsocialmobilization andofshelteringmembersduringgatheringsorotherjoyousevents.Additionally,itisoneofthe fewmunicipallyownedbuildingsleftinHagsätra.

BUILDING A COMMUNITY CENTRE

Makeadeal with SISAB&becomethe officialrenterofthe schoolauditorium.

Assembleinterested parties suchas Hagsätraskolan,social organizations,activists, etc.

Discusson membershipfee, boardorganization, etc.

Createalegalentity forthe communitycentre.Register thecommunitycentreas communityassociationatthe municipality.

Createtheboard. ElecttheHeadand theTreasurer.

Openbankaccount forthecommunity centre.

Gothroughthe processof demandingfunding fromtheEUandthe municipality

Employcaretakers ofthebuilding: buildingmanager, andcleaningpeople

PROCESS

Createeventsand rentoutroomsto makesomerevenue

Startto renovate the buildingand engage inthecommunity

Keep Hagsätra community politically informed aboutthe decisionsconcerningthe neighborhood.Givea spacefortheirvoicesand concerns.

Haveanopening partyandinvitethe wholeofHagsätra.

Getworkshopsfrom Cyklopenonhowto becomean independent communitycentre

Builda greenhousefor outdoor activitiesand planteducation

Buildanannex forsmaller meetingrooms orotheractivities

Moresocial organizationsjoin andthecommunity centregrows.

Haveameetingabout thenewmasterplanof Hagsätra

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SECTION

Social

Overlapping social communities in the centre of Rågsved, Maria Andersson

Overlapping social communities in the centre of Rågsved, Maria Andersson

Spaces of division, Anastasiia Demidova, Özge Hocalar, Karl Hedin

[B]

what? how? why? who?

GRAFFITI SCHOOL

school cluster: informal playground space of graffitti school in the woods surround ing existing school

creating small pathways and locations of interest (classrooms, open galleries, multi functional spaces to gather, chill and play) using playfull theme as a way to get chil dren interested in graffitti culture and al low free and explorative space

ARTISTS

I am hosting a tutorial in an hour, you’re welcome to join, we’re gonna work on a specific technic. We decide on those during our monthly gatherings, bring your ideas!

CHILDREN

we come to the graffiti school to spend time and draw, and we never know what’s gonna happen there, cause all kind of fun stuff is going on there

ELDERLY

we came to pick up our grandson, but as he’s still finishing his artwork we decided to take a stroll and see some of the draw ings

FOREST GUARDIAN

I’m responsible for overseeing that ever uthing is clean and forest is unharmed and we’re not interrupting any natural processes you know?

ACTIVE RESIDENTS

we’re organising a meeting tomorrow, I do have an awful lot of planning to do, but you can join me and we can talk on the go!

classroom - treehouse: educational ocasions, gatherings, game space, chill space

graffitti gallery - maze: graffitti training, game space, exhibitions, tutorials+workshops

free space: classroom, game space, meeting room, practic ing graffiti, holding dis cussions and other

Graffiti for social integration,

graffitti walls: entrances to the terri torry, spaces to freely draw graffitti, game spaces, expositions

Ragsved Nature Reserve is located on the muni cipal border between Stockholm and Huddinge Municipality. These two municipalities have very diverse residents in terms of economic, political, educational and migration patterns that results in social divide. Ragsved Nature Reserve, being that physically dense and enclosed, enhancing this already existing border and contributing the social segregation between two municipalities by not allowing a connection and movement from one and another. It is a fact that Ragsved Nature Reserve is an important natural area be cause of its diverse environment, important spices, and inhabitants.

inter[actions] between co-habitants

FROM BORDERLAND TO WONDERLAND 1

HAGSÄTRA

>60 % ethnic students in Hagsätra, <40% in Ormkärr

Rental prices in IKANO’s Hagsätra apartments was raised 63% in 2016. Could become even higher after further renovations.

Kids feel like they don’t have access to the neighbourhoods that is next to them, because there may be a danger ous path or a big road that you hve to cross to get there. Sometimes when the kids do go to a fancier neighbourhood and try to buy something they won’t be let in because there’s a suspicion that they will shoplift.

There’s the youth centre, the football club and my friends. But when the centre is closed and there’s no football practice, my friends and I go to T-centralen instead of hanging around in Hagsätra. Simply because that place offers more experiences (than Hagsätra).

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THEBORDERLAND

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We love our youth centre here in Hagsätra! Unfortuneally when you’re too old to still attend it there’s little else to do in this neighbourhood. There should be a place for us youths to hang out.

The youth centre is having budget prob lems due to the lessen ing subsidies from the municipality

As a parent I really like that Ormkärr is a bit shut off from the rest of the world. Although, I hope my kids won’t grow up to become xenophobic.

I’m constantly scared that IKANO will raise the rent again, and I don’t think I could afford it this time. Something has to be done, I cannot become homeless!

Hagsätra has weekly safety walks, to make the area more safe Ormkärr does not have safety walks at all.

There are no stores or cafés in this area and It’s far from the rest of Stockhol. have to walk to Hagsätra to get out of here. Often that walk is very boring and sometimes feels unsafe. The people there; don’t really know them, they never come here and we seldom go there!

Adressing the divisions in Ormkärr-Hagsätra Hagsätra-Ormkärr is a part of the bigger city district of Hagsätra-Rågsved. There are quite a lot of barriers be tween Hagsätra and Ormkärr that creates a division in the area. Furthermore, this division is exacerbated by the area “in between” that in this project have given the name “The Borderland”. This area is cut off from two differ ent directions both by the major road Huddingevägen but also by the blue metro line that goes above ground in this peripheral part of Stockholm. These barriers are creating a pocket which is neither really Ormkärr nor Hagsätra.

Hagsätra-Ormkärr is also divided when it comes to socio-economic statuses. For starters, Hagsätra’s housing stock is owned by the private company IKANO tenancies whilst Ormkärr’s housing stock is mostly made up of Homeowners associations (BRF). Ormkärr as a whole has an identity of an area well suited for families with young children, here the homes are bigger and the apartment houses lower. In some parts of Ormkärr the expected wage is almost double of that for the inhabitants of Hagsätra. Furthermore, the tenancy houses are higher and the apartments are generally lower. Hagsätra is not considered family oriented and according to some even has a reputation of being unsafe. This is backed up by the fact that Hagsätra has weekly safety walks, whilst Ormkärr does not.

The participation in elections differs from the two halves of the city district as well. Ormkärr boasts an 84% voter turnout, whilst Hagsätra has 11 percentages lower with only 75%, which means that one out of every four people from Hagsätra who are eligible to vote – does not.

IKANO Bostäder has initiated a renovations campaign across the city district that has seen rental prices soar, up to 120% of previous rents. These crazy rent prices are driving people from their homes as they cannot afford to pay their bills anymore. This situation is nothing less than a nightmare for the people living in Hagsätra. The Won derland project, beyond acting as a convex space with its co-presence, it also partly solves this nightmarish situa tion for at least the people living in the former ‘Borderland’. One could also envision this project slowly expanding over the rest of the city district, where people will see the social benefits of the Wonderland and from there act and put pressure on their landlords and local politicians to change regulations and/or take more responsibility for the social and economical situations of the people.

Ormkärr is so much better than Hagsätra, I wouldn’t want my kids to go their without my full supervision.

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In some parts of Orm kärr the average wage/month is almost the double of Hagsätra

used to love this place when was a kid. But now that I’ve grown up, feel like there’s not really much for me to do around here anymore. The place is more suited for younger children and their parents.

<20 % ethnic students in Ormkärr, >60 % in Hagsätra

Working with the Borderland, this project will turn it into a wonderland – a place that unites people and brings a little bit of colour to the residents and the visitors’ lives. Making the Borderland a place of fun instead of a bore will attract people to go there and meet and see each other – which in hindsight will be a segregation-battle won for everyone. If may be so bold, might phrase it as a pun: The space will go from being a Bor(e)derland to a Wonderland.

The Space Syntax connection Space syntax is used to explain why certain streets and spaces are more heavily used than others. It has been shown that connected street patterns are efficient in community integration. Space syntax maps show the rela tive accessibility of parts of a site, neighbourhood or city and identifies the areas where improvements in access can be made. Although no space syntax analysis has been carried out or either will be, this project builds upon the notion and understanding that connected streets patterns and directing flows of pedestrians are integral in community integration. Instead this project works with the direction of pedestrian flows, using mainly visual guidelines and spaces of resemblance – inspired by the notion of space syntax. For instance, when walking in the eastern part of Ormkärr, the graffiti murals on the eight story houses on the other side of the highway will be visible over the treetops, guiding you towards the Wonderland.

School of Architecture, KTH | AD2862 | Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Studio 1.2 | Situations | Spring 2022

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Mural paintings

Seen from afar, the Wonderland appears as a space quite distinct from it’s surroundings.

The towering apartments houses with their colourful murals acts as both Vanguards and Piccolos of what’s waiting inside the Wonder land. Carefully picked facades seen from great distances guides the pedestrians towards this land of leisure and learning. Whilst inside the land, plenty of walls decorated in colour lifts the surroundings estheticly, independently of wich time of the year it is.

Pink splats

Remiding the inhabitants of Hagsätra-Ormkärr of their shared Wonderland these pink splash es strewn across the city district acts as pieces of resemblence, truly making the Wonderland a space where both cisty parts feel at home. Stra tegically placing these pink splats close to the school in each city district implants the vision in the children of the ‘sameness’ and familiarity of both areas towards eachother.

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In-fills

Once having entered the Wonderland, we want to make sure you access the vital areas directly. We help you with our developed in-fills/spatial guidelines. The in-fills both acts as directors and ristrictors of eyesight and movement to the intended path to better connect pedestri an flows in the Wonderland. Derives from the idea behind space syntax of directing pedes trian flows into spaces of connection. Directs the movements of the axial lines towards the convex spaces.

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“The mother splat” is the space that the visual and spatial guidelines guide to. This is the space where people across the city district are directed to come and meet, play and socialise. The main feature of the Wonderland, this pink surface made partly of concrete, soft playing grounds and artifical grass, it hosts many differ ent activities and experiences such as football (watching and playing), graffiti/mural painting (watching and painting), story walks, cafés and play-ground features.

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Programming

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Bridges & portals

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What is a magical land without a portal lead ing and perhaps luring the pedestrians into it’s lands. Both sides of the Wonderland has its respective “portal”. On the west the portal is symbolised by a bridge with a uniqe char acter that frames the view of the high rise murals inside the Wonderland. To the east the metro underpass symbolises the portal with its colourful muralwork, distinct from the concrete laden surroundings. Both pulls inhabitans of Hagsätra-Ormkärr towards their respective space in-between - the Wonder land.

From borderland to wonderland, Karl Hedin

3 TOOLBOX The tools used to realise the strategy of convex space and the integration of the two communi ties area listed below. You can read the parts of the toolbox on the axonometric map using the numbers listed. Karl Hedin 2022

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1. Land ownership

Land and housing stock within the Borderland is bought back by the municipality from IKANO. Formerly private land is turned public. As a result, renovictions stop in the bor derland and everything is slowly turning wonderful.

4. Organisation-forming

Setting up of the mural painters’ school in cooperation with Berättarministeriet and Hagsätra youth centre. Organise timeslot schedule for the football field, so it is split time-wise by a football club (e.g. Rågsveds IF) and public play. The story-walk format is being set up by different actors..

Reprogramming

Reprogramming of the housing stock. Chosen bottom floors are turned into a corner store and the other a café The extention of the flower shop is reprogrammed into being the mural painters’ school.

5. Local Heroes

Full opening of the “Wonderland” with help of a Local hero, that helps curate the space’s first ever story-walk and inspires youths to practice painting on the interchangeable mural boards. The story-walk is a joint project in coopera tion with Berättarministeriet, the Mural painters’ school and the locals.

3. Construction

The re-devloping of the Borderland into the Wonderland is starting. The activity spaces are being created, the mural-board-line is being hung up and the facades are being painted. Last but not least, the “in-fill” housing and locales are being constructed and the bridge-portal is being redeveloped.

Wonderland

The success of the Wonderland, is integrating the communi ties of Hagsätra and Ormkärr. The housing in the Wonder land and Ormkärr is either BRF or publicly owned. Due to the social capital created and spread through out the city distrcit by the Wonderland initative, pressure is being put on the remaining private landlords to stop renovictions.

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Actors Hagsätra youth centre Stockholm Municipality

The Swedish transport administration IKANO tenancy

Mural painters’ school Berättarministeriet Residents and locals Football organisation Local heroes

From borderland to wonderland, Karl Hedin

Investingforthelocalneedsisatacticforregainingtrustfromthepeople tothemuncipalityinthearea.Itwillalsoattractpeoplefromdifferent placestoHagsätra.Onefullsizeindoorfotballfieldwillbethesecondone inentireStockholmforexample.

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Regaining Trust, Mahmoud Abdelaal, Md Ratin, Filip Wadsten

Designing for the local community, Mahmoud Abdelaal