TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited ArkDes, Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design

Housing Design Exchange: London/Stockholm

In connection to the visit of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this month, ArkDes has announced a collaborative project between the British Embassy in Sweden and ArkDes—Housing Design Exchange: London/Stockholm. During the project architects from London and Stockholm will come together for an exchange of knowledge and ideas related to the challenge of housing design, development, and provision. Beginning in London, architects will present their own work, visit a number of ground-breaking housing projects, and find and discuss possible solutions for mutual challenges in the United Kingdom and Sweden. The Housing Design Exchange will culminate in a public seminar to be held in Stockholm on 27 March at 18.00.

- We are delighted to be working with ArkDes on this exciting initiative. With London and Stockholm facing similar challenges in terms of housing, the project is well-timed. We hope it will generate some good ideas for improvements to housing design in both cities, but also create some lasting relationships among the participants and perhaps lead to future collaborations between them, says David Cairns, British Ambassador to Sweden.

- London and Stockholm share profound challenges in housing their growing populations. The Housing Design Exchange will create opportunities to network, share knowledge and develop a dialogue about designing cities in the UK and Sweden. We must raise the standard of housing design in both Sweden and the UK, and the six talented architects we will bring together for the exchange have much to learn from one another in this regard. We are grateful to the The British Embassy for giving us the opportunity to create new relationships, collaborations and debates in this crucial field of design, says Kieran Long, Director ArkDes.

The participating studios:

London

Mae Architects, Alex Ely, Helen Clark www.mae.co.uk

Lynch Architects, Patrick and Claudia Lynch www.lyncharchitects.com

vPPR Architects, Catherine Pease www.vppr.co.uk

Stockholm

Belatchew Arkitekter, Rahel Belatchew and Lena Odelberg www.belatchew.com

Kod Arkitekter, Sanna Hederus and Åsa Kallstenius. www.kodarkitekter.se

Jägnefält Milton, Konrad Milton and  Carl Jägnefält. www.jagnefaltmilton.se

ArkDes is Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design. It is a museum, a study centre and an arena for debate and discussion about the future of architecture, design and citizenship.https://arkdes.se/en/

ABOUT ARKDES, THE SWEDISH CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

ArkDes is Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design. It is a museum, a study centre and an arena for debate and discussion about the future of architecture, design and citizenship.

Our mission is to increase knowledge of and cultivate debate about how architecture and design affect our lives as citizens.Sweden is in the middle of an unprecedented building boom, one that will define its towns and cities for decades to come. The work of ArkDes aims to influence this change through debate, exhibitions, campaigns and research relating to Swedish and international architecture and design. We aim to put the citizens at the centre of the debate and look at the world through their eyes.