In spring 2024, the design research project “Transforming the city for play” goes on tour, the first of four stops being at the Röhsska Museum during the Design Days. The focus is to highlight and discuss how artistic methods and tools that span the entire field of design, from crafts, to art and architecture, can sustainably promote urban development with a focus on play and activity.
Helena Hansson, HDK-Valand, leads the talks and presents the research project together with Mania Teimouri, VGR. You will hear Maria Björnberg talk about co-creating an exhibition at the Eco Agroforestry Centre in Linnarhult and Anna Hydén talk about the Design Club in Biskopsgården.
How can artistic design interventions in public spaces sustainably support play and activity for all generations and cultures? How can we enable children, youth and young adults to participate in urban development processes in an equal, competent and democratic way? How can we let the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child be realised in practice through local cooperation in urban development?
The project is financed by FORMAS (Gestaltad Livsmiljö) and is led by HDK-Valand during the period 2021-2025.
Moderator:
Helena Hansson, researcher and teacher at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg. She has a background as an industrial designer, strategic designer, in strategic craft development and as a teacher.
Mania Teimouri, consultant for contemporary art, architecture, form and design at the Administration for Cultural Development, VGR. Architect with expertise in involving children and young people in architectural projects.
Speakers:
Maria Björnberg, architect, Curatopia. She has taken the role of co-creative curator and method developer in the exhibition Linnarhult Tells. She also works part-time as a planning architect at Ale municipality.
Anna Hydén, child culture designer and project manager at the Röhsska Museum. She has worked with urban development, dialogues and co-design, and is now developing design methods with children and young people.
Limited places - registration is required!
This event is primarily aimed at researchers or practitioners in the field but is open to the public and no prior knowledge is required. However, due to the limited places and the research project's desire for a broad representation of participants to bring in different perspectives, some selection of registrants may be necessary. You will be notified by Thursday 15 February if you have been accepted to participate.
Register here (website of Röhsska)
The cost of the event is included in the regular admission ticket to the museum. Students at HDK-Valand always have free admission. Languages: Swedish and English.
