New housing possibilities are tested here – Arkitekten.se

When Eric Normark saw a 1920s booth at the local party in Dallasland, the idea was born. He made a sketch of the older building as a template and then got support from Arkdes, Chalmers and Egnahemsfabriken. Eric Normark will combine the holiday home with ice cream sales. But the real goal is not the ice cream.

The epidemic has shown that it is possible to live and work on a small surface. There are also more good reasons, both morally and financially, to revise the guidelines for how we live. With digitalization and out of town, the Bo booth is optimal, not least from a climate perspective because it accommodates both the workplace and the home, says Eric Normark.

Eric Normark envisions rules such as, for example, in Great Britain where certain occupational classes are allowed to live and work in the same building; Live/Work.

– But in Sweden it is not possible to live permanently in what is classified as commercial premises. If the regulations are simplified, it will improve the housing situation for many. As he says, it will be easier for entrepreneurs who want to start a business.

Regarding Rising interest rates and a possible recession, Eric Normark hopes his idea will take off.

– Here, tiny houses and a bo-kiosk kiosk fulfill a function: young people who can’t get or get mortgages in the millions of millions, or old people who want to downsize or sell their villa but can’t, say, get rent True because they do not have a very low income or pension.

The Bo-kiosk booth was built jointly by Egnahemsfabriken, architecture students and volunteers. Eric Normark also believes that there is a possibility to create a place.

– Through the process of social construction, it is possible to create a new small-scale meeting place that can stimulate development and the formation of stories. Municipalities can offer young people and entrepreneurs building in places where you want to see life and movement at all hours of the day, says Eric Normark.

Construction must exist together as an alternative route to housing, along with renting or buying. Here’s what Eric Berg says. He is an architect and operations manager at Egnahemsfabriken and says he was involved in the bo-kiosk project for a number of reasons.

Attracted the idea of ​​bo-kiosk as a local meeting generator. Instead of the unlikely division between public and private, which is a modern disease, it is exciting to have a building that creates a convergence between the private realm and the small public, says Eric Berg.