En gammal fabrik i Vårgårda, en brevlåda för allmänhetens förslag, och en takodling för biodiversitet – genom tre olika projekt tittar vi på projekt som undersöker outnyttjade platser och nya metoder för hållbarhet på landsbygden och i staden! Samtalet sker på engelska.
Ljurhalla Factory, Dreem Architects, and Odlingsbolaget Svalan have each explored, in their own ways, the activation and care of unused spaces.
In this talk, led by journalist Lisa Stevik, we’ll learn more about the speakers’ respective projects — an abandoned factory in Vårgårda, a public suggestion mailbox, and a rooftop garden for biodiversity — and listen in on a conversation about sustainability, new methods, and creating value in overlooked places.
What distinguishes approaches to space in rural versus urban environments? What possibilities and challenges does each context present? And how can individual actors contribute to sustainable development?
The museum café St Agnes is open during the event, feel free to bring lunch to the talk.
This activity is included in the Röhsska Museums Arkitekturdagarna 2025.
Dreem Architects aims to create flexible architecture that contributes to and drives the transition toward a sustainable society. By developing new tools and skill sets, they seek to build cost-effective solutions with ambitious architectural quality — in both large and small-scale projects.
In the summer of 2025, they launched a new project exploring how citizens themselves can influence the kinds of projects architects work on.
Odlingsbolaget Svalan (a cultivation company) runs projects in both rural and urban areas, focusing on sustainable food production and biodiversity. Drawing on experiences and methods from the countryside, they see potential in urban farming to promote biodiversity and expand sustainable thinking in places that would otherwise go unused.
Ljurhalla Factory is a non-profit organisation and cultural platform located outside of Vårgårda, northeast of Gothenburg. In 2020, artist Rachel Barron and designer Nathan Clydesdale took over the disused factory, originally built in 1938. Since then, they have been working to transform the space into a vibrant hub for collaboration, artistic practice, community, and exchange.
Lisa Stevik is a journalist, writer, editor, and communicator with a focus on culture, sustainability, and parenting. She also runs a small-scale farm and a community-supported agriculture initiative in Marks Municipality.
Before your visit
Book your spot via the button that reads BOKA. Limited number of seats. Please show a booking confirmation upon your arrival. The activity is included in the admission ticket. If you are unable to attend, please remember to cancel your reservation. Cancellations can be made by emailing: bokningar.rohsska@kultur.goteborg
