Rewilding in Urban spaces of Kista, Stockholm
2024 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Kista district is situated on the edge of Järvakilen (green wedge) of Stockholm city. It is called ‘the European Silicon valley’ because it houses the most advanced IT infrastructure in association with some of the most prestigious institutional organizations of Sweden and IT companies. On one side, it has a total technical and corporate environment i.e. Workplaces, and on the other side, it has a total residential environment i.e. Housings and apartments buildings, and since it is located on the edge of a green wedge, its residential area is closer to the natural forests, agricultural & farming activities and community gardens.Kista comprises mixed activities but with a segregation and separation between these different functions. Additionally, the district has more than 15 percent of its open grounds allocated for car-parking i.e. big asphalt chunks in between the buildings, which is the reason behind flooding in most areas of Kista district. The combined effects of big asphalt lands, car-parking, and IT servers of data centers have turned Kista district into an urban heat island (UHL), which has been identified and highlighted by Department of Energy Technology, KTH and Stockholm Stad.This project aims to overcome the effects of these rising physical, social, and environmental issues. Through the means of ethnographic research , qualitative and data analysis, this project interacts with the identified issues, and proposes potential solutions and strategic remedies to counter the increasing problems. The project utilizes the elements of existing green-wedge into the district of Kista, create a network of different functions and establish connections into this segregated land.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024.
Series
TRITA-ABE-MBT-2527
Keywords [en]
Kista, parking-lots, urban heat island (UHL), Järvakilen, landscape, recreation, more-than-human.
National Category
Architecture
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-359637OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-359637DiVA, id: diva2:1935367
Educational program
Degree of Master - Sustainable Urban Planning and Design
Supervisors
Examiners
2025-02-062025-02-06