From the starting point of sustainable operational goals and the issues that the company’s stakeholders care about, AF Bostäder’s design of outdoor environments is based increasingly on sustainability. Here, there is scope for security and enjoyment, as well as climate adaption and biodiversity.
The clearest example of the initiatives for outdoor environments in recent years is AF Bostäder’s further development of Kämnärsrätten – an idea-driven urban construction project with seven varied quarters along the verdant thoroughfare Campuskilen. Kämnärsrätten offers spaces for outdoor life, games, socialising and exercise, all in a climate-friendly environment designed for pedestrians and cyclists – and insects.
“Kämnärsrätten has, for example, butterfly bushes and meadow grass at Pireus, an orangery at Rhodos, Biotopia, which is a space entirely dedicated to biodiversity, and, on the horizon, Troja, which has been designed with wild vegetation and hardly any paved surfaces at all,” says Therese Månsson, Project Manager at AF Bostäder. “Sedum roofs are also a recurring element in both new and older areas which, among other things, delay and reduce water run-off, protect against UV light, improve air quality and contribute to biodiversity.”
In the design of outdoor environments, AF Bostäder takes into account everything from the built environment, vegetation and rain water management to biodiversity and above all – the socialising aspect .
“In 2023 we improved the outdoor environment at Magasinet, among other things,” says Therese Månsson. “Magasinet is one of our most popular housing areas in central Lund with both apartments and mini corridors, and space for more than 200 students. We have received many good requests about the outdoor environment from the students at Magasinet in our customer survey, and together with a landscape engineer we have renewed the entire courtyard.”
Among other things, AF Bostäder has extended existing benches and added new site-built benches and tables. Two new barbecues and a side table are now in place. And there is also a new flower border with insect-friendly plants, perennials and bushes that both makes the area cosier and shields the courtyard from the access road. There is also a lawn with space for sport and games, and a small insect hotel.
“The project has been characterised by a focus on a sense of community,” says Therese Månsson. “Here, the students will be able to sit in several groups at the same time without crowding each other, but still be close enough that it feels natural to get to know your neighbours. The flower border offers something new throughout the season, firstly spring bulbs, then roses, flowers and lavender, which creates a fine hedge. All designed at just the right height so that the environment feels open, pleasant and secure.”
Latest update June 24, 2024