Självförvaltningens effekter i vår gemensamma utemiljö
When we, in the turn of the year 07/08 moved to Holma, Malmö,I and my cohabiter immediately joined the self-managementon our tenement yard, partly because we both missed havinga garden since we moved to an apartment, partly becauseof the rent reduction. The aim with this thesis is to examinehow the common outdoor environment in tenement yards isaffected when the tenets themselves are responsible for themaintenance. But also to see what social affects self-managementbrings. The purpose is to increase the understanding of howself-management works in practice and how we as landscapearchitects need to adjust ourselves and our design to create alasting design that works when the tenets are in charge of theirown outdoor environment.I have been studying a number of tenement yards with selfmanagement,both municipal and private tenement houses. I havestudied both their design and their self-management, how it isworking and how it is organized partly trough deep interviewsand also by questionnaires to the tenets of the yards in question.I found three tenement yards with some differences. Fosiedal isa yard with terrace houses, with the oldest self-management andit?s existed since 1985. Many families with children live here whouse the yard for both playing and recreation. The yard is welladapted for everyone with multiple playgrounds, a soccer field, abasketball field and lots of benches. The design and maintenanceof the yard is to most tenets satisfaction.Nydala is a million program area from the 1960s. They have hadself-management since 1977 with the same coordinator. Quite afew single adults live here and many do not use the yard at all. Butthe once that do they do so to see ones neighbour, to relax or towork in the garden.Ystadsgatan 13 is a bit different as the tenement yard liescompletely private inside the house, behind a locked gate, astone?s throw from Möllevångstorget. There are 14 apartmentsand the self-management is completely voluntary and does notgive any rent reduction, rather the other way round. The yardwhich is completely covered with asphalt is since 2002 a greenparadise thanks to interested tenets.The result from the poll and from the deep interviews where theimportance of a good and consistent coordinator who is engagedin the yard and its tenets, who successfully plan and organizesthe work together with the tenets. The number one reason toget involved in the self-management is to socialize with theneighbours, other reasons is that it is a pleasant occupation or sothat the yard would be properly maintained. Some of the tenetsalso think that it is very important to be able to influence thedesign of the yard.Landscape architects needs to see the benefits and possibilitieswith self-management and how to proceed to get the best resultwhen designing a tenement yard with self-management. Tocreate a green durable frame that allows changes in perennialsand annuals and tempt and encourage to creativity is preferable.Areas that can easily be altered to fit the number of tenetsengaged are also preferable as it can vary substantially.