The Student Habitat
"a small and interactive community where students can live, interact and socialize."
Student accommodationSustainabilityCompact livingGärdetStockholmDormitoryStudentbostäderHållbarhetCompact livingGärdetStockholmStudenthem
I?ve chosen a subject that's close to my heart, as a student who has experiences the need of a change in the traditional student living.I've focused my theses on ?nding the key ingredients for improving an individuals time as a student. In a time when students are struggling to ?nd accommodation that ful?lls the need of being close to university, close to social places, adequate size and affordable. This is close to impossible! This is not just a problem in Stockholm but an international dilemma.The heart of my thesis is, how can we create clever ways of student accommodation with emphasis on community and a more sustainable way of living?Only when we start embracing change and by breaking out of our traditional individual living, can we then start to realise and recognise the bene?ts of working, studying and living together. My key answer to the problem is "The student habitat?- a small and interactive community where students can live, interact and socialize.By implementing an academic community that's integrated in our living space, can we then form an added value and acceptance in small size accommodation. Smaller living area, but a greater social interacting platform. This solution would result in improved relation with other students, improved teamwork, better integration with students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, improved academic achievement and better motivation.