Campus without university

 

Several academic institutions have been involved in the process. Duved has also been lectured on at top universities such as Harvard GSD and the ETHZ in Zürich. All this because the idea of sustainability has been - in every single step - been matched by the idea of inclusion as well as that of a new design process with aesthetic vision. And the fact that the level of creative competence – Douglas McMaster of Silo on London has been advising on food, Farshid Moussavi of Harvard GSD on architecture, Adam Davies of Wales on regenerative design, has been important also in generating engagement and a wish from many to be part of the "Duved story". The Architect School of Umeå had a summer studio on location in Duved, developing solution for a common food system, where results already have been implemented in the process. The School of Architecture at KTH in Stockholm has a studio right now Duved, based on reuse an sustainable, innovative construction. For the moment there are seven Master Thesis being written on Duved.

The aim of this is to show that today, there is a new possibility for developing high end competent through rural areas, where it is possible to start innovation prototypes, that bring learning and doing closer together. What is being planned now is to a infrastructure for thus to work on a long term basis, through:

  • -  developing and innovation cluster in Duved together with the Region of Jämtland- Härjedalen, that forms a long term local organisation to handle to knowledge produced and turn it into productive industries

  • -  develop possible housing units etc to host academic studios in Duved

  • -  develop a lecture and summit program to secure Duved as a hub for competence and

    innovation that is attractive to academic studios

  • -  develop a flow of creative input by forming a ”residency program” together with

    national partners, so that future knowledge and creativity is brought to the rural village. This is done together with The Swedish Architects, SVID (Swedish Industrial Design organisation), The Royal Academy in Stockholm, KSLA (Royal Swedish Agricultural Academy) and the Bonnier Publishing Houses.