Riksbyggen has signed an agreement with the University of Gothenburg. The associate professor Björn Andersson at the Department for Social Work will lead the research with the ambition to practically apply the concept of sustainability to an actual housing project.

- It is an exciting and interesting initiative in several respects. We will work on developing theoretical perspectives on social sustainability as well as monitor the realization of an actual housing project, says Björn Andersson.

A full year master course is conducted in collaboration with the housing company Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park around an actual venture building flats, within the project “Positive Footprint Housing”. The houses will have a positive footprint in the environment ecologically as well as socially. The course is part of Chalmers’ master program Architecture and Urban Design and gives the students the possibility to integrate experimental investigations into the design process.