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During the winter of 2015/2016 we have concluded the Plug Inn development project funded by Swedish government agency Boverket. Our ambition in this project has been to create an innovative building system that is as much as possible based on ecologically sustainable principles. In this text we will present some defining features of the Plug Inn concept…. Read More →
The Plug Inn project has during the spring 2015 gone through one of its most intensive phases, the design phase. There are now many parallel developments in the project, and because of the iterative nature of our work process, there are still parts of the design process that will be conducted later in the project. In this… Read More →
In the second phase of the Plug Inn project, we completed the site analysis of the possible locations for the project. We made the final decision on which three sites we will study more closely, and we also decided which one of these three sites was the most suitable for actually building the Plug Inn module house…. Read More →
In the Plug Inn project we look at the possibilities to construct housing on a temporary basis, on sites with a temporary building permit. So in the first phase of the project, we research the legal framework for temporary building permits in Sweden, as specified in the Swedish law Plan- och bygglagen (PBL). We also want to… Read More →
As Sweden is facing severe shortage of housing, especially for students and young people, the Plug Inn project aims to investigate the possibilities to build innovative and cheap student housing on sites with a temporary building permit. In the project, we will investigate three main areas: 1. Analysis & planning. We want to find out… Read More →
On the 19th of August, 10 representatives for the partners of the Plug Inn project met for a kickoff meeting at Valegården in central Uppsala. Valegården is the headquarters for Permakultur Uppsala, a permaculture project initiated by people working at CEMUS, one of the partners of the Plug Inn project. The meeting was started with short presentations from… Read More →
