Last Friday, two unique student projects were premiered on the campus at the University of Gävle. Behind the works are students from the Industrial Design Program who have been tasked with creating something that reduces the barrier between outside and inside.
The outdoor environments play an important role in Akademiska Hus' work to create attractive campuses where students, researchers and visitors thrive and feel good and where the environments contribute to learning, performance and recovery. During the fall of 2021, a collaboration with the University of Gävle was therefore started, where the students from the Industrial Design program were tasked with designing something that reduces the barrier between outside and inside. Two of the projects have been realized and are now ready on campus. The projects have been carried out as part of Akademiska Hus' innovation work.
Quarter break
The idea behind the project is based on silence and pause and appeals to our senses. Here, those who need to take a break can sit down in the multifunctional piece of furniture, smell the flowers, taste berries and look at the work representing the note value of a quarter break, which should communicate the importance of planning and making room for recovery in everyday life.
Sweet spot
The project identifies places on campus where students and employees can go for recovery and energy replenishment with the help of nature. Each Sweetspot offers its own solution on how to use nature to feel good. It can be by listening, feeling or challenging yourself.