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From blasted rock to new urban landscapes

How can artistic and design-based research help us imagine and shape more sustainable urban futures? Join us in this webinar for an exploration of transdisciplinary approaches to urban waterscapes, public space and ecological transformation.

Date: 27 May 2026

Time: 12:10 - 12:50

Language: Swedish

Organiser: SLU Urban Futures

Location: Online

Hanna Erixon Aalto, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture and Design Theory at SLU, will present insights from the research project MASSA (2020–2024), a collabroration between KTH, the city of Stockholm, Gaia and four artists. The project explored how blasted rock generated by the expansion of Stockholm’s metro system could be transformed into reefs, islands, habitats and new public spaces.

Registration

Learn more and register to the webinar at the Swedish page

Contact

Daniel Valentini, daniel.valentini@slu.se