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Children and architecture

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is law in Sweden and states that the best interests of the child must be taken into account in all decisions affecting children. Children are to be seen as active and competent individuals who have the right to be heard in all matters that concern them, not least in relation to their own living environment. In parallel with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, PBL and Sweden's ”Policy for a Designed Living Environment” apply. Both aim to promote sustainable social development with equal, good living conditions where everyone is given the opportunity to influence the development of the shared environment.

For children's best interests to have a real impact, a children's rights perspective must be included throughout the entire spatial planning process. At FOJAB, we have a wide range of tools and methods to address the child rights perspective and the needs of children in different types of environments.

We offer

  • Child impact assessments
  • Guidance on child-friendly environments
  • Advice and counseling
  • Process management in child involvement
  • Creating with children
  • Walking tours

Mörrums school: Walking tour

We wanted to hear pupils' views on what works and doesn't work in their new school, whether they have suggestions for improvements and how they experience and use different parts of their school. The aim of the walks is to increase children's interest in architecture and create positive feelings about how to use their influence.

Architecture-wise children

Möllevångsskolan + FOJAB = true

A creative collaboration with Möllevångsskolan, a F-9 school with students of many different nationalities and cultural backgrounds. The ambition was to get pupils to to discover what can be achieved in a city with the help of architecture and to make it easier for children to make an impact, as well as open the door to the architectural profession.

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Södra Skolgatan Drömgatan

Möllevången is Sweden's most child-dense area, and Södra Skolgatan is an important link for children who travel on foot or by bike to and from their preschool/school. Together with preschoolers, we investigated the possibilities of an inner city street if it is no longer governed by the rules of the car.

Vellinge Master Plan

In the work on a new master plan for Vellinge municipality, workshops were organized for school children in year 4 to get opinions, suggestions and ideas. The children's ideas were compiled and displayed at an exhibition at the municipal building in Vellinge and Höllviken library.

Architecture teacher

In her role as an architect and architecture educator at FOJAB, Kristina Kember puts the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into action and gives children the opportunity to influence their local environment. The architectural educator acts as a link between schools and preschools and those who plan and design.

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Urban Academy

FOJAB is one of thirty players in Malmö's civil engineering sector to sign up to improve representation in the industry. The goal is a civil engineering industry that reflects all of Malmö - within a generation.

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How we work with the child perspective in our business areas

Utbildning, kultur & idrott.

Utbildning, kultur & idrott. When designing a learning environment, we work together with the children in site analysis and co-creation processes.
Samhällsfastigheter.

Samhällsfastigheter. We produce guides for child-friendly environments for the client, where spatial qualities of particular importance for the child's experience are identified.
Stadsutveckling & landskap.

Stadsutveckling & landskap. Child impact assessments investigate, analyze and describe how children and young people are affected by a planned action or decision.
Bostad.

Bostad. We conduct resident dialogues to incorporate residents' needs and wishes into the design.