{"id":257557,"date":"2025-12-05T11:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aarch.dk\/?p=257557"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:20:04","slug":"nyt-forskernetvaerk-vil-undersoege-vedligehold-i-almene-boligbyggerier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aarch.dk\/en\/nyt-forskernetvaerk-vil-undersoege-vedligehold-i-almene-boligbyggerier\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Network to Explore Cultures of Maintenance in Social Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Research Network to Explore Cultures of Maintenance in Social Housing<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

An international, interdisciplinary research network will investigate existing maintenance cultures in post-war social housing complexes in four parts of Europe. It\u2019s not just about technology and craftsmanship, but equally about everyday social practices.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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What is maintenance, really? Is it the replacement of windows to achieve better thermal performance in large housing blocks, a group of residents who meet weekly to take care of the plants in the access balcony, or volunteers cleaning in front of their doorstep?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Forskernetv\u00e6rket har allerede v\u00e6ret p\u00e5 bes\u00f8g i nogle af boligomr\u00e5derne. Foto: Carolina Dayer.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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With a new grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, a research network will begin examining how maintenance practices in four post-war housing estates in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Croatia can inform each other. The project is titled Cultures of Maintenance in Post-War European Social Housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of housing area is under pressure on several fronts, for example climate-related and social challenges. It is expensive to repair the old buildings, and the areas are stigmatized. Often it ends with demolition, resulting in fewer affordable homes. But there is great potential in engaging residents and building communities around maintenance\u2014and thereby solving both technical and social problems,\u201d says Associate Professor Ruth Baumeister from Aarhus School of Architecture.<\/p>\n

Multiple Perspectives, Shared Goals<\/h5>\n

It is precisely the connection between technical and social problems that leads the network to bring together a range of professionals\u2014an anthropologist, a historian, a political scientist, and several architects\u2014to examine the subject from different angles.<\/p>\n

Through joint workshops and seminars in the four selected estates, the group will explore the challenges and potentials of maintenance, and will then be able to advise authorities and share new insights with stakeholders inside and outside social housing areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cArchitecture is not only a technical and artistic discipline but also holds great social potential. We will compare cultures of repair, connect formal and informal maintenance practices, and develop strategies for sustainable, inclusive, and resilient housing,\u201d says Associate Professor Carolina Dayer from Aarhus School of Architecture.<\/p>\n

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