4.4Vetlanda, Sweden
4.4.1 Vetlanda, Sweden
The Project
Vetlanda Group Home is an institutional home for young, disabled people requiring care. Parents of the disabled people were very concerned that the homes should not look like an institution, and should have a human scale. They also wanted the development to ‘communicate’ well with the surrounding rural homes on the edge of Vetlanda.
Vetlanda Municipality creates ‘skeleton’ agreements with a number of architecture firms for periods of five years. During this time, the municipality will choose some of these architects to work with them on projects. They held a small competition for the ...
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