Exibition

Location: Stockholm; Gallery SOC
Team: Anders Johansson, Erik Wingquist

100:- Arkitektur is a conceptual project by testbedstudio that explores the potential of low-cost urban interventions to challenge traditional planning and architectural norms. Using a budget of 100 SEK as a strategic constraint, the project investigates how interventions can serve as a catalyst for democratic city-building and unpredictable urban events.

Economic Mapping: A "Shopping List" compares the costs of small-scale actions with massive infrastructure projects, such as comparing a 100 SEK wooden plank bridge to the 1.5 billion SEK Årstabron, to highlight the varying price segments of city components.

Public Accessibility & Engagement: By presenting 100 Ideas for 100:-, the project translates complex questions of urban design into tangible public actions—such as communal planting, shared transport, and social furniture—aiming to make architecture an accessible and participatory topic for all residents.

Institutional Critique: The work explores the architect's shifting role in an era where power has moved from the state to the market, suggesting that a "strategic retreat" into low-cost, high-impact interventions can reclaim the city-building process for the public.

Would you like me to translate specific examples from the "100 Ideas" list to further illustrate these engaging formats? was a conceptual project by testbedstudio that explores the potential of low-cost urban interventions to challenge traditional planning and architectural norms. Using a budget of 100 SEK as a strategic constraint, the project investigates how interventions can serve as a catalyst for democratic city-building and unpredictable urban events.

A "Shopping List" compares the costs of small-scale actions with massive infrastructure projects, such as comparing a 100 SEK wooden plank bridge to the 1.5 billion SEK Årstabron, to highlight the varying price segments of city components.

By presenting 100 Ideas for 100:-, the project translates complex questions of urban design into tangible public actions such as communal planting, shared transport, and social furniture aiming to make architecture an accessible and participatory topic for all residents.

Institutional Critique
The work explores the architect's shifting role in an era where power has moved from the state to the market, suggesting that a "strategic retreat" into low-cost, high-impact interventions can reclaim the city-building process for the public.