Welcoming more culture and creative industries to a growing place
On August 29, the Royal Swedish Opera and the Swedish National Dramatic Theatre opened their new studios in Flemingsberg with a festive mix of song, poetry and inspiring conversations about collaboration. The opening marks an important milestone in Flemingsberg’s development and brings us one step closer to the vision of creating a place where knowledge and creativity meet in southern Stockholm.
The fact that the Royal Swedish Opera and Dramaten are establishing themselves here in Flemingsberg is a central part of the journey towards becoming a cultural and creative hub. During the opening ceremony, the Minister for Culture, Parisa Liljestrand, joined representatives from the Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Fabege and Huddinge Municipality, symbolizing the broad collaboration behind Flemingsberg’s development.
“We are incredibly excited to finally welcome the staff and operations of the Royal Swedish Opera and Dramaten to Flemingsberg and bring the building to life. The development of the district is based on a mix of academia, business, and culture, which will strengthen the entire Stockholm region. We look forward to the continued work of the Opera and Dramaten in sparking interest both in Swedish performing arts and in the creative and artistic professions that contribute to their creation.” – Anna Nyberg, Head of Business Development, Fabege.
Visitors also had a unique opportunity to step “behind the scenes” and take part in the magical environments where the performing arts take shape. Here we got an insight into the artistic and craftsmanship process that lies behind the magnificent stage environments.
“The opening of Dramaten and Operans workshops puts Flemingsberg on the map as a place to be reckoned with when it comes to culture in the Stockholm region. Even though it is only now that the theaters have really moved in, we have already been collaborating for several years on art and cultural experiences in schools. Our common goal is to reduce the distance from Flemingsberg to the performing arts centers at Gustaf Adolfs torg and Nybroplan for our children and young people.” – Anja Dahlstedt, Director of Culture and Leisure at Huddinge Municipality.
This is a significant moment in Flemingsberg’s development, strengthening it as a dynamic meeting place for culture, creativity and innovation. Flemingsberg is not a place along the way, but a place on the way.
Test your business idea: Flemingsberg Science Award Startup open for applications
STARTUP is a competition for startups with a clear connection to Flemingsberg, either as students, residents or otherwise active in the area. All ideas are welcome to participate in STARTUP as long as you compete with your own idea and the turnover and external equity is below SEK 1,000,000 at the time you submit to the competition. After that, we of course welcome you to continue working with the business idea, sales and any investments.
Science Week: Innovative arenas create collaboration for the city of the future
Stockholm is growing and we want a smart city with knowledge-intensive industry that is sustainable. In a panel discussion during Science Week on February 1, we discuss how innovative neutral arenas are central to the development of the smart and knowledge-intensive city.
Our Sound Space – soundscapes in cities
Don’t miss the opportunity to experience an interactive sound installation at the same time as you contribute to research that improves the future of urban planning.
The Our Sound Space installation has now opened at Neo in Flemingsberg, which offers visitors the opportunity to use their smartphones to experiment with different sound environments and explore with soundscapes.
Our Sound Space is part of the Planning for Youth research project that aims to study methods and tools for meaningful participation of the younger demographic groups in participatory planning and placemaking. Romina Rodela is Docent at Södertörn University and project leader for the initiative. ““Historically, children and young people have not been very central in spatial planning. In our project, we want to explore new methods which are better able to capture their voice in spatial planning and placemaking,” says Rodela.
In this case, you use your smartphone to listen to how a new residential area will sound, for example. Which sounds are perceived as positive and which sound environments are less attractive? The idea is to give the planners of the future better tools to include children, young people and people with impaired vision or other functional variations in the planning stages of such projects. “We’ll use Our Sound Space to gather opinions from different groups to establish how effective a tool like this can be. At the same time, the installation is open to all to try out and comment on,” says Rodela. The software itself is developed by researcher Maurizio Goina at KTH and may in future be shared with planners, construction companies and architects.
Mattias Lindén is responsible for Hemsö’s properties in Flemingsberg and believes that installations such as Our Sound Space have the potential to improve the image of the area. “We’re sitting on an underused resource. In courtyards and along walkways there are areas that could be used for temporary art exhibitions – opportunities for as yet undiscovered artists to gain some exposure. We’ve just decided to support the Our Sound Space project. Imagine if people in the future will associate Flemingsberg with exuberant creativity, a place where you experience new and fresh ideas. Our Sound Space can be a small step in that direction,” says Lindén, Senior Property Manager at Hemsö. Our Sound Space runs until 7th March, while the research project will continue for another two years.
Let Flemingsberg Innovation Community elevate your idea
The Flemingsberg Innovation Community is a meeting place that brings together a range of organisations that provide various types of innovation support and assistance. Among them is Sting, which since its inception in 2002, has guided hundreds of startup companies to success.
