The Nordiska Museet reconstructs a Stockholm appartment from the late 1940’s, the period when the Swedish Welfare State aimed ‘to build good, functional housing at reasonable cost’. It’s light, spacious-feeling (though with only one bedroom so there are beds tucked away everywhere) and a great advance; families left single-room, cold-water appartments to move into these places. Appartment blocks can have their own problems and one shouldn’t be too sentimental, but this was a remarkable shift in the way people lived.
So, what happened to that goal of decent and affordable housing? Everywhere?
Looking, Thinking, Falling Over 