about
greenhouse living
greenhouse living
WHAT WE do:
Greenhouse Living is an interdisciplinary team of consultants with a view towards a truly sustainable, human and eco-friendly built environment. We develop and build NATURHUS, facilities for URBAN FOODPRODUCTION and urban scale solutions for ECO-CYCLE CITIES of tomorrow.
We offer CONSULTING SERVICES in greenhouse-architecture, sustainable urban planning, eco-cycle technology, sustainable construction methods, greenhouse technology, sustainable energy systems, life cycle analysis and innovative solutions for urban foodproduction.
We also provide support in the IMPLEMENTATION PHASE in the form of construction project management, quotes and construction cost calculations, procurement support and supplier contacts. Our strength is the close integration of innovative environmental technology, architecture, and implementation.
We can help you with the process from the first sketch to a complete building. We offer built sustainability without compromising on spatial qualities.
naturhus
Why live in a greenhouse ?
Naturhus is a whole concept that consists of three parts:
A Greenhouse
A Corehouse
An Eco-cycle system
The greenhouse creates a Mediterranean climate around the house with fantastic outdoor spaces. The greenhouse allows for a closed local cycle of plants that absorb the nutrients in the wastewater and turn it into fruits and vegetables.
A naturhus is a vision of a sustainable building that produces food, instead of waste. A house that generates energy instead of just consuming it and finally, introduce reflection and learning about what you eat and what you flush down the drain. What you flush down comes back to your own eco-cycle system and into
the tomatoes you give your children to eat. A sustainable architecture that promotes a truly sustainable lifestyle.
Greenhouse Living develop, design and help you to build naturhus. Many of them are private homes for one family, but the naturhus concept can be applied on many different types and scales of housing, restaurants, spaces for education, and for recreation and wellness.
urban
food production
Why produce food in the cities ?
About 1/3 of households' climate impact comes from the food we eat. To be able to build truly sustainable cities in the future, we cannot just look at energy efficiency, transportation and sustainable construction. We must also find solutions for truly sustainable food production by closing the cycles of water, nutrition and food much more local level. And at the same time break the dependece on artificial fertilizers and pesticides.
We believe that a part of the answer is to greatly increase the proportion of food that produced in cities. Food production and cultivation become visible in people's everyday lives, which contributes strongly to attractive urban environments.
Greenhouse Living develop buildingconcepts for urban foodproduction in close collaboration with the most competent expertise in urban cultivation and energysolutions. We have been involved in a number of researchprojects and developed prize-winning concepts for urban foodproduction including:
modular buildingconcepts, greenhouse technology, urban cultivation technology, sustainable energy solutions, cost calculations and businesscases for urban farming.
ecocycle
cities
How do we build, truly sustainable cities?
In the future cities, the cycles of water, nutrition and energy will be closed at an extremely local level. Within a neighborhood, a block and sometimes even within a single building. At the same time we get good, nutritious food, radically reduced need for transportation and attractive, human, urban environments with a strong presence of cultivation and food production.
Greenhouse Livings long-term plan is a determined development of the Naturhus concept and various solutions for Urban food production. These are tested in full scale in reality through various completed construction projects. We see them as “components” that can then be put together and be implemented on an urban scale.
Alongside with developing the eco-cyclefriendly building-components we also need a new understanding about the planningstrategys that is required. We believe we need to put together teams with a a lot more interdisciplinary knowledge to achieve this.
Together with our various competent partners, we aim to take many small steps towards the truly sustainable eco-cycle Cities of the future.
Do you want to hire us for your project ?
send us a mail;
info@greenhouseliving.se
Team
Greenhouse Living is an interdisciplinary team of consultants. Here are the founding partners :
fredrik olson
Founding partner
Lead architect
Building engineer
+46 (0)707 396395
Fredrik is an architect with 20+ years of experience as practicing architect. Since the founding of Greenhouse Living in 2013 he have gained a expertise in designing greenhouse integrated architecture. Fredrik is our lead architect and involved in all phases of our projects.
Fredrik is a passionate highjumper and lives in Göteborg on the salty swedish westcoast.
anders solvarm
Founding partner
Expert Eco cycle systems
Expert greenhouse technology
anders.solvarm@greenhouseliving.se
Anders is one of the true pioneers within the Swedish Naturhus-movement. He started constructing his own Naturhus 20 years ago and have over the years gained a unique expertise in the Naturhus concept and the Eco cycle system.
Anders + family lives in their self-made, hand timbered Naturhus in Sikhall by the Lake Vänern in mid Sweden.
niklas dahlström
Founding partner, CEO
Building project manager
Building engineer
Architect
+46 (0)706 624558
Niklas is our CEO with a broad experience within many fields of the construction process. He has many years of practising experience in project managing, structural engineering, architectural design and as a building contractor.
Niklas lives in Reykjavik on Iceland and plays an important role in the Icelandic national team in floorball.
Dan Eric Archer
Founding partner
Expert sustainable energysystems
Expert lifecycle analysis
daneric.archer@greenhouseliving.se
+46 (0)734 015564
Dan-Eric is a civil engineer with a strong focus on sustainable solutions. He supports our team with experience in energy calculations, life-cycle analysis and smart, innovative energy solutions.
Dan-Eric is a passionate bicyclist and tri-athlete. He cycles around Göteborg on his self-made bamboo bike.
