Eva Schneuwly & Nina Hsu

Speculating on Utopia is the imagining of a euphoric future for the shedhall that is influenced by the thoughts, dreams and wishes of a range of people participating in the project through interviews, creating a collective fiction of the year 2040. The project is a  critique of - and search of alternatives to - speculation on housing as a form of granting pensions. The value of the existing shedhall is amplified by transforming it into an experimental space of interdisciplinary learning in the construction sector, where the distinction between planners and makers dissolves. Local actors of agriculture and construction industry interact with institutions of professional and academic education, bringing life to the shedhall as a generous space also accessible to neighbours and public.