Rebecka Moberg

This degree project aims to highlight how we humans can design for other forms of life and include other animals and birds like the swift in urban planning, rather than excluding them which causes habitat loss and a loss of biodiversity in urban environments.

Swifts are endangered birds that are closely linked to us humans. They have built nests under roof tiles and other cavities for centuries and have learned to live alongside us, but due to the renovation of old buildings, for example, their nesting sites have declined in numbers. My degree project includes a proposal for making urban environments more inclusive towards common swifts by developing a nest box that can be placed on a standard 90mm drainpipe. I think it is interesting to build onto structures that already exist rather than introducing something completely new. I choose drainpipes as there are a lot of them where only the inside is used.