This is a final thesis on the landscape architecture
program at the Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences. It is the end of five years of studies and
comprises 30 ECTS.
This thesis is about the camp area Sjöröd, located
by Gyllebosjön (the Gyllebo Lake) on Österlen in
Skåne, southern Sweden. The thesis results in plan
for how the area could be used in the future. It also
raises the questions; what scouting of today is, how it
is to be developed for the future, what a camp is and
which aims the scout movement has set up for itself
and its activities. The thesis also treats what is typical
for Skåne, for Österlen and for the area around
Sjöröd as a starting point. A historical description
is given about Sjöröd's development from the nineteenth
century and ahead. Theories about destination
development among other things are raised as a
support for the development of Sjöröd. In order
to know how the youth of today think about scout
camps, I have done a survey of how some scouts in
different ages and locations in Sweden think about
camps.
An important aspect which many scouts express
in my survey is that the most important thing on a
scout camp is the social part to meet known friends
and strangers. My proposal includes this and wants
Sjöröd to be a meeting point for scouts from far and
near.
Other important aspects are to be able to gather both
in the small group as well as many people together,
that the scouts themselves should participate in
design and performance, the personal development
of the participants, to live everyday life on the camp,
knowledge about the environment and nature and to
practice outdoor life.
To shape a temporary place, which a scout camp
could be said to be, demands that you make the
best use of the place's specific quality. To shape
such a place, with specific qualities that can be used
variously by different future camps and other events
is what this final thesis is concerned about.
The different aspects; scouting, the specific of
Skåne, Sjöröd as a place, theories and the scouts own
opinion are summarised in two policies; one policy
which is common for camp sites in Sweden and one
policy which is specific for Sjöröd. Then the thesis
results in the plan for the area. The proposal makes
Sjöröd the glade in the wood and creates a pattern
of different glades where you can meet other people
both formal and informal. The thesis also includes a
time planning part and a reflective part.
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