Sustainable Cities MSc, AAU A Tiny Denmark? Malene Munk Jensen 18-02-2020 ‘ Credit: (Clotheslinetinyhomes.wordpress.com, 2012) ‘ ‘A Tiny Denmark?’ A framework for tiny housing as a sustainable niche to reach transition Malene Munk Jensen Supervisor: Jesper Ole Jensen Thesis oF the Master’s degree in Sustainable Cities MSc Aalborg University, Copenhagen 2020 1 Sustainable Cities MSc, AAU A Tiny Denmark? Malene Munk Jensen 18-02-2020 Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Preface ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 6 Problem area ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Relevance ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Background ............................................................................................................................... 10 Tiny housing and sustainability ............................................................................................................................................... 10 Motives behind living in a tiny house .................................................................................................................................... 10 A niche market that has become mainstream? ................................................................................................................. 11 State of the art .......................................................................................................................... 12 Housing size in Denmark ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Tiny housing in Denmark ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Planning for tiny housing? ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Danish companies occupied with tiny housing ................................................................................................................ 15 Tiny housing projects in Denmark ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Literature review ...................................................................................................................... 20 ‘The Not So Big’ philosophy ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 Pioneering tiny housing in USA ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Tiny housing as temporary solution to urbanization .................................................................................................... 22 Tiny housing as research object .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Tiny housing as culture ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Theoretical framework .............................................................................................................. 24 Technological Transition (TT) through Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) ............................................................... 24 Bottom up transition strategies .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Strategic Niche Management (SNM) ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Three pathways of transition ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 28 Research Design .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Qualitative method ........................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Literature study .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Semi-structured interviews ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 Interviewees ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Scaling ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Presentation of empirical findings ............................................................................................. 33 Scale .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Interview with a tiny house owner ......................................................................................................................................... 33 Tiny house initiatives on grassroots level .......................................................................................................................... 35 Dansk Tiny House Gruppe .......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Tiny house conference .................................................................................................................................................................. 37 lawdraft on green zone ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 Physical tiny housing projects ................................................................................................................................................. 39 Rural: Grobund in Ebeltoft ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 Suburban: Small Living Albertslund ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Urban: CPHVillage Refshaleøen ............................................................................................................................................... 41 Analysis I: Accumulation of knowledge ..................................................................................... 43 Legislation and rules .................................................................................................................................................................... 43 2 Sustainable Cities MSc, AAU A Tiny Denmark? Malene Munk Jensen 18-02-2020 Lack of experimental space ....................................................................................................................................................... 45 Definition ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Being grassroots ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 Lack of organizational framework and up-scaling ........................................................................................................ 47 Municipal interests ........................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Economy and affordability ........................................................................................................................................................ 50 Analysis II: Transition through local proJects ............................................................................