Pros
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Cons
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+ Dead center of town, close to nations (location on map)
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- Layout unpredictable and strange, no social space
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+ Own bathroom, shower and kitchen
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- Expensive (~5,000 SEK per month)
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+ Private green area
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- Far from larger super markets
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+ Chance to experience some corridor life too
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- For sale; future uncertain
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Click here for AFB's information on Tomegapsgården
Lund’s student housing has a history that stretches far back
into the past. It’s hard to pin point a definite year the first student accommodation
building was constructed, as many borderline ancient buildings have been refurbished again and
again. Though if we look at the contemporary era, and specifically at buildings
built for the purpose of housing students for the duration of their studies,
Tomegapsgården is the oldest one in AFB’s selection by almost 10 years.
Figure 27. The kitchenette
Tomegapsgården is also the AFB building closest to Lund’s center. It is advertised as having good access to town services. A feature Oscar, a long time Tomegapsgården resident appreciates.
“I am biking distance from everything here. Downtown and the school of engineering are close,” Oscar mentions as his favorite aspect of the apartment. “On the other hand living so central can be bad. Take the structure: the walls are not symmetrical and the space is poorly used. That makes decorating kind of difficult.”
Oscar’s room should technically have plenty of space, yet for the glaring design flaws most of that floor space is lost.
"This apartment is supposed to be 30m², but the bathroom I have is huge. Its probably 8m² of the entire thing."
Looking around the room, the design inconsistencies are quiet apparent. The western wall is not parallel to the eastern one and the shape of the space hogging bath room is weird as it is. Its as if the architect wasn't quite sure what they were getting into with this.
"It might have been a test apartment to begin with, not like they knew how to do this stuff 60 years ago," Oscar speculates and describes the corridor rooms down stairs: "One of them doesn’t have the kitchen in the same corridor, they have to go out the door and go through a locked door to get into their kitchen. They didn’t even have a living room space on that side of the hall. The amount of people varies too, some have 7 some have 4. Very small ones."
Amidst all the weirdness, Oscar has managed to make a home of it all. The one space that is not quite up to par is the kitchenette.
"This apartment is supposed to be 30m², but the bathroom I have is huge. Its probably 8m² of the entire thing."
Figure 28. The wall that is askew to the rest of the room.
Looking around the room, the design inconsistencies are quiet apparent. The western wall is not parallel to the eastern one and the shape of the space hogging bath room is weird as it is. Its as if the architect wasn't quite sure what they were getting into with this.
"It might have been a test apartment to begin with, not like they knew how to do this stuff 60 years ago," Oscar speculates and describes the corridor rooms down stairs: "One of them doesn’t have the kitchen in the same corridor, they have to go out the door and go through a locked door to get into their kitchen. They didn’t even have a living room space on that side of the hall. The amount of people varies too, some have 7 some have 4. Very small ones."
Figure 29. These windows point towards Kalmar nation. Oscar says that the noise never made him loose sleep.
“For one person the kitchen in great. You can make basic stuff here, it’s got an oven and stove. But there is not much storage space. Only two shelves so that limits your dinnerware. It’s okay though, if you don’t have too much demand for it. Its hard to eat in here without a dinner table but the space works fine for pre-parties. Because we are so close to the nations, going out is never a problem from here.”
Figure 30. Entrance and door to bathroom.
The bad layout is made up for by the aforementioned geographical perks.
“I go to one of the grocery stores at the central station, it’s the cheapest one in town. Its also close to AF Borget. There's a bike shop close by too and it's biking distance to everything. We have a gym close by too,” Oscar recounts the closest services. However, the most important student amenity is missing: cheap food.
“I go to one of the grocery stores at the central station, it’s the cheapest one in town. Its also close to AF Borget. There's a bike shop close by too and it's biking distance to everything. We have a gym close by too,” Oscar recounts the closest services. However, the most important student amenity is missing: cheap food.
"That’s one thing that is quite bad: there are no large supermarkets close by. AFB says this is the best place for all the services, but I don’t know what that means. Its not super close to anything."
Figure 31. The eight square meters of bathroom is almost impossible to utilize efficiently.
As a final oddly colored cherry on top of this sundae of obscurity, the future of the building is uncertain as of now. The residents have all received a letter stipulating that the building is for sale. However, information about this is not available at all.
“We haven’t got any new info about the sale of this place. So far we’ve only got the letter. It probably will take a long time to sell this place anyway, and even then according to law they cannot kick us out," Oscar says, not being too worried about the situation. He is not himself sure if he wants to keep living here for long. Quite different from other people living in apartments, he is would be curious to try the corridor life properly.
“I would wanna try living in one of the Tomegapsgården corridors. They seem to have a nice community here."
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