Ola Nylander

Ola Nylander is a Professor in Building Design at Chalmers University of Technology's Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE). He directs the Centre of Housing Architecture since 2017 and teaches residential architecture courses including The Room of the Home, City Housing, and Housing Inventions master studio.

• Research focuses on housing and living with R&D projects for HSB, Swedish Public Housing Agency, and Tenants' Association
• Key contributor to the AIDAH project (2014-2019) exploring architecture's role in health and aging
• Authored Swedish Housing 1850-2000 (2012) and co-authored multiple housing evaluation reports
• Active in public discourse through regular architecture writing in daily press and trade publications

Recent publications address social sustainability assessment in Karlstad suburbs, participatory planning methods, and aging-in-place strategies. His work combines Swedish urban context with health-promoting architecture principles.