KS Shop Talk #3 Media and Architecture

Putting urban environments and buildings into perspective – from a historical, cultural and international point of view – can media contribute to a deeper and more nuanced discourse on what the built environment should or can do? On what expectations, dreams and basic requirements can we as citizens, users, developers, planners and politicians set? Debates on whether good architecture and urban design, seen as long-term sustainable, are important for the society and how can journalists and critics raise awareness of which processes and conditions create them? Broaden the discussion about which conflicts, economic frameworks and types of consensus are needed for the built environment to meet our needs – on beauty, function and belonging?

Time: 22nd August, 08:00-09:00
Place: Engelbrektsgatan 7, Malmö

Guests: Gunilla Kronvall, Sveriges Arkitekter Skåne, Ingemar Gråham, Malmö stad, Katarina Rundgren, Testbedstudio, Cecilia Johanson Wihlborg, Wihlborgs, Susanna Dzamic, Sveriges Radio, Jonas Gillberg, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Andreas Schönström, Malmö kommun, Jonas Michanek, Malmö stad.

KS has signed a road map towards a climate-neutral construction sector

KS is one of the actors who has signed City of Malmö’s road map towards a climate-neutral construction sector 2030 according to the 2030 Agenda. It covers comprehensive requirements for the entire construction process. Everyone who signed the document pledges themselves to, amongst other things, actively implement circular economy, resource efficiency, climate-neutral construction sites, choice of climate-neutral building materials and means of transport as well as to present specific measures for reduced emissions. This initiative matches KS’s official ambition to concentrate efforts with our clients towards a better climate. The initiative has captured the interest of the government and is supported by the Fossil Free Sweden organisation.

Programme for Stora Sköndal approved

The planning committee of Stockholm has approved the development programme for Stora Sköndal in southern Stockholm. The consent, highlighting social ambitions of the plan as particularly positive, implies the neighbourhood will get 4,500 new residential units, new businesses and services, as well as spaces for people with various needs and conditions. The plan connects Stora Sköndal to the existing surroundings, develops the existing historic areas and takes into consideration local ecological values. Great emphasis will be placed along the pedestrian path and local square designed to become an inclusive environment where technical and digital solutions will allow for sharing and shared economies. The development programme for Stora Sköndal has been developed by KS in collaboration with Stiftelsen Stora Sköndal, Stadsbyggnadskontoret i Stockholm, Trafikkontoret i Stockholm, EBAB, Landskapslaget, Ekologigruppen, Nyréns, WSP, Iterio, Spacescape, Brandskyddslaget, ÅF, Åkerlöf Hallin Akustik.

KS designs a community bench from recycled materials for Skåne Innovation Week

KS has been commissioned by Varvsstaden to design a seating bench with reuse and upcycling in focus. As a neighbourhood bench, it will contribute to the community feeling in the emerging area – first as a meeting point outside the Skåne Innovation hall during the ongoing Innovation Week, to afterwards become a permanent part of life on the street. The bench incorporates recycled material from Kockum and provides a new lease of life to the bricks and sheets of metal that were conserved after the industry was demolished. The seat is made of pine, to add a living material to the urban furniture. The Peab School in Malmö has worked on the pine and metal detailing, where the original metal sheets acting as backrests have been rounded off on top.

Visualising The Remarkable City

Kjellander Sjöberg invited as one of the participants to the “Visualising The Remarkable City” workshop in London on 15^th May 2019. As per a sustainable business commission by the British government, the workshop sought a proposal for the most sustainable urban development with 1 million residential units imaginable between Oxford and Cambridge – OxCam Corridor. “A resilient, open and inclusive, green and vibrant city with positive environmental benefits as a metaphor for the global change”, explains the initiator Jonathan Smales from Human + Nature, assigned to formulate the brief. An invited team of architects, engineers, ecologists and sustainability experts was commissioned to discuss and visualise the ultimate city for the 21^st century which resulted in a manifesto; The Remarkable City.

Two new KS publications

Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing is now releasing two new books by Kjellander Sjöberg. The two publications share a similar format and newspaper quality paper.

Commoning Kits is the catalogue of the exhibition curated by Kjellander Sjöberg at Form/Design Center in Malmö, displaying 13 proposals for how new meeting places can be created in order to generate and kick-start qualitative regeneration and community development in urban neighborhoods. The catalogue presents innovative prototypes designed to be used as toolkits in different settings and cities, based on local challenges.

Kjellander Sjöberg 1998-2018 is a catalogue and a collection of impressions of a series of places we have visited and that inspired us, of processes we had the privilege to participate in, and of reflections and strategies for emergent situations with inherent eternal questions.

Regeneration of Gjuteriet in the former Kockums wharf area, Malmö

KS has been selected, in a competition with three other practices, as architects for the redevelopment of Gjuteriet, a former foundry in Malmö. The building from 1910 is one of the most prominent historical landmarks within the Kockums shipyard area and an integral part of the city´s history. The former industrial hall represents an interesting preservation challenge in its current state, lacking roof and having its brick facades partially eroded by frost, exposing the steel frame. The commission aims at maintaining the building as a central piece within the greater urban development of Varvsstaden with public programmes and content on the ground level, while at the same time designing for a single tenant with very high expectations. “Getting Gjuteriet to meet the present through conservation and careful sustainable development of new qualities is something that truly triggers our creativity”, says Stefan Sjöberg. The client is Varvsstaden, a joint venture of Balder and Peab.

KS’s lecture tour around North America: Polar Shift

Stefan Sjöberg will be lecturing in the north of USA over two weeks in April – May 2019. The journey begins with three lectures in three cities around Alaska. Stefan was invited by the Alaska Design Forum to present the work of the practice in sustainable urban development and architecture. The discussion on the topic of “Polar Shift” will be angled from a Nordic perspective, comparing various regions with a similar cold climate, offering an exchange and comparison of experience. The last stop will be a lecture at the University of Oregon.

Tour dates:

Anchorage April 29 at 19.00, Anchorage Museum

Fairbanks April 30 at 18.00, The Blue Loon

Juneau May 1 at 18.00, 360 North

Eugene May 5 at 18.30, School of Architecture and Environment

KS’s lectures around North America

Stefan Sjöberg will be lecturing in the north of USA in May 2019. He is invited to present the work of the office with sustainable urban development and architecture. The discussion on the topic of “Polar Shift” will be angled from a Nordic perspective, comparing various regions with similar cold climate, offering an exchange and comparison of experience. The lectures will be held in:

Anchorage:

Date and Time: Monday, 29 th April at 19.00

Location: Anchorage Museum, 5 C St, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA

Fairbanks:

Date and Time: Tuesday, 30 th April at 18.00

Location: The Blue Loon, 2999 Parks Hwy, Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA

Juneau:

Date and Time: Wednesday, 1st May at 18.00

Location: 360 North, 360 Egan Drive Juneau, Alaska 99801-1748, USA

Eugene:

Date and Time: Monday, 5th May at 18.30

Location: School of Architecture and Environment, University of Oregon, 5249 University St, Eugene, OR 97405, USA

Kjellander Sjöberg invited to City Development Competition in Denmark

Kjellander Sjöberg, in collaboration with GHB Landskab, has been selected for the Faaborg Harbour and City Development Plan competition. Three teams have been invited to create a development plan for Faaborg with a special focus on three areas for densification – around centrally located industries, the harbour and the railway station.

The basis for the competition is an attempt to turn around a decrease in population by creating positive and vibrant city environments, both for residents and tourism. How to connect the old city centre to the surrounding countryside and archipelago, and how can the town and port be secured against flooding? The task includes work with three focus areas: massing studies, climate adaptation and culture.

The competition will be conducted as an open process, enabling dialogue between the participating teams and the jury and advisors, to contribute to and build knowledge. The winner will be announced in December 2019. The client is Faaborg council and Realdania.

The other two teams are Adept together with Mandaworks and SLA together with Praksis Arkitekter.

Photo: Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune