Think Tank 015

The Poetics of Wood – solid timber construction & inspiration in wood

This Think Tank sets out to further investigate how wood and solid timber technology could be used as a means of achieving material sustainability in the built environment and urban fabric of our cities.

Timber construction has the potential to supply one of the few renewable resources to contemporary architectural practice. Timber buildings reflect multiple possibilities with inherent benefits such as flexibility, lightness, good acoustic conditions, rational assembly, and singular massiveness.

People in general seem to have a direct relationship to wood, a material that is both soft and robust, warm and adaptive at the same time. New construction methods using cross laminated timber (CLT) are flexible, lightweight and faster to assemble than any other compatible system.

The gain in ecological footprint and reduced carbon dioxide emissions produced by timber construction seem to be of pivotal importance. The technology may easily be adopted and carried out by various communities globally; communities of varied cultural, financial and technological backgrounds.

The increased use of wood raises demands for and expectations of sustainable forestry, one of the major focal points to be achieved to fulfil the internationally agreed UN global climate goals

Panel:
Waugh Thistleton Architects (UK)
In Praise of Shadows (SE)
Folkhem (SE)
Strombro Building Workshop (SE)

Time and place:
24 November 2016, 17:00
Repslagargatan 15a
118 46 Stockholm

Information:
The event is free of charge. Refreshments will be served.
Everyone is welcome; please, invite friends and colleagues.

Limited seats!
RSVP by Tuesday, November 22 to rsvp@kjellandersjoberg.se

KS lectures during Archtober in NYC

Kjellander Sjöberg will present their winning proposal of the design innovation competition NBCC at the Nordic Approaches to Creating Livable & Sustainable Urban Environments event at the Van Alen Institute in New York.

Building on the inspiring discussions from last year’s session on the role of architecture, policy and technology within climate adaptation, the Nordic Consulates of Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, and Danish Cleantech Hub together with Nordic Innovation are proud to co-host a joint Nordic official Archtober event again this year.

Wednesday, 19th October 2016
15:00-18:00

Van Alen Institute
30 W 22nd Street
New York, NY

Archtober is New York City’s Architecture and Design Month, the sixth annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions taking place during the month of October.

Learn more about the event

Official opening programme: The Forests of Venice

Official opening programme: The Forests of Venice, Biennale Architettura 2016

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the official opening events of the exhibition The Forests of Venice, Collateral event at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Official opening programme The Forests of Venice
Serra dei Giardini, Viale Giuseppe Garibaldi 1254, Castello, Venice, Italy.

26th May at 17:00 – 18:00: Press event, unveiling exclusive material.
Introduction by the Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy, Alice Bah Kuhnke.

Speakers:
Jan Åman, Atelier Slice
Stefan Sjöberg, Kjellander Sjöberg
Sandra Frank, Folkhem
Livia Podestá, The Swedish Institute

27th May at 17:00 – 22:00: Exhibition and pavilion vernissage ceremony.
Inauguration by the Swedish State Secretary to Minister for Rural Affairs Sven-Erik Bucht, Elisabeth Backteman, followed by an introductory speech by the initiators and curator.

Speakers:
Jenny Bergström, The Swedish Insitute
Stefan Sjöberg, Kjellander Sjöberg
Sandra Frank, Folkhem
Jan Åman, Atelier Slice

28th May at 17:00 – 22:00: Think Tank 014 – a lecture and open discussion.
Moderator: Hans Ibelings – architectural historian.

Speakers:
Chris Sharples, Shop Architects (USA)
Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton (UK)
Alex de Rijke, dRMM (UK)
Tobias Olsson, Swedish Association of Architects (SWE)

Panel:
Jan Åman, Atelier Slice
Stefan Sjöberg, Kjellander Sjöberg
Sandra Frank, Folkhem
Morten Johansson, DinellJohansson
Katarina Lundeberg, In Praise of Shadows

The Forests of Venice is initiated by Kjellander Sjöberg and Folkhem, who have produced the exhibition together with the support of the Swedish Institute. The curator is Jan Åman. Additional support from Swedish Wood, Sveaskog and Martinsons. Including seven selected exhibiting architectural practices – Architects without Borders Sweden, Arrhov Frick, DinellJohansson, Horn.Uggla, In Praise of Shadows, Carmen Izquierdo and Urbio.

The initiative brings together some of Sweden’s most prominent architectural practices and highlights wood as a sustainable construction material, while illustrating the interaction between nature and the man-made human habitat in order to respond to climate change and limited resources.

Our host for Serra dei Giardini is Microclima.

The Forest of Venice

KS designs an exhibition at the Biennale Architettura 2016 in Venice

Urbanity, architecture, forest, wood and climate; are the focal points for Sweden’s contribution to the Venice Biennale 2016

The Forests of Venice, Collateral Event of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Serra dei Giardini.

The Swedish exhibition The Forests of Venice has been officially selected as a Collateral Event during the Venice International Architecture Exhibition. The initiative brings together some of Sweden’s most prominent architectural firms, highlighting wood as a building material and illustrates the interaction between nature and habitat for addressing climate change with limited resources.

The Forests of Venice is initiated and produced by Kjellander Sjöberg and Folkhem with the support of the Swedish Institute. The exhibition is curated by Jan Åman, and is supported by Swedish Wood, Sveaskog and Martinsons.

The exhibition is housed in Serra dei Giardini, a greenhouse built in 1894 and situated between the Biennale’s two main exhibition areas – Giardini and Arsenale. The exhibition takes the city of Venice’s origin and situation as a point of departure, drawing similarities to contemporary times when climate change and rising sea levels pose a global problem of flooding to threatened towns and densely populated coastal areas worldwide.

In dialogue with the Doge’s Palace; one of the city’s most public buildings and symbol of its representative government – Kjellander Sjöberg have created a pavilion installation of solid wood which sits alongside the greenhouse in the garden. The Forests of Venice continues inside the greenhouse where seven selected architectural firms – Architects without Borders-SE, Arrhov Frick, DinellJohansson, Horn.Uggla, In Praise of Shadows, Carmen Izquierdo and Urbio – speculate on how classical Venetian architecture and urban elements can be reformulated into strategies for our time using wood as the main building material.

The exhibition The Forests of Venice connecting to the Biennial theme Reporting from the Front, which explores the architect’s role in the struggle to improve the living conditions of people worldwide.

Our host for Serra dei Giardini is Microclima.

The Forests of Venice is open from May 28 until September 18, 2016.

Serra dei Giardini
1254 Castello, Venedig

Co-creation Malmö

KS invites for an open discussion

This Think Tank takes a closer look at collaborative ways of operating in design and planning processes. We would like to investigate how this may be done in distinct but related fields from art and installation to design and urban planning. What kind of new work can arise by including wider user groups and the people closely connected to a place?

Co-creation points towards possibilities of sharing knowledge and facilitating processes of a complex nature. Join us for a discussion on the power of dialogue, cross-sectional teams and participation, how an activist-approach can empower citizens and address the complications of rigid structures.

Panel Guests
Elin Eyborg (UK), architect and performance maker
Rosa Lund (DK), architect and partner at STED
The Connectors Society (SE), community of architects and urban planners, Malmö
Jessica Segerlund (SE), Älvstranden Utveckling, Göteborg

Time and place
28th April 2016, 17:00
Kjellander Sjöberg
Grimsbygatan 24 (Saltimporten)
211 20 Malmö

The event is free of charge. Wine, beer and snacks will be served

Everyone is welcome, please invite friends and colleagues!

KS at Almedalen

The new urban life

Kjellander Sjöberg takes their dicsussion platform Think Tank to Almedalen 2015. This session is about “The new urban life – Better principles, better cities”

What type of urban qualities should we allow for while planning new neighborhoods and improving existing urban environments? What should be included in the public space of the city, who should be able to participate and how? This edition of Think Tank is about the city’s communal spaces as a public resource – about its content and interstitial spaces.

As cities are built more densely, new lifestyles and needs emerge. New programmes, dreams and urban behaviour combine to create new cities, with possibilities to improve social interaction, quality of life and climate issues. Shared public resources must be utilized to their full potential – for multiple uses and activities simultaneously. Boundaries between work, housing, education, leisure and the private and public spheres should be more flexible.

What are the implications of the above on the urban fabric? What role should be assigned to public meeting spaces? Who should have the right to use them? We focus on the social potential, on involving local communities in the planning process, on urban greenery, food and culture. The aim is to achieve a more open and tolerant programming of urban spaces, where spontaneous events and temporary activities can take place, in brief: a generous and rich urban environment.

What are the underlying principles such a city is shaped by?

The focus is on the following driving forces:
Community potential & participation – Christer Larsson, Director of City Planning, Malmö municipality
Food & culture – Jan Åman, Atelier Slice / Atelier Food, founder and cultural entrepreneur
Urban greenery & ecosystem services – Mattias Gustafsson, URBIO, landscape architect and CEO

Time and place:
10-11 am, 30th June 2015
Arkitekturträdgården, Strandgatan 16A, Visby

The event is open to all.

KS invited to Pittsburgh p4

Kjellander Sjöberg in the USA on the 16-17th of April

Kjellander Sjöberg has been invited to Pittsburgh for the launch of the Pittsburgh p4 – an international summit and conference initiated by The City of Pittsburgh and The Heinz Endowments – a foundation and property owner. The event is the first step in a major effort to form a new model for Pittsburgh’s future growth and sustainable urban development that is innovative, inclusive and equitable. The central and unifying framework is p4 – People, Planet, Place and Performance.

The conference is a two day workshop on the 16-17th of April. Pittsburgh’s mayor William Peduto has invited prominent local leaders and key experts to join forces with national and international guests, with an emphasis on leaders from Nordic metropolitan regions. The objective is to discuss, envision and plan Pittsburgh’s continuing emergence as a post-industrial leader.

KS at The Light Symposium

Stefan Sjöberg is giving a talk at The Light Symposium 2015

The Light Symposium will be held in conjunction with the International Year of Light 2015, an initiative composed of a large consortium of scientific bodies together with UNESCO, with the objective to raise awareness of the potential inherent in light, lighting and lighting technology and to provide solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture and health.

The event will offer sessions with internationally renowned speakers and aims to provide a wide and deep perspective on the topic and to raise the level of the discussions and general knowledge in the field of Architectural Lighting Design. Stefan Sjöberg is invited to discuss the relationship between daylight and architecture on the 19th of March at KTH in Stockholm.

“Light reveals the essence of architecture, defining space both in urban environments and peoples everyday life.” Stefan Sjöberg.

Läs mer om The Light Symposium

KS lectures in Stockholm

KTH 8th November 2012 18.00

Open lecture by Ola Kjellander and Stefan Sjöberg at the School of Architecture.

KS presents latest residential projects and shares the experience and thoughts about urban planning. Where is the development going to? How do we create a community? How do we build a sustainable city? Do we need to redefine the concept?

The point of departure of our lecture is the notion of “In Situ”, raising the question of how architects and urban planners can better relate to the existing context and its development, not only in Stockholm.

In situ avser ett verk som skapats för en specifik plats. Inom arkitekturen beskriver termen en platsbyggd konstruktion utförd direkt på plats från råmaterial. Platsbyggnadstekniker innehåller ett större mått av flexibilitet och resultatet är mångsidigt och följsamt. Kjellander Sjöberg förespråkar bostäder med en koppling till sitt närsamhälle och sammanhang – arkitektur som har potentialen att läka stadsmiljöer och stimulera ett aktivt offentligt rum med sociala samband.

The lecture is open for public, admission free and doesn’t require any registration.
For Stockholms Arkitektförening, in collaboration with KTH School of Architecture
Date: 8th November 2012, 6 pm
Place: KTH School of Architecture, Östermalmsgatan 26, sal A2, Stockholm

KS invited to Urban Futures Forum

Round table conversation on new possibilities for sustainable urban development

Kjellander Sjöberg is invited to participate in The Copenhagen Urban Futures Forum to share their knowledge and expertise in sustainable urban development. The organizers are the Danish Ministry of the Environment together with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Future Perfect. The Forum is an interactive discussion and consultation with the aim to reach hands on recommendations: liveability and urban form, resource efficiency, climate adaptation, infrastructure, cooperation and sustainable lifestyles.

“We are facing enormous challenges both environmentally and economically, and I truly believe that a greener economy with more focus on resource efficiency, effective solutions for handling climate change, and an overall focus on sustainability is the way forward. It is clear that our cities will be incredibly important in implementing green economy in our everyday lives. If we are to achieve the best results, we have to share our best practices and experiences with other pioneers in sustainable city development. This forum will allow us to get valuable input to our continued work with creating more sustainability in our cities”. – Ida Auken, Minister for Environment, Denmark

Urbanism – the design, development, inhabitation and adaptation of cities – has, across the 20th and early 21st century, become the terrain where most of society’s questions converge. Copenhagen and Denmark have become associated with successful answers to these questions, pioneering models of urban morphology, lifestyle, and economics, blended with long-term commitments to sustainable infrastructure and energy, and social justice and progress.

The Copenhagen Urban Futures Forum is an informal, high-level roundtable on new options for sustainable urban living, to be held Monday 7 October, 2013 for around 40 invited guests in Copenhagen. The event is a consultation initiative of the Danish Ministry of the Environment (MIM) in collaboration with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Resource Vision sustainable architects, and the Futureperfect Association (Sweden). Support is also received from the U.S. Embassy to Denmark.

The following are the themes and emerging questions that the Forum will address:

1 Liveability & Urban Form
2 Resource Efficiency & Infrastructure
3 Climate Adaptation
4 Asset-light Living & Internet
5 Business, Trade & Investment

Kjellander Sjöberg at Liljevalchs

In connection with Liljevalchs’ exhibit Home Sweet Home

Seminar: “How do we create a homely atmosphere in the future?”

The question is posed to the architects Stefan Sjöberg and Anders Nyquist and art historian Maja Willén. The seminar is led by design and architecture critic Annica Kvint – one of three curators who created the current exhibition at Liljevalch’s – Home Sweet Home.

The panel consists of the art historian Maja Willén, who has researched open floor plan layouts, architect Anders Nyquist, who is a specialist in recycling architecture since 45 years, and architect Stefan Sjöberg from Kjellander Sjöberg, who designs homes for the major urban development projects, Norra Djurgårdsstaden and Järva.

9th of September, 18:00 – 20:00.

Doors open from 17:00 with the opportunity to see the exhibition Home Sweet Home before the seminar begins.

Stefan Sjöberg on future of housing

In connection with Liljevalch’s exhibit Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home is an artistic interpretation of Swedish and international design icons and their style ideals. With an unpretentious but elegant mix of high and low, cheap and expensive, the exhibition advocates inspiration instead of consumption with the aim of a sustainable future.

“Living involves so much more than houses. It’s about lifestyle. ” says Stefan Sjöberg.

In conjunction with the exhibition Home Sweet Home, Stefan Sjöberg, Graham Hill, Karin Bradley and Clara Lindström were interviewed by the exhibition’s producer Annica Kvint. In the article, Back to the Future, Stefan Sjöberg talks about future of housing and how concepts and lifestyle is in competition with sustainability and function.

The exhibition Home Sweet Home – furnished stories, is shown during 27th of June to 15th of September.

Read the article
Read more about Home Sweet Home

Pro dialogue: Architecture & Cities

Kjellander Sjöberg participates in the year’s Futureperfect festival on Grinda.

Pro Dialogues is a series of short presentations by speakers with expertise in their respective areas. An exchange of experiences, talks about the challenges and potentials that exist today and in the future. The seminar welcomes all professionals and individuals who are interested in sustainability in architecture and planning.

Futureperfect, 15th – 17th of August on Grinda.

Pro Dialogues

The role of architecture and cities in making a sustainable society could not be more central. The built environment is not only the single most intensive concentration of materials that society manipulates – including carbon, and energy, minerals, water, waste, and biomass – but it sets the patterns by which people live the their daily lives.

New ways of living, and new systems for the management of materials, natural resources and systems, and business models, are all emerging now in architecture and city design. The speakers will lead us through their work in these areas, and discuss the challenges and opportunities along the road ahead. Some of these include the rebuilding of Kiruna City Centre, a food-focussed block in Årstafältet, using bees to reinforce urban ecosystem resilience, and more.

Speakers for the Architecture and Cities Pro Dialogue include:
Karolina Lisslö, Bee Urban
Krister Lindstedt, White Arkitekter
Anna Edblom, White Arkitekter
Anna Denell, Vasakronan
Alexander Ståhle, Spacescape
Stefan Sjöberg, Kjellander Sjöberg

What, where and for whom do we build?

KS berättar om kvaliteter i planering och bostadsbyggande!

Ola Kjellander och Stefan Sjöberg är inbjudna att tala och delta i diskussion om stadsbyggnad och bostäder på Färgfabriken den 17:e april.

Under 2012 blev vi närmare hundra personer fler i Storstockholm – varje dag. Var ska våra nya grannar bo? Det byggs nya enklaver och det kompletteras i befintliga stadsstrukturer. Hur förvaltas det platsspecifika i förverkligandet av Promenadstaden? Vilka framsteg har gjorts inom bostadsbyggandet det senaste decenniet? Vad bygger vi nu? Hur uppnås en långsiktig hållbarhet i såväl arkitektur som i byggnadernas utformning? Vem bygger vi för? Förändrade hushållssammansättningar och ett förhållandevis homogent bostadsbestånd ger utmaningar för nybyggandet. Vi har ett gyllene tillfälle att komplettera med bostadstyper som saknas. Hur förvaltas den möjligheten? Vad behöver vi för bostäder?

Välkommen till en eftermiddag om framtidens bostadsbyggande! Seminariet anordnas av samfundet St Erik.