Enhancing Gottsunda

Kjellander Sjöberg, together with Urban Minds, have been commissioned to assist Uppsala Municipality with the development of its southern district of Gottsunda. The main objective is to transform the area into a cohesive urban environment with rich diversity and varied content. The points of departure are the existing qualities – community, culture, entrepreneurship and natural values. The initiative is a part of the new development programme for Gottsunda, focusing on social values, jobs and an explicit political will to make it a place for everyone. The process is a part of the government’s focus on new cities with a new regional railway station by Bergsbrunna and a local cross-link across the city. The programme, including a new urban plan with housing, workplaces, shops and services, has launched an open dialogue with representatives of local interest groups.

KS invited to a design competition in London

Kjellander Sjöberg is one of the four teams invited for a design competition in the ongoing development of Brent Cross South in north London. The brief calls for a centrally located urban district, strategically linking the main street with green public spaces and local squares. The project consists of approx. 380 housing units and businesses on the ground floor. The client, Argent Related, formed a joint venture with the Barnet Council in 2016 to bring forward the development of a mixed-use neighbourhood including 6 700 homes, 270 000 sq m of commercial space, new parks, meeting places, schools and shops. The new neighbourhood will become the heart of the Brent Cross Shopping Centre regeneration, including the development of an existing shopping mall and a new Thameslink station.

Facilitator of the Year 2017 prize

KS’s pro-bono project the elementary school in Burkina Faso, developed in collaboration with Yennenga Progress, was awarded the “Facilitator of the Year” prize at the Architecture Gala 2017, arranged by Architects Sweden. The prize rewards a person or a practice enabling good architecture with a significant contribution to society. The need for classrooms is extensive across the whole region and the school has proven to be a great success both for the village itself as well as by attracting students from the surrounding areas. The project, designed by KS, is built entirely by local builders and craftsmen, thus improving the local economy.

“We are very happy that the jury chose to recognize this kind of project. The true facilitator is Yennenga Progress, developing a range of projects in Burkina Faso.”
– Lena Viterstedt, partner in charge.

KS wins competition for Söderstadion

Kjellander Sjöberg has, in team with Wallenstam, Åke Sundvall, Castellum and White architects, won the competition for the future development of Söderstadion in Stockholm with the proposal “Söderhov”. The vision is to create an integrated urban district near the Globe Arena, that offers both a local urban vibe and memorable experiences. A natural place for people to meet and socialize and a visitor destination with a wide range of food, music and sports. The proposal, that contains a new park and constitutes a vibrant, urban edge toward the Globen square, aims at generating new meeting places and social community. Söderhov becomes a city district for both residents and businesses in a dynamic relation to the existing city fabric and the emerging area Slakthusområdet. The land transfer competition, launched by the City of Stockholm contains approximately 800 apartments as well as businesses with offices, hotels and centrally located amenities.

More about the competition in Swedish

KS nominated for major tile award

We’re happy to announce that KS’s Elderly Care Skärvet is nominated for the tile award “Stora Kakelpriset 2017”. The annual award highlights Swedish architecture using tiles in a way that utilizes the positive qualities of the material.

The project Elderly Care Skärvet combines four sections of different types of tile patterns creating a vivid and varied facade. Apart from design and material use, Skärvet is designed to achieve LEED platinum and Skanska’s top-level environmental classification.

The elderly care is a part of the neighbourhood Skärvet, a starting point for a new urban district in Växjö. KS, together with Skanska, won the land transfer competition for the development of the site in 2014.

KS discussing Commoning Kits at ABAR

Upcoming ABAR focuses on KS’s exhibition Commoning Kits. An exhibition presenting innovating prototypes designed by 13 Scandinavian architectural offices to discuss urban commons, meeting places and sharing in our future cities.
The event will be opened by Johan Pitura from Kjellander Sjöberg, followed by a discussion of the exhibiting architects about their proposals and prototypes for the exhibition. The public is invited to participate in the discussion.

Lecturers:
Johan Pitura (Kjellander Sjöberg)
Uffe Leth (Leth + Gori )
Susanna Rahm (Nilsson Rahm)
Anna Nilsson (Nilsson Rahm)
Magnus Kvalheim (Vardehaugen)
Anna Forslöw (Ahaa)

The event is free and open to everyone.

Time: Thursday Sept 5 at 17:30
Place: Form/Design Center, Lilla torg 9, Malmö

How Stora Sköndal becomes an urban melting pot

The public hearing phase for the new Program for Stora Sköndal has now been launched. It marks the starting point for Sköndal’s transformation into an inclusive urban neighbourhood with nature and heart. The district is centrally located in southern Stockholm and has a long cultural history with valuable nature, proximity to water and broad existing social activities. The vision shows possibilities for creating an integrated diverse city with 4,400 new housing units, workplaces, nursery and healthcare services, education, various amenities, recreation and sport – all for people with functional variation. Kjellander Sjöberg has, as a part of the workgroup, designed an urban structure with good opportunities for increased diversity as well as more mixed and denser urban development. The proposal is based on the precondition to create a socially and physically inclusive environment, taking into consideration Sköndal’s high cultural values, ecological links and existing activities. The development process is a way to introduce better connections to the surroundings and to offer new functionally varied meeting places – a square, streets, parks and pathways.

The landowner Foundation Stora Sköndal has initiated the work on the Program with the overall goal to manage and develop its activities in the future in close collaboration with the City of Stockholm. To adopt such community-building task, the Foundation Stora Sköndal has created a workgroup with broad competence. Kjellander Sjöberg has worked with urban design and architecture, accompanied by The City Planning Office, EBAB, Landskapslaget, Ekologigruppen, WSP and Spacescape.
The construction start for Stora Sköndal’s first stage – Magnoliatomten – is scheduled for 2019.
The Program for Stora Sköndal is exhibited for public hearing from 2017-09-26 until 2017-11-06.

KS curating exhibition at Form/Design Center

What do we need to build apart from housing?
What creates identity, local involvement and a sense of belonging in an urban neighbourhood?

The exhibition Commoning Kits at Form/Design Center showcases 13 examples of how new meeting places can be created to generate and kick-start qualitative development and community in an urban district.

The exhibition is a dialogue process and an investigation presenting innovative prototypes – toolkits – designed to be used in different settings and cities, based on desired needs.
Behind the proposals are some of the Scandinavia’s most creative architectural practices:

Arrhov Frick
EriksenSkajaa
Förstberg Ling
In Praise of Shadows
Krupinski/Krupinska
Lenschow & Pihlmann
Leth&Gori
Marge
Nilsson Rahm
Norell/Rodhe
Rintala Eggerston
Sted
Vardehaugen +AHAA

The point of departure for this exploration is the development of Sege Park, which will become a new hub in Malmö with the ambition to be a showcase for social and sustainable urban development.

Commoning Kits offers several opportunities for open Think Tanks and further discussions about the city. The inauguration opens with a seminar where guest speaker Finn Willams together with the exhibiting architects will discuss how we can create better communities in our cities.

The discussion and exhibition is a collaboration between Kjellander Sjöberg, Form/Design Center in Malmö and Malmö City.

Welcome to a discussion about Commoning Kits!

Place: Form/Design Center, Lilla Torg 9, Malmö
Seminar: 6 Sept kl 15:00 – 17:00
Vernissage: 6 Sept kl 17:30 – 20:00
Exhibition runs: September 6 – October 10
Initiative and idea: Kjellander Sjöberg
Curator: Stefan Sjöberg
Exhibition designer: Kjellander Sjöberg

Culture block in Östersund

KS, together with Bogl, designs a proposal for a new central meeting place, Gustav III’s Square in Östersund. The site is to be transformed from a bus terminal into a vivid attractive destination point with great programmatic variation. The municipality, together with Diös Real Estate, will use the proposal to investigate further possibilities of including a new concert hall, city library, art school as well as hotels and housing into the area. KS project creates new paths and connections with an open and humble spatial formation that relates to the small-scale urban fabric. Focus has been put on creating meeting places with a good microclimate, flexibility and inviting character, which can be used by different social groups year round. The new buildings will create synergy between various programs and strongly contribute to the vibrant urban life of Östersund.

KS wins a competition in Helsingborg

KS has, together with Veidekke won a competition for a housing block in Oceanhamnen, new town district in Helsingborg.

“The proposal takes vision of sustainability for future housing to a new level” describes the jury.
The block, designed by Kjellander Sjöberg, consists of around 55 apartments where flexibility, sustainability and programming have been the leading factors of the design process. The eco-labeled buildings in CLT and recycled bricks connect to the surroundings of the harbour in both configuration and program.

Focus has also been on social sustainability. On the smaller scale of each individual apartment, smart and flexible solutions can vary the accommodation character based on changing conditions and future needs. On the large scale, the buildings connect and invite activity and movement, as well as inspire social initiative and further integration using meeting places and open facilities.