Kjellander Sjöberg to transform Stockholm’s sea front

Kjellander Sjöberg has won a competition to transform a site in the former industrial harbor of Stockholm, Södra Värtan. The commission includes designing a new urban focal point in the emerging sustainable Royal Seaport area. The proposed structure is based on the context’s concept and its industrial heritage. The proposal comprises an addition that creates a vivid hybrid block with workplaces, housing, commercial facilities and public meeting spaces. The transformation creates an open and welcoming neighborhood, with a generous public courtyard and a lush activity-based landscape park on the roof. The project is being developed for the property owner NIAM in cooperation with BOGL landscape architects (DK). The project is up for a public hearing for a new DDP until February 2017.

Kjellander Sjöberg develops design concept for Malmö Food Hall

Kjellander Sjöberg has developed a design and furniture concept of the public spaces in Malmö’s new food hall. The commission comprised of a design development of the interior as well as the exterior public spaces. KS has also designed the entire interior concept for the fish restaurant Malmstens Fisk & Kök.

The food hall, Godsmagasinet, is a listed building, originally a freight depot, which has been extensively renovated. The building is located in an exciting, vibrant and rapidly developing area in the heart of Malmö. KS’s design relates to the site, the industrial heritage of the building, and the unique brand DNA of the restaurants and shops moving in.

The refurbishment and new addition to the Malmö Food Hall was executed by Wingårdhs Architects. Photo: Felix Gerlach

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

Kjellander Sjöberg awarded 1st prize for design competition in Riddersvik garden city

Kjellander Sjöberg has in collaboration with Wallfast won a land transfer competition in Riddersvik in Stockholm. The area around the old plant nursery is being transformed into a modern garden city, consisting of 600 housing units in mixed forms of tenure. The jury favoured quality over price-tag when awarding the eight chosen developers who are to build the green and intimately-scaled neighbourhood. 32 design proposals were submitted in total for the various competition areas. The municipality set fixed prices for the land transfer and the proposals were therefore judged solely on the quality of the architectural design, the housing qualities, and how well the term “garden city” was interpreted. KS’s proposal comprises 100 mixed tenure units.

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

Kjellander Sjöberg nominated for the Housing Prize 2016 by Architects Sweden

The project Fittja Terraces has been nominated for the Housing Prize 2016, annually awarded by Architects Sweden, with the motivation: “The design shows a possible way of working with standardized building elements – an affordable construction method selected in order to give locals possibilities to own their own dwellings. The architectural expression and the local plan are both designed to endorse future additions and the residents can influence the layout and number of rooms in their homes.

The project Fittja Terraces represents the area’s first new production of housing for the selling market and is a welcomed addition to the large existing rental housing stock built in the 1970’s. The new buildings create a clearly integrated lively strip between the local centre and Fittja Äng further down towards the water. The environment becomes a small-scale urban addition with social opportunities, emphasizing variation and a rich diversity of housing types and sizes.

The Housing Prize is issued annually by Architects Sweden, rewarding recently completed residential projects of high architectural quality. The jury takes into consideration living qualities, good execution processes, tradition and international influence as well as how technical innovations are designed. The aim is to stimulate and broaden the knowledge of excellent residential projects in Sweden.

Fittja Terraces offers alternative form of housing in terms of size, price and quality, and strives for creating opportunities for a housing career locally. The broadness and diversity is created through focusing on small apartments, bigger households with many rooms for large families and possibilities for multigenerational homes in the area. The project proved to be very popular – all dwellings were sold to mainly local residents in a very short time.

Through a deliberate focus on mixing different sizes of households, types of accommodation and by providing a complement to the area’s homogeneous nature – in terms of both content and architecture – Fittja Terraces are a step towards social sustainability in Botkyrka.

Kjellander Sjöberg launches new visual identity

Kjellander Sjöberg has developed a new visual identity in collaboration with Burgess & Beech, a London-based graphic design practice. KS is constantly developing and growing; we are an innovative, international, creative, ethical and engaged architectural practice and it was therefore natural to update our graphic identity to reflect this.

For KS it is very important to further strengthen our active role within the architectural and urban design discourse, as well as reaching out to the industry and to interested members of the public, both in Sweden and internationally.

Remove clutter
We work with design on a daily basis, and therefore have very high expectations on our own graphic products. All excess elements have been removed by introducing a clear and simple logotype, developed with the motto ‘remove clutter’. The objective of the change was to clearly convey Kjellander Sjöberg’s core values through the visual language. The dialogue and journey with Burgess & Beech has been exciting and we are very happy with the outcome. We hope that you will enjoy our new visual language as much as we do!

Magnolia square stage one of a new neighbourhood

KS develops in southern Stockholm

With a variation of streets, squares and parks, Magnolia Square is the first stage of a new mixed-use urban district in Stora Sköndal. Kjellander Sjöberg have been appointed to design the urban space together with the building volumes and procurement of the overall quality program.

The proposed plan, which has been earmarked for approval in 2017, sets the foundations for a larger development of an inclusive neighbourhood with clear links to the surrounding area and the region’s existing cultural milieu. Lively and active urban spaces are generated through the collection of sensitive building forms, walking-speed streets, pocket parks and squares. Sköndal’s exiting public services provide a platform for the proposed additions to develop further.

The current planning stage for the site consists of a mix of rental and owner apartments, health care and nursing homes as well as office and commercial space. The project team also includes Landskapslaget who have been appointed for the design and development of the landscaping, and real estate developers EBAB. Magnolia Square is a collaborative initiative between Stiftelsen Stora Sköndal (as client) and the City of Stockholm.

KS awarded first prize in design innovation competition

Sege Park presents possibilities for reduced resource consumption

The project It Takes a Block has been announced as the winner for the design innovation competition – The Nordic Built City Challenge – for the Swedish site in Sege Park in Malmö. The proposal has been developed by Kjellander Sjöberg along with the Danish landscape practices Sted and BOGL, Atkins consultancy, Platspilot and students from LTH. It presents affordable housing based on climate-smart and community-based solutions for liveable and sustainable smart cities.

The winning proposal combines a number of strategies in order to support a sustainable lifestyle with a focus on sharing as a way to reduce resource consumption. There are several common facilities within the urban block, such as a canteen and a cultural centre. The roof terraces are equipped with greenhouses and a water centre with a bath and a laundry room. These shared functions and spaces allow for smaller living spaces whilst maintaining or even improving the living quality.

Open and flexible spaces connected to space-efficient functions are a common theme for both the indoor and outdoor design. The residents are encouraged to use the block and living areas as efficiently and innovatively as possible to suit their needs.

The prize was awarded during the Nordic Built Cities Benchmarking Forum in Helsinki.

New school in Burkina Faso

KS designs a project in West Africa

A school building designed by Kjellander Sjöberg is currently being built in the village Nakamtenga in Burkina Faso. The project is an initiative of the organization Yennenga Progress, which has already built another school in the area. The project proved to be a great success in the village; children make rapid progress and the school also attracts students from the surrounding villages. The need for classrooms is extensive across the whole region.

The building’s robust concept derives from a modular frame system across three dimensions. This provides opportunities to create spaces for the stairs, entrance balconies, canopies and solar protection within the same system.

The school is built entirely by local builders and craftsmen, thus creating much needed local livelihoods. The building’s foundation is in place and the classrooms will be ready for the start of term in September.

The project is volunteer based and carried out pro-bono by Kjellander Sjöberg.

Nordic team finalists in Malmö

Sustainable lifestyle in a climate-smart block

Kjellander Sjöberg has been selected as one of the four finalists in the design competition”Sharing for Affordable and Climate Smart Living”. The competition aims to find climate-smart solutions for Sege Park which will become Malmö’s new showcase for sustainable urban development, comprising 800 new housing units, within ten years. Sege Park is one of six in the Nordic competition series “The Nordic Built Cities Challenge”.

KS has together with the Danish landscape practices Sted and BOGL, along with LTH students and Atkins consultancy, developed the proposal It Takes a Block. It focuses on the lifestyle aspects of creating a sustainable society and how it can be supported by the built environment.

The second phase of the design competition will be carried out in the spring of 2016, in parallel with a land transfer competition for the area, offering a possibility for collaboration across both processes.

The four finalists will be exhibited at the Form/Design Center in Malmö from 3rd February until 6th March 2016.

Klara Strand becomes an urban node

KS transforms key property in central Stockholm

Kjellander Sjöberg is commissioned by NIAM to develop the Klara Strand block into a new welcoming urban node. The block is strategically situated near Stockholm Central Station.

By means of renovation and extensions, the vision for Klara Strand is to increase the intensity and range of activities in the area as well as integrate the building more clearly into the cityscape. By focusing on urban qualities and by opening up towards the surrounding urban fabric, the property is established as an important key point within the city.

The project works across various scales and dissolves boundaries between landscape, city, building and interior. The first phase of the project comprises a vivid bazaar with shops and cafés that open towards the Klarabergsgatan street, as well as a new interior street with meeting places for both the public as well as for private and commercial use. Estimated completion of the first stage is June 2016.

KS wins in southern Stockholm

Mix of urban and nature qualities

Kjellander Sjöberg has won the urban design competition for the Magnolia site by the centre of Sköndal in southern Stockholm. The design increases the openness of the area, connecting the adjacent urban fabric with valuable cultural and natural surroundings. The supplementary urban fabric generates a rich mixture of housing typologies, programmes and activities, creating a new network of public spaces and parks as destination points for the whole city of Stockholm.

The design proposal seeks to redevelop the public realm and consists of a new square, a pocket park, a shared-street and four new blocks with approximately 200 residential units in mixed forms of tenure, along with care and nursing homes. The development will focus on generating inclusive life conditions, ecosystem services and an environment that gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists.

The site is owned and managed by the Foundation Stora Sköndal, which is an idea driven, non-profit organization, engaged in diaconal-social work. KS’s commission is to develop a structural plan with programming and a guideline document in collaboration with the City of Stockholm and the Foundation Stora Sköndal.

The public hearing for the DDP is due in the spring of 2016 and construction is planned to commence on site during 2017.

View from Stadshagsberget

Kjellander Sjöberg’s and Wallin’s latest collaboration

KS is, in close collaboration with the developer Byggnadsfirman Erik Wallin, developing two new housing volumes with 90 apartments. The project is situated in the Stadshagen district on Kungsholmen in central Stockholm. Stadshagen is characterised by its open green structure, its rich recreational possibilities and the vicinity to the waterside. The building volumes are designed to overlook the Karlberg creek and the rooftops of Vasastan with both nature and urban life just around the corner.

The project is a part of the new Stadshagen masterplan; which is a growing extension of the dense city center around St. Eriksgatan and Flemminggatan. The project’s small and compact housing units have got strong, efficient floor plans and high end interior design finishes.

The detailed development plan is currently going through public hearing. It is estimated for approval in the early 2017. Construction is due to commence in 2018.