New Eriksberg

The child optimized community

Kjellander Sjöberg has, in collaboration with Urbio, Urban Minds and Iterio, developed a playful child optimized urban planning proposal in the invited competition for New Eriksberg in Uppsala, commissioned by Uppsalahem.

Eriksberg is a popular neighbourhood in central Uppsala, built in the late 50’s. Forthcoming renovations of Uppsalahem’s portfolio of 1,500 homes and a proposed addition of 2,000 new homes, offer an opportunity for innovation and sustainable urban development where a holistic approach is requested. A development that is careful, transparent and democratic, in dialogue form, where the existing values are maintained and enhanced.

Our vision for New Eriksberg involves a long-term process aimed at creating a vibrant community with diversity, green qualities and liveability. The area will have a varied content with potential for different types of businesses, residences, residents and lifestyles. Through mixing forms of tenures, creating a variety in urban spaces, buildings and architecture from different periods, a rich and complex neighbourhood will emerge from a forward-looking and robust strategy. All urban spaces have been designed on the basis of optimizing the area from a childrens perspective. Play is a central theme in New Eriksberg.

First prize at Årstafältet

KS proposal Postgården goes forward

Now it is clear that Kjellander Sjöberg’s proposal for the second stage of the urban development of Årstafältet, Postgården, continues after completing the competition. The block of about 90 residential units is a standalone “superblock” located at the neighbourhood’s new square. KS has, together with the developer Sundsvall designed a building that will be a clear focus point on the site’s southeastern side, in the background of Årstafältet active park. The block lands on the site with an open public ground floor that house different functions. It contains a variety of apartment types both for the rental and the sales market.

From the assessment team motivation:
“City Life: The proposal is very strong in its relationship to the square and the street. With the addition of housing and commercial space that spill out onto the street, opportunities are created for street life meeting more private living spaces. Garden spaces as entrances create a welcoming home.
Architectural quality: The staggered positioning of the buildings creates an intriguing volume which is clearly visible from the park. The proposal provides good living qualities with many double-sided apartments.” – Åke Sundevall, City Planning and Development Office in Stockholm.

Light Houses – Young Nordic Architecture

Kjellander Sjöberg at the Architecture and Design Centre

Light Houses presents thirty Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish architecture firms. The architects were invited to create a model of a conceptual “house” that reflects their personal philosophy of architecture. The exhibition also highlights current social and environmental themes, looking at the economic constraints and diminishing environmental resources that challenge architects all over the world in their efforts to achieve maximum quality in their designs. The objects are complemented by the architects’ own texts.

The exhibition is an updated version of the joint Nordic exhibition made for the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2012 and is displayed from 15th of October until 16th of February 2014 at the Architecture and Design Centre in Stockholm.

Light Houses – Young Nordic Architecture

Kjellander Sjöberg exhibits at the Museum of Finnish Architecture

This year’s summer exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture features young Nordic architects. The exhibition is a comprehensive presentation of contemporary Nordic architecture. Through the work of 32 young architects and architectural firms the exhibition shows that contemporary Nordic architecture has an exemplary way to approach contemporary global challenges. The Nordic architecture’s traditional characteristics – straightforward design and sober use of materials, taking into account natural light, natural environment and context – represents in itself the principles of responsible and sustainable architecture.

During the summer of 2013, the exhibition, which premiered at the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice 2012, will be shown in Helsinki with a broader content.

The exhibition will be shown from 5th of June until 22nd of September 2013 at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki.

Dream houses at von Echstedtska Gården

KS exhibiting at Värmlands Museum

In the summer exhibition “Glasklara minnen i drömhus och landskap” (Crystal-clear memories in dream homes and landscapes) at the von Echstedtska Gården in Värmland, KS creates a temporary installation in collaboration with I Ingalena Klenell.

“A new pavilion designed for future memories that reflect themselves in the old dam from the 1700s. A house to dream in, a little house, almost an outdoor space, with flexible and light nuances and shifts between outside and inside, to be made of environmentally friendly and sustainable materials.”

The exhibition opens on Sunday, 26th May 2013 at 1 pm by the chairman of the Värmlands Museum, Philip Johnsson.

The exhibition is open 26th May – 25th August 2013, Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 6 pm.

Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

KS selected for the Architecture Biennale in Venice

Kjellander Sjöberg is invited to participate at the exhibition “Lighthouses – The Nordic Common Ground” in the Nordic pavilion at the Architecture Biennale 2012.

10 architecture practices from Sweden, Norway and Finland were selected to design respective installations for the Sverre Fehn’s uplifting exhibition pavilion built in 1962. The curator for the Nordic contribution is Peter MacKeith.

David Chipperfield is the main curator of this year’s Biennale. The general topic is Common Ground. “The emphasis of the 2012 Biennale is on what we have in common. Above all, the ambition of Common Ground is to reassert the existence of an architectural culture, made up not just of singular talents but a rich continuity of diverse ideas united in a common history, common ambitions, common predicaments and ideals”

The exhibition is open 29th August – 25th November 2012.

Sweden Green Building Council

KS member of Sweden Green Building Council

The membership is a step in our continuous development of sustainable architecture and urban design.

The association organizes i.a. a seminar series during September 2011 about sustainability certification of city neighbourhoods.

About Sweden Green Building Council:
Sweden Green Building Council is a non-profit organization owned by its members, open to all companies and organizations within the Swedish construction and real estate sector who wish to develop and influence of environmental and sustainability work in the industry.

Together with the Sweden Green Building Council, we have created a common set of values which speeds up our development with the help of common certification system, focusing on the Swedish needs and values.

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