1st prize for Woodhouse Rosendal

The utilised block!

The architectural practice Kjellander Sjöberg has, along with Diligentia, won a land transfer competition in Rosendal with the proposal Woodhouse. The project comprises 100 innovative housing units, using passive-house techniques around a community-minded, green and vivid courtyard. The proposal consists of buildings in solid timber with the theme: “The able and variable neighbourhood”.

Woodhouse Rosendal is the result of a close collaboration between the property developer Diligentia, URBIO landscape architects, Aton Technology & energy consultants and RENEWINN timber consultants.

Uppsala Municipality’s vision for the emerging neighbourhood of Rosendal, in the southern parts of Uppsala, near Akademiska Sjukhuset, is of an exciting and vibrant urban environment with innovative solutions for sustainability, urban life and architecture.

KS’s winning proposal occupies the largest competition area, A1, by the area’s new square, Halltorget. Woodhouse is based on the fundamental concept of sustainable lifestyle with high quality of life, excellent architecture and urban design which generates new experiences.

Small-scale housing that fills the gap, Arkitektur

In Arkitektur no. 7, 2014, the editorial team discusses the current Swedish housing gap. Kjellander Sjöberg’s project Sjöterrassen is referred to as a good and innovative example of a newly built housing project.

“Sjöterrassen adds a sequel to the story of human habitat that the industrialized construction has helped creating. Some lessons have been learned. Technology has been toned down. What emerges is lively architecture, which demonstrates that quality can be created if one shows care for the resources available, rather than having access to large quantity of resources.
Meticulousness is visible/ … / in the buildings’ placement in the landscape and in their relationships to each other. Simple blocks come to life through the way they shapes interstitial spaces and places.”

Arkitektur, no 7, 2014, pp 70-73

First prize – Trädgårdsstaden

Land transfer competition in Helsingborg settled

KS’s proposal Trädgårdsstaden has won the land transfer competition for Ringstorp in Helsingborg, issued by the municipality of Helsingborg, with developers Sundprojekt and Strabag. The project will now proceed and obtain development rights, based on the current DDP from 2010. (Gamla staden 5:16, based on the illustration plan and drafts developed by Marianne Levinsen, landscape, Tengbom architects and Dorte Mandrup architects in co-operation with the municipal planning department). KS’s proposal contributes with a mixed scheme comprising approximately 190 new residential units in a project that simultaneously incorporates small-scale qualities and density with a combination of green public spaces, courtyards for public gathering and private spaces.

Trädgårdsstaden’s concept and structure derives from the local context with its crisp and dramatic mix of high rises, allotment gardens and gardens surrounding single-family houses. The concept is based on the surrounding private gardens which are moved up vertically in the proposed new buildings. All residents are given an advantaged and sustainable opportunity to influence and cultivate in their own domestic environment. The buildings will have seasonal, vivid and evolving green facades, with their own kitchen gardens, plots or orangeries. The landscape at ground level in contrast provides opportunities for social interaction, a sense of community, meetings, playing and recreation. Ample focus has been given to how the proposal is integrated and linked with the patterns, flows and movements of city. Trädgårdsstaden is a welcoming, safe and innovative environment for all.

New CEO at KS

Mi Inkinen has been appointed CEO at Kjellander Sjöberg architects in Stockholm from 1st June 2014. She has been a partner at KS for nine years, where she, along with heading several of the practice’s built projects, has led and coordinated the company’s strategic development, focusing on quality and profitability associated with new business opportunities.

– Kjellander Sjöberg are in a strong position today. We have expanded in several areas and successfully won many new contracts. We have deliberately focused on development, expanding our vision both regarding our internal organization and creative design work. Kjellander Sjöberg stands for innovation and sustainability, projects that last. Our professional approach is to create a close relationship between architecture and urban design, working with buildings and urban spaces that reinforce each other and the city. I look forward to actively developing our practice in the exciting phase we are in, says Mi Inkinen.

– Mi Inkinen is an accomplished leader with a holistic approach and extensive experience of the field as a whole. With her deep insight, expertise and knowledge of the business , she will be able to achieve our long term goals to further develop and strengthen KS’s position as a leading architectural firm, both in Sweden and internationally, says Stefan Sjöberg, Chairman of Kjellander Sjöberg.

Contact Mi Inkinen

Urban development assignment Kolkajen

KS selected by the City of Stockholm

Kjellander Sjöberg, in a team with Urban Minds, Urbio, Iterio and Ekologigruppen, has been selected by the City of Stockholm for a framework agreement and parallel assignment in Norra Djurgårdsstaden.

The assignment encompasses an urban development concept for the Hjorthagen waterfront area in Norra Djurgårdsstaden, linking the Brofästet area with the transportation node at Ropsten. Kolkajen has been identified as a future sustainable neighborhood with at least 1,500 new housing units, work places and complementary social and commercial services. The attractive design of the new district will enhance the area’s potential and create a vibrant waterfront environment that will become both a local destination as well as inviting visitors from further afield.

Kolkajen is expected to become a dynamic meeting point, offering a high quality living environment, an urban environment that is characterized by the area’s high ambition regarding the environment and sustainability.

The assignment encompasses “Urban structure, building volumes and design of public spaces in the phases Kolkajen, Tjärkajen and Ropsten in Norra Djurgårdsstaden”. The procurement regards both a parallel assignment and a framework agreement for continued design of the urban structure and the public spaces. The contracting unit is Exploateringskontoret, the division for Major projects. Out of 28 applicants, three teams have been selected after a prequalification and interview stage.

KS’s new PR department

Saki Azodi and Jakub Jílek strengthens the team

Saki Azodi and Jakub Jílek have been appointed new PR and Communications coordinators at Kjellander Sjöberg architects in Stockholm. Both are educated architects with a background in public relations.

Saki obtained a master degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art’s school of Architecture in Copenhagen and a bachelor degree from LondonMet in London. She has previously been with Henning Larsen Architects and Caruso St John, and has an international background in architecture, art, fashion, web and communications.

Jakub is originally Czech but comes to KS from Gothenburg. He has a double master’s degree in architecture and urban design from Chalmers University of Technology and CTU in Prague. Besides architecture, he has worked with public relations and graphic design within architecture, academia and performing arts.

Contact Jakub Jílek
Contact Saki Azodi

KS wins urban planning commission at Kvarnholmen

First prize invited urban planning competition

After a parallel design assignment with four invited architects Kvarnholmen Utveckling AB has, in consultation with the municipality of Nacka, chosen to proceed with Kjellander Sjöberg to do an urban planning investigation for Kvarnholmen’s final stage, Gäddviken and Hästholmssundet.

Kjellander Sjöberg has, according to the assessment team, approached the task in a creative and engaging way with a proposal that conveys a sense of a dense city, close to the water, with exciting qualities that are expected to contribute to a sustainable and vibrant urban environment. The winning proposal provides a proper and robust starting point to develop design ideas further for future development.

Now the design phase continues parallel with technical studies. The goal is to have a finished urban plan, by the turn of 2014-15, which is the basis for the formal zoning plan.

Participating architects in the competition were White Architects, Alma Architects, Lindberg Stenberg Architects and Kjellander Sjöberg.

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.

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