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.

New Architecture: Housing, Arkitektur

The topic “Housing”, Annedalsterrassen is covered in the magazine Arkitektur, no. 2 2012.

Tomas Lauri writes:
“As an urban project, I can better understand the three apartment buildings Kjellander Sjöberg Architects has designed in the new area Annedal in Stockholm. The directional shifts of the buildings, which in plan looks like a mannerisms, is on site an obvious adaptation to the landscape….the buildings are clever, the expression shifting with the viewing angle. Distinctiveness is enhanced by the varied and rugged texture of the brick facade. It would have been fun to see these houses as a starting point for the entire city plan, which generally resort to traditional courtyard houses. Kjellander Sjöberg raises hope for a city that does not really exist, but perhaps should exist. A city that is not blind to the alternatives, which is varied and contextually anchored down to the details.”

Arkitektur no. 2, 2012, pp. 32-37, 57

Kjellander + Sjöberg Architects

Monograph, Tomas Lauri, Arvinius Publishing, 2011

220 pages fresh from the printer. The book is published by Arvinius Publishing.
Editor Tomas Lauri, text by Hans Ibelings, Olivier Namies and Tomas Lauri
Graphic design by Nille Svensson
Photography by Adam Mørk and more

“Kjellander + Sjöberg Architects are considered innovators of Swedish architecture. During more than ten years, they have created an architecture far from the obvious, that lasts over time after a long period of daily use. It´s an architecture where housing, social issues concerning how we live our lives and our need to participate in public life is central. Architecture should come close. It should intensify and improve everyday life. “Kjellander + Sjöberg let architecture be what it should be”, says Hans Ibelings in one of the book´s essays.”

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.

Läs mer om Sweden Green Building Council

Building Blocks, Färgfabriken

The “Building Blocks” project has now emerged as a vision of creating a common experience for all people regardless of age. A project based on the children’s experiences and their encounters with professional architects. Färgfabriken has a history of daring, testing and creating new contexts and unexpected constellations. But it has been long while since we created an exhibition where the perspective is based on children’s and adolescents’ experiences.

Working with children and young people also raises complex issues. We learn a lot and are truly grateful for all those who contribute their knowledge and expertise in children’s culture and offer advice and ideas. Our vision is a small city where the architecture is not conformal, but has the chance to communicate, be fun, exciting and unpredictable. Kjellander Sjöberg clients Forat and Akram, both 15 years old.

Färgfabriken Building Blocks, Sept 12th, 2010, pp. 22-25

What’s New in Housing?

Exhibition catalogue

Every year since 2006, Belgrade International Architecture Week is organizing a nine-day manifestation to reflect on the quality of the built environment and to present a stimulus for establishing criteria, which contribute to improve future architectural production. During the years BINA have produced a series of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, debates, conferences, guided tours, and film projections related to contemporary architecture and urbanism both on the local and the international scene.

Kjellander Sjöberg is presented in the catalogue ‘What’s New in Housing’ with their contribution ‘Expanding the Context’.

The exhibition is organized by The Association of Belgrade Architects and the Cultural Center of Belgrade.

Ana Jankovic-Corbic, Association of Belgrade Architects, 2010, pp 54-55