Elderly Care Skärvet wins LEED Project of the Year 2019!

The LEED Project of the Year award is organized by the Sweden Green Building Council with the aim to reward the best project certified according to the LEED system during the past year, as well as to recognize sustainable construction in Sweden.

Kjellander Sjöberg designed Elderly Care Skärvet in collaboration with Skanska Sweden as the developer and builder. The building is one of the first schemes built within the area Bäckaslöv in Växjö, set to become a brand-new sustainable neighbourhood. Elderly Care Skärvet has received LEED Platinum status with 94 points and thus is an elderly care facility with the highest level of certification in the world.

The building was designed to be as light and open as possible. There is for example a conservatory, physical medicine and rehabilitation facilities and a green house on the roof, all created to be easily accessible.

Architect: Kjellander Sjöberg
Tenant: Humana AB
Energy Declaration: Skanska Teknik
Interior designer: Ljusrum
Landscape architect: Urbio

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Start of the development of Gustav III:s torg with a new travel centre in Östersund

Kjellander Sjöberg, together with Krook & Tjäder, takes part in the development of the Gustav III:s torg in Östersund. Diös real estate company has initiated a joint collaborative process with the municipality of Östersund to drive the planning process for the area. The main goal is to develop the city as a whole and to retain the area around the square as an attractive and vibrant city centre, elevating opportunities for sustainable means of travel and new movement patterns. The point of departure is to create an inviting, safe neighbourhood with housing, culture, offices, commerce and a hotel. A good meeting place with a lot of people, full of relevant and varied content. The central location of the site favours creation of naturally open flows between the city centre and the surrounding areas with more residents and new businesses.

KS Shop Talk #3 Media and Architecture

Putting urban environments and buildings into perspective – from a historical, cultural and international point of view – can media contribute to a deeper and more nuanced discourse on what the built environment should or can do? On what expectations, dreams and basic requirements can we as citizens, users, developers, planners and politicians set? Debates on whether good architecture and urban design, seen as long-term sustainable, are important for the society and how can journalists and critics raise awareness of which processes and conditions create them? Broaden the discussion about which conflicts, economic frameworks and types of consensus are needed for the built environment to meet our needs – on beauty, function and belonging?

Time: 22nd August, 08:00-09:00
Place: Engelbrektsgatan 7, Malmö

Guests: Gunilla Kronvall, Sveriges Arkitekter Skåne, Ingemar Gråham, Malmö stad, Katarina Rundgren, Testbedstudio, Cecilia Johanson Wihlborg, Wihlborgs, Susanna Dzamic, Sveriges Radio, Jonas Gillberg, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Andreas Schönström, Malmö kommun, Jonas Michanek, Malmö stad.

KS has signed a road map towards a climate-neutral construction sector

KS is one of the actors who has signed City of Malmö’s road map towards a climate-neutral construction sector 2030 according to the 2030 Agenda. It covers comprehensive requirements for the entire construction process. Everyone who signed the document pledges themselves to, amongst other things, actively implement circular economy, resource efficiency, climate-neutral construction sites, choice of climate-neutral building materials and means of transport as well as to present specific measures for reduced emissions. This initiative matches KS’s official ambition to concentrate efforts with our clients towards a better climate. The initiative has captured the interest of the government and is supported by the Fossil Free Sweden organisation.

Programme for Stora Sköndal approved

The planning committee of Stockholm has approved the development programme for Stora Sköndal in southern Stockholm. The consent, highlighting social ambitions of the plan as particularly positive, implies the neighbourhood will get 4,500 new residential units, new businesses and services, as well as spaces for people with various needs and conditions. The plan connects Stora Sköndal to the existing surroundings, develops the existing historic areas and takes into consideration local ecological values. Great emphasis will be placed along the pedestrian path and local square designed to become an inclusive environment where technical and digital solutions will allow for sharing and shared economies. The development programme for Stora Sköndal has been developed by KS in collaboration with Stiftelsen Stora Sköndal, Stadsbyggnadskontoret i Stockholm, Trafikkontoret i Stockholm, EBAB, Landskapslaget, Ekologigruppen, Nyréns, WSP, Iterio, Spacescape, Brandskyddslaget, ÅF, Åkerlöf Hallin Akustik.

KS designs a community bench from recycled materials for Skåne Innovation Week

KS has been commissioned by Varvsstaden to design a seating bench with reuse and upcycling in focus. As a neighbourhood bench, it will contribute to the community feeling in the emerging area – first as a meeting point outside the Skåne Innovation hall during the ongoing Innovation Week, to afterwards become a permanent part of life on the street. The bench incorporates recycled material from Kockum and provides a new lease of life to the bricks and sheets of metal that were conserved after the industry was demolished. The seat is made of pine, to add a living material to the urban furniture. The Peab School in Malmö has worked on the pine and metal detailing, where the original metal sheets acting as backrests have been rounded off on top.