Valpen consultation open

The Valpen 3 scheme consultation is open until 7th August and has been featured in the local newspaper Eskilstuna-Kuriren. The project, being developed by Kjellander Sjöberg in collaboration with Kruhsberg Fastigheter and Urbio, is located in the ‘Väster’ district in central Eskilstuna and will deliver housing, offices, shops, restaurants, a hotel and elderly care. It is designed with a wide array of façade expressions, varied massing and heights to respond to the richness and diversity of the surrounding culturally valuable historic environment. Relocating the existing Postnord’s facilities, the proposal comprises three new blocks, aligned with the council’s vision for the ‘Väster’ district, to create a vibrant, integrated neighbourhood and an attractive gateway to Eskilstuna.

Eskilstuna-Kuriren, 21st June 2022, page 4.

What can we do right here, right now? (Hope from Wood blog article)

The Museum of Finnish Architecture has published a blog article written by Stefan Sjöberg, based on his lecture ‘Adaptive Use: How to use the already built as a resource’ given in November 2021 as a part of the Hope from Wood Discussion Series. The text stresses the importance of immediate action and attempts to address the climate crisis in the everyday activities. It offers reasoning regarding challenges and possibilities through highlighting essential principles for recycling and resource-conscious construction, presenting KS’s Gjuteriet transformation project as an example. Embracing the utilisation of the existing and striving to do as little as possible that may harm our planet, the article introduces a methodology that promotes projects that are fundamentally sustainable.

‘The choice of materials for any new construction must be based on what is available locally to minimise impact on the climate. This intrinsically defines a vocabulary and a tectonic language, a format and framework of specific conditions, rather than giving a total freedom for one’s vision. More ethics, less aesthetics.’

Hope from Wood Discussion Series was organised by the You Tell Me Collective in November 2021 as a part of the main Hope from Wood exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture.

Read the article on the website of the Museum of Finnish Architecture
Read more about Hope from Wood

Magnolia restaurant featured in Trä!

The Magnolia restaurant extension by Kjellander Sjöberg is featured in this year’s first issue of the Trä! magazine, presented on a full spread with text by Ulla-Karin Höynä and photographs by Rasmus Hjortshøj. The article highlights the open space formed by interlaced CLT pillars and beams, creating a complete, inviting experience with countless possibilities. Amongst other topics covered in the interview, Stefan Sjöberg describes how the Stiftelsen Stora Sköndal client saw the importance of sustainable values throughout the project.

“Sustainability has been an essential aspect in our work at Kjellander Sjöberg for the past ten years. The use of timber is big part of such way of thinking”.

Trä!, no 1, 2021, p. 32-33

Villa Visuri featured in Residence magazine

Villa Visuri, drawn by Kjellander Sjöberg in 2017, has been featured in the September issue of the Residence Magazine. The villa is located on the fringe of Gävle archipelago, designed to work both as a home for the family as well as a beautiful environment to take photographs of interior products by the family-owned business. The point of departure was the unique location of the site. The clear and simple architecture of two connected building volumes in cedar wood around an L-shaped courtyard, discretely placed in the topography, is intended as a contrast to the pristine nature. The building and the courtyard face the sea to the east, providing a view over the archipelago. The form, sightlines and vistas connect the interior spaces to the surroundings.

Residence magazine, no 8, 2020, p. 98 – 110

The future is now, Arkitekten

The article discusses innovative technological tools that are available to architects and designers, enabling design solutions that almost sound like science fiction!

Kjellander Sjöberg’s CEO, Mi Inkinen and partner Ola Kjellander, discuss the opportunities that 3D technology offers their industry.
“Renders are one thing, but everyone knows that they can be manipulated. Being able to show a physical model in the early stages to clients and politicians is an advantage. Simultaneously it enables us to experiment in a different way than you can on a screen. “says Mi.

Both Ola and Mi believe in the 3D-printer as a tool which can regain some of the architect’s lost authority. When you can print out parts of the building itself, you are no longer dependent on subcontractors’ too often mediocre stock range.

Arkitekten, April 2015, no 3, pp 32-37

The new urban life, Dagens Industri, Weekend

Kjellander Sjöberg’s Lena Viterstedt – partner / creative director and Saki Azodi – communications / architect, discuss the urban density of Stockholm and new forms of urban life in the city, in DI Weekend no. 12-2015.

With soaring housing prices, the four walls of homes are increasingly pressed into a bare minimum, relocating practical tasks out to communal spaces. “It will become more common for residential buildings to have shared workshops, car pools or roof gardens that for example, can supply a restaurant located in the same building. This facilitates for increased interactions amongst residents, providing other forms of values, which makes up for the smaller flats.” Explains Lena Viterstedt.

Dagens Industri, Weekend, 27 mars 2015, no 12, pp 3, 16-19