KS at Building Green Hamburg

ACT NOW! Everyone is talking about the urgent need for a change, to reorganise the building sector. There is no time to lose. We are facing an acute climate crisis for which the construction industry bears a large part of the responsibility. We have the solutions and the knowledge of what needs to be done, but how do we get from talking to doing?

Featuring the revitalisation of Kockum’s formerly industrial area in Malmö and the example of Gjuteriet, Stefan Sjöberg will present the process of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through minimising resource consumption and impact on the climate caused by urban transformation and construction processes. How focusing on sustainable strategies and common goals early in the process is essential for the necessary transition as well as for the built result – architecture. The lecture, titled: Reimagning industrial heritage, will take place on 19 June at 11:15 on the main stage.

Time and place:
19 – 20 June 2024
Fischauktionshalle
Große Elbstraße 9
Hamburg

Focus on hybrid architecture and industrial heritage

Our Team Superlocal comprising of Kjellander Sjöberg, Förstberg Ling and We Made That has been selected by the developers Skanska Fastigheter and Riksbyggen, in collaboration with Malmö City Council and process management by Gunilla Kronvall, to partake in an innovative, forward-looking, and exciting parallel assignment for Trollhättan 6 on Universitetsholmen in Malmö.

The brief’s main aspiration is to explore the use of existing resources, hybrid architecture and an ambitious sustainability agenda. The design should enhance Malmö’s special character and become an exemplar in highlighting industrial heritage. Trollhättan 6 is to become a mixed urban block with new workplaces and homes, providing central areas and meeting places that activate the urban realm.

We are looking forward to working with the jury and our amazing colleagues: Holly Lewis, co-founding partner of We Made That in London as critical advisor. Björn Förstberg, founder of Förstberg Ling in Malmö, winner of the Housing Award 2023 for Twelve Houses.

Our Team Superlocal will investigate the site conditions, its role and character, and how to create a more inclusive neighbourhood and a sense of belonging for people and businesses in the neighbourhood.

The assignment will be preceded by a series of workshops where participating architects, together with the organizers, examine and discuss central issues of the development and design.

Hartree shortlisted for the Pineapples for Community Engagement

The Pineapples are the only awards that celebrate the very best in placemaking and place-led initiatives, with an exciting programme and a commitment to recognising projects that make a positive social, environmental and economic impact.

Kjellander Sjöberg are leading the masterplan and design programme, which have been driven by the core of the engagement approach, building a process to form trust and a genuine relationship with the community and involve them in the design of Hartree. The engagement workstreams have been led by our wonderful clients TOWN. & LandsecU+I together with ECF and landowners Cambridge City Council and Anglian Water Services.

Championing the key principles of people, city and planet, the vision for Hartree is to create a place that has positive social, economic and environmental impact built around a pioneering 5-minute neighbourhood which will give local people everything they need to thrive, within just a five-minute walk or cycle away. Focusing on the human experience, it will be a walkable, inclusive low-carbon new neighbourhood that will play a part in shaping the city’s future.

Gjuteriet nominated for the Kasper Salin Prize 2024

‘Through diligent work with reuse, the old shipyard ruin has been transformed into a multifaceted workspace building, preserving the history of the site with its architecture whilst exploring new means of expression. The project embraces diversity and variation, and its articulation is informed by the relationships between original, reused, and new materials.’ From the jury’s report.

The prize is awarded annually by Architects Sweden to a recently completed building of high architectural quality to stimulate and disseminate good examples. Gjuteriet in Malmö is one of the four nominees for the Kasper Salin Prize which is considered the most prestigious award in the country. The winner will be revealed at the Architecture Gala on 9th April.

Gjuteriet is a transformation project; a reimagination of an industrial heritage focusing on circular strategies and a high degree of material reuse in the former Kockum’s shipyard area in Malmö. The project is designed by Kjellander Sjöberg for Varvsstaden, in collaboration with the contractor PEAB and the tenant Oatly.

Read jury's report (in Swedish)
Read more about Kasper Salin Prize 2024 (in Swedish)
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Tile House – A new distinct chapter in a historic inner-city environment

On Norrbackagatan 49 in Vasastan, 79 carefully designed homes are nearing completion. Kjellander Sjöberg has designed the bespoke residential infill Tile House based on the complexity of the site and its context; commissioned by the developer Fokus Nordic. In response to the district’s cultural history, a combination of twentieth-century romantic classicism and more robust industrial heritage, and the currently emerging neighbourhood Hagastaden, the scheme is a distinct and respectful addition to local character and needs. The building stands out in the streetscape with a stepped articulated volume with a muted green shimmering ceramic façade. Walking through a portico from the street, one arrives at a lush green courtyard for leisure and communal activities. At the top, a generous roof terrace offers common areas with panoramic views over Stockholm’s rooftops.

Masterplan for Hagastaden East approved

The Local Planning Authority in Stockholm has approved the masterplan for Hagastaden East, transforming the area into a new welcoming entrance to Stockholm, delivering a combination of homes, public amenities, retail units, new parks, squares, sports facilities, schools, workplaces, and many more. Hagastaden, expected to be completed by 2030, will become an inner-city neighbourhood where Stockholm and Solna meet. Currently dominated by unused land and infrastructure, the city council is removing barriers and facilitating free movement between districts in a dense and vibrant environment with new connections to the National City Park.

The masterplan for Hagastaden East includes the Ribosomen project – a new mixed-use scheme with workplaces, residential units, and retail spaces, inspired by the classical 19th century urban typology and the iconic brick architecture of Vasastaden, designed by architects such as Cyrillus Johansson, Ragnar Östberg and Edvard Bernhard. The project is being developed by Kjellander Sjöberg for Humlegården, as a result of an invited competition win.

Approved: Planning process for Rosengård

The Local Planning Authority approved the application to initiate the planning process for Rosengård on 14th December. The decision represents the first milestone in the urban development Culture Casbah, led by the landowner Rosengård fastigheter in collaboration with the Malmö City Council.

The goal is to regenerate Rosengård, transforming it from a homogenous, predominantly residential area into a mixed, vibrant, urban, and green neighbourhood. We are delighted for the opportunity to support in realising such an important vision, realising the community potential. After the fall, filled with community engagement events, public dialogues, Shop Talks, and local guided tours, there is a substantial momentum surrounding the emerging masterplan which will deliver much-needed new homes.

The tall building is part of a broader urban development strategy to activate and connect Rosengård with the rest of the city. The planning process focuses primarily on Rosengård’s central axis with a connecting green structure – Rosenparken; urban meeting places; active ground floors; and proximity – densification with new typologies and residential types.

Season’s Greetings and best wishes for the New Year

This year, we have engaged in many genuine and rewarding conversations.

Talking to those who already live, use, and know a place increases the potential for social connections, belonging, well-being, and quality of life.

Listening, establishing shared frameworks, trying to understand priorities; how to mend, improve and create new connections and inclusive, generous settings.

For us, urban development and architecture are about creating a shared vision for the future, providing better conditions for neighbourhoods and local communities to thrive and prosper.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed and made it possible – in Cambridge, Colchester, Faaborg, Gothenburg, London, Malmö, and Stockholm.

Season’s Greetings and best wishes for the New Year from all of us at Kjellander Sjöberg

Legacy: Gjuteriet in the magazine Arkitektur

– On the site of Kockum’s former shipyards, there is a new neighbourhood being built, preserving remains of the past. Looking at a timber structure suspended from retained steel beams, Jelena Mijanovi? asks herself: Is this the future?

Kjellander Sjöberg’s transformation of Gjuteriet in Malmö for Varvsstaden is published in the latest issue of Arkitektur – the largest architectural magazine in the Nordics which has been analysing, evaluating and documenting Swedish architecture and urban design since 1901.

In the comprehensive article, Jelena Mijanovi? reasons about circular economy, material reuse as well as how architectural qualities are measured and how to ensure they key to sustainability assessments.

– Gjuteriet represents one of the great examples. The newly built parts keep a respectful distance from the historic remains. Half of the building is suspended from the preserved steel structure. The relationship between new and old is clear: the old governs while the new follows.

Magazine Arkitektur, Nr 6 2023 – Transformation, p. 44-55

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