stoccolma Projects 12 Created 12-Oct-11 By GIULIA GALLETTI, ROMA, Italy Woodland Cemetery Skogskyrkogården Stockholm, Erik Gunnar Asplund cemetery, crematorium, park Stockholm Public Library Woodland Chapel Skogskapellet Bonniers Konsthall Markuskyrkan 4 House K 8 Showroom Kvadrat Stockholm 9 Kulturhuset 10 Stockholm, Peter Celsing culture, exposition space, theatre 5 Bridge Apaté 11 Stockholm, Magnus Ståhl Arkitektbyrå bridge 6 Stockholm, Sigurd Lewerentz church Archipelago House Stockholm, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec shop, showroom Stockholm, Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor gallery, office 3 Stockholm, Erik Gunnar Asplund chapel Stockholm, Tham & Videgård Arkitekter private house Stockholm, Erik Gunnar Asplund library 2 Pionen White mountain 12 Stockholm, Albert France-Lanord (A)rchitects archive, industry, shelter 7 Stockholm, Tham & Videgård Arkitekter private house http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ JLindeberg Flagship 13 Stockholm, Albert France-Lanord (A)rchitects shop 1
Woodland Cemetery Skogskyrkogården Sockenvägen 479 122 33 Stockholm http://wwwkyfstockholmse/ The Woodland Cemetery - Skogskyrkogården - in Enskede, southern Stockholm, was built between 1919 and 1940 by the architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz On a ridge overgrown with pines they created a sacred landscape with several small chapels arranged to interact with the natural surroundings It expresses on a large scale the design aspirations that characterized Swedish architecture before and after World War II Asplund mainly devoted himself to the buildings, with the Crematorium standing out as a central work both in his own career and in the architecture of the 1930s as a whole Skogskyrkogården was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994 The justification of the World Heritage Committee was: "Skogskyrkogården is an outstanding example of how architecture and landscaping from our century combine to make a cemetery This creation has had a great influence on the design of cemeteries all over the world" 1940 Erik Gunnar Asplund City of Stockholm Maarten_Scheurwater the visitor centre is open every day from 12-17:00 hr, from the 27th of May to 2 September Closed 22 and 23 June To book a tour, contact the Stockholm Stadsmuseum at http://wwwstadsmuseumstockholmse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 2
Stockholm Public Library Odengatan 63 11348 Stockholm http://wwwssbstockholmse Like many of Asplund s other projects the Stockholm City Library (1920-1928) went through numerous modifications and alterations during the design process Unlike most of his major projects, the design work of the Library was assigned to him without a normally required competition This arrangement provided Asplund the opportunity to develop his design in a more relaxed manner Eventually the design was a round hall surrounded by staircases, a tall cylinder with an opaque glazing in the roof lights The base of the building is a square The combination of spherical and cubic forms was a frequent motif, which can be found in both Asplund s earlier projects and those of his contemporaries A strict, symmetrical variation of this motif can be seen as a product of the search for innate aesthetic value of forms in the context of Classical Revival 1928 Erik Gunnar Asplund City of Stockholm Maarten_Scheurwater http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 3
Woodland Chapel Skogskapellet Sockenvägen 479 122 33 Stockholm http://wwwkyfstockholmse/ In the beginning of the 20th century Stockholm s burial grounds had to be expanded, so an international architect competition was initiated in order to ensure the dignity, artistic quality and harmony of the buildings, vegetation and landscape of a new cemetery - Skogskyrkogården, the Woodland Cemeter south of Stockholm A part of the Cemetery and the first chapel in the park, the Woodland Chapel, designed by E G Asplund, was completed in 1920 The wooden chapel with its white-washed walls and black roof is adorned by Carl Milles sculpture The Angel of Death, iron gates designed by Asplund and an altar painting by artist Gunnar Torhamn Erik Gunnar Asplund died in 1940 He rests beside the Chapel of Faith under a simple epitaph bearing the words His work lives 1920 Erik Gunnar Asplund City of Stockholm Maarten_Scheurwater The Tallum Pavilion, which is in the south of Skogskyrkogården, has a permanent exhibition about the cemetery and the two architects This visitor centre is open every day from 12-17:00 hr, from the 27th of May to 2 September Closed 22 and 23 June To book a tour, contact the Stockholm Stadsmuseum at http://wwwstadsmuseumstockholmse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 4
Bonniers Konsthall Torsgatan 21 11390 Stockholm http://wwwbonnierkonsthallse Bonnier, 's largest publishing house, has added an extension to their post-war offices in Stockholm The new building is quite straightforward - a transparent glass and steel structure that sleekly follows the perimeter of what used to be one of the office's garden terraces This generates the building's most conspicuous feature - the flat iron form The Bonniers have been keen collectors for as long as they have been publishers So when they announced to house a gallery in the new extension, many expected it to be a display of their own collection However, this is not the case The focus is rather seriously and promisingly on contemporary art A fully glazed building does entail some obvious challenges, such as how to deal with the sun The aluminium louvres on the south façade facing the railway track, completely transform the building when the sun shines It changes from a delicate glass structure into a Potemkin-like wedge, which is not necessarily a bad thing Floor area/size 2006 1500 m² Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor Bonnier Group Claes_Sorstedt : Wed 11:00 to 20:00 Thu-Sun 11:00 to 17:00 Café: same hours http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 5
photo: Desiree Vermeer photo: Desiree Vermeer Markuskyrkan Malmövägen 51 12149 Stockholm Sigurd Lewerentz designed one of his two great churches in southern Stockholm: Markuskyrkan (St Mark's Church) in Björkhagen, a district south of Stockholm's city centre The church is considered one of the great post-war buildings 1962 Sigurd Lewerentz desireevermeer photo: Desiree Vermeer http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 6
House K Forgatan 8 SE-182 74 Stockholm This house in Stocksund is a thin block with cut-outs for light, double-heights and a roof terrace Using the full width of the property it separates the front yard facing east from the garden in south-west Through its position, it's experienced almost exclusively at a frontal angle, and appears as if just a line The plan is simple: entrance and stairs fits into one box on ground level, a central passage on the upper floor gives access to bedrooms As a result, movement through the house is characterised by visual shortcuts, spaces and activities overlap The main structure is in situ cast concrete, which is exposed in the cantilevered entrance canopy, only seven centimetre thin By using a system with the thermal insulation as form work, costs have been reduced to not more than a standard house The interior is finished with white plaster, all floors and wooden details are white ash Facades are stained black 18 mm plywood panels, mounted in layers on a slowly grown pine framework Project is not public! Floor area/size 11-2004 285 m² Tham & Videgård Arkitekter private TVA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 7
Archipelago House Husarö Stockholm This is a summer house on the island of Husarö, in the archipelago of Stockholm The starting point is the direct relation to the dramatic archipelago landscape with the objective to offer within a simple frame - a platform - several diverse readings of the relation space-nature, conceived as a light weight construction in wood and glass The horizontal character of the black stained exterior relates to the verticals of tall grown pines and the mirrored views of the Baltic Sea The geometry of the plan is generated by the specifics of the site, the house being fitted into the flat surface between two mountain rocks and turning simultaneously towards the sun in south and frontally towards the sea in west With the small rooms placed in the back, the social areas of the house stand out as an open platform crisscrossed by sliding glass The zig-zagged layout also creates a series of outside places sheltered from the strong winds Project is not public! Floor area/size 2006 130 m² Tham & Videgård Arkitekter private TVA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 8
photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Showroom Kvadrat Stockholm Nackagatan 4 S - 116 41 Stockholm http://wwwkvadratdk/textiles/showrooms/stockholm Bouroullec designed a showroom structured by textile walls made of independant tiles assembled together via an ingenious folding system The Tiles sytem was conceived specifically for the textile showroom activity It aims at highlighting the various textures and materials of Kvadrat s collection by dressing the spot with sensuality and warmth Moreover, it grants a certain flexibility and a wide range of possible evolution to the showroom Then, the doors themselves are conceived as self-supporting and mobile modules like furniture-boxes that can be moved easily It is the realisation of some long-incubated ideas about constructing soundproofing spaces with textile Conceived like sorts of scales, the Tiles can follow infinite shapes, be they organic or geometric Thus, the high modularity of this system allows to consider multiple applications in order to build autonomous and soundproofing spaces photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec 2006 Interior architect Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Naomi Tuesday - Thursday 11-16 or by personal appointment http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 9
photo: Thom Hoevenaar Kulturhuset Sergels Torg 103 27 Stockholm http://wwwkulturhusetstockholmse The Kulturhuset is located on Sergels Torg in the centre of Stockholm The 'culture house' was designed by Peter Celsing and opened in 1974 The building is focused on the adjacent square, which is situated ten metres lower than the building and composed of black and white shapes At the eastern side of the square, one can find the 'Kristallvertikalaccent', a sculpture of glass and steel, designed by Edvin Ohrstrom Peter Celsing's Kulturhuset is a low, long building with a glazed, lined façade The backside of the building is completely closed The complex consists of two parts: a theatre with a simple square shape and a long drawn-out exposition part On the ground floor, a large model of Stockholm is on display photo: Thom Hoevenaar 1974 Peter Celsing hoevenaar An extensive schedule is available on the website of the Kulturhuset The opening hours of the ticket office are: Tuesday - Friday: 1100-1800 Saturday: 1100-1800 Sunday: 1100 1700 The Kulturhuset is located next to the metro station T-Centralen Buses 47, 52, 56, 59 and 69 go to Sergels Torg (the adjacent square) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 10
photo: Åke Esan photo: Åke Esan Bridge Apaté Sicklauddsbron Sickla Kanal 120 67 Stockholm One of the first bridges in the world to be constructed entirely from stainless steel, Bridge Apaté crosses over Sickla's river and overlooks the refurbished area of Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm The winning entry of an invited international competition, the bridge went on to not only receive a financial grant from the City of Stockholm due to its exemplary sustainability characteristics, but also to win the Swedish Steel Design Prize 2003 as the most innovative steel construction in The bridge s highly asymmetric section draws attention to its pioneering structural profile: a horizontal expression that mirrors that of the Bridge Sundsvall project Collaboration with Jelena Mijanovic, Magnus Ståhl, Tyréns, Scandiaconsult, and Stålmonteringar AB Stålab Bridge Apaté has won the Swedish Steel Prize 2003, won the European Steel Award 2003 and was a finalist for the 2002 Blueprint ure Awards 2002 in the category Best New Public Building photo: Åke Esan 2001 Main designer, Structural engineer Infrastructure consultant Magnus Ståhl Arkitektbyrå Erik Andersson Jelena Mijanovic Rambøll Tyréns City of Stockholm MSAB http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 11
Pionen White mountain Renstiernas gata 37 116 31 Stockholm http://wwwbahnhofse/colocationphp The project takes place in a former antiatomic shelter An amazing location 30m down under the granite rocks of the Vita Berg Park in Stockholm The client is an internet provider and the rock shelter hosts server halls and offices The starting point of the project was to consider the rock as a living organism The humans try to acclimate themselves to this foreign world and bring the best elements from earth: light, plants, water and technology We created strong contrasts between rooms where the rock dominates and where the human being is a stranger against rooms where the human being took over totally The choice of lightning has been very challenging We tried to bring as much variation as possible Otherwise it is very easy to loose the feeling of time in an enclosed space Our references come straight from science fiction films, mostly Silent Running and a bunch of Bond films with Ken Adams set design Project is not public! Floor area/size 9-2008 1200 m² Albert France-Lanord (A)rchitects Bahnhof AB AF-LA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 12
JLindeberg Flagship Biblioteksgatan 6 111 46 Stockholm http://jlindebergcom The Stockholm flagship is composed of four distinctive worlds: The entrance works as a 3-dimensional exhibition space The entrance floor houses the 'casual' collection and further in the 'sport' collection Upstairs is dedicated to the tailoring and made-to-measure section Even though each world is unique in its expression, they need to be connected visually through certain materials and furniture because of the deep and narrow shape of the shop Materiality and the juxtaposition of furniture from different époques are the starting point of the design The dominating materials are corten steel, reinforced glass, cocos carpets, concrete and oak The fixtures are a mixed of customized vintage furniture and new produced modules designed by the office 2008 Albert France-Lanord (A)rchitects JLindeberg AF-LA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giuliag/guides/stoccolma/ 13