Stockholm Projects 7 Created 25-Jun-16 By Sofia Blanco Santos, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Stockholm Public Library Stockholm, Erik Gunnar Asplund library Woodland Chapel Skogskapellet Bonniers Konsthall 3 Markuskyrkan Kulturhuset 6 Parkaden 7 Stockholm, Hans Asplund car park 4 Stockholm, Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor gallery, office Stockholm, Peter Celsing culture, exposition space, theatre Stockholm, Erik Gunnar Asplund chapel 2 Sveriges Riksbank 8 Stockholm, Peter Celsing office 5 Stockholm, Sigurd Lewerentz church http://wwwmimoaeu/users/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 1
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 Client Erik Gunnar Asplund City of Stockholm Maarten_Scheurwater http://wwwmimoaeu/users/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 2
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 Client 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/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 3
photo: Åke E:son Lindman photo: Åke E:son Lindman 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 Client Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor Bonnier Group Claes_Sorstedt photo: Åke E:son Lindman : Wed 11:00 to 20:00 Thu-Sun 11:00 to 17:00 Café: same hours http://wwwmimoaeu/users/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 4
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/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 5
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/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 6
Parkaden Regeringsgatan 47 111 77 Stockholm Parkaden is a parking garage in downtown Stockholm with a capacity of 800 cars The whole house is built of concrete, where the facade elements have been designed with an openwork pattern of numbers indicating the floor The numbers are right side up and flip on one another and form an ornamental pattern that has become typical for Parkaden The property was classified in 2007 as one of the most valuable properties in the district, and that the building meets the criteria for historic buildings in the Cultural Heritage Act 1965 Hans Asplund Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 7
Sveriges Riksbank Brunkebergstorg 11 111 51 Stockholm Sveriges Riksbank is the central bank of and the world's oldest central bank It is sometimes called the Swedish National Bank or the Bank of The present building was designed by Peter Celsing and his colleagues Jan Henriksson The building's facade and interior detail has been designed consistently with the square as a starting point The facade is covered with tiles of black granite (diabase) The Central banks building are among the most lavish, but also artistically most elaborate works, in modern Swedish architecture 1983 Peter Celsing Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/emiliosasof/guides/stockholm/ 8