Strömsholmen Reintroducing a Public Building Present in the memory of Norrköpings inhabitants is the grand Restaurant Strömsholmen, which acted as the center for entertainment during the early 20th century. The Restaurant was a project assigned to Carl Bergsten, during his early career, and was built for the Norrköping Exhibition of Art and Industry hosted in […]
Category: Building and Tectonics
Densifying a Swedish miljonprogram area with a new residential building. The record years (miljonprogrammet), 1965-74, contractors were encouraged with favourable loans to build projects of 1000 apartments or more by the Swedish state. This resulted in large areas, ostracized from their close context, architecturally and spatially. `Project 1060´ is the investigative result of how one […]
‘How can the spirit of a lost identity be articulated and reformulated through architecture?’ It is more than 50 years since the echoing, rattling and squeaking sounds of the quarry on Udden (The Cape) in Hunnebostrand fell silent. Today all that is left except stories about a once flourishing stone industry is a scarred landscape […]
AT THE LOCH – a Library proposal for the Boleskine House Foundation, situated at a unique place and given the appropriate treatment regarding both context and content.
Spatial Interfaces – Transitions between private and public in residential architecture. This thesis is about interaction. In the urban spaces of the cities, public and private domains exist side by side. They can either strengthen each other by distinct borders, or have a dynamic relationship, whereas semi private or public situations may occur. The design […]
Handicraft House Creation Through Architecture Working with your hands brings with it a certain joy. Using your senses to create something from scratch is not a part of everyday life in our society anymore. The knowledge of making brings with it not only a tactile understanding of materials and tools but it also teaches us […]
“SEA BATH” – Healing Architecture in a small scale
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL We must reduce our carbon emissions in order for future generations to have a decent life on earth. The construction sector accounts for a large part of the emissions and the buildings built today have a short life expectancy.To build is costly, both in terms of effort, money and climate […]
As a child, growing up in the coastal town of Varberg, I have always been surrounded by water. The sea has been a natural element for swimming, complementation, and play. The sport swimming started to establish itself in Varberg in 1920 where the harbor basin was used as the arena for practice and competition. The […]
SCENIC PRESENCE – Three architectural investigations in the Archipelago of Gothenburg – The purpose of this master thesis is to explore how architects can answer to the given conditions of a site. Focus is put upon how one can work with the natural prerequisites of a location, and in turn, how an architectural design may […]