For HSB Stockholm’s architectural competition 2023, three teams of architects produced innovative proposals for private residences of the future at three different locations in the center of Stockholm.
Berg | C.F. Møller Architects are working in partnership with architects Dinell Johansson and consultants Tyréns on their entry. The team chose to build upwards, and has designed a 34-story residential building, which will be seen for miles. It will be built over a wooden construction with a concrete core, and is intended to give the people of Stockholm a new and characteristic beacon and meeting place.
Back to basics
Wood production has no waste products and it binds CO2. Wood has low weight, but is a very strong load-bearing structure compared to its lightness. It secures a good indoor climate, perfect acoustics, helps regulating the inside temperature and can be exposed without being covered with plaster or other costly materials. In the team’s design, the pillars and beams are made of solid wood. Inside the apartments, all the walls, ceilings, and window frames are made of wood as well and will be visible from the exterior through the large windows.
Sustainable
Social and environmental sustainability is integrated into the project. Each apartment will have an energy-saving, glass-covered veranda, while the building itself will be powered by solar panels on the roof. At street level there is a café and childcare facility. In a new community center, local people will be able to enjoy the benefits of a market square, fitness center and bicycle storage room. A communal winter garden will provide residents with an opportunity to have allotment gardens.
All three design proposals are available on HSB Stockholm’s Facebook page. Here you can vote for your favorite and thus play your part in determining how private homes in Stockholm will look in the future.
About the competition
HSB Stockholm will be 100 years old in 2023. At that time an ultra-modern residential high-rise building will be completed in Stockholm city. Three architectural teams are now preparing the competitive proposals for the spectacular house that will be placed at one of three different sites in Stockholm.
Berg | C.F. Møller Architects is working together with architects DinellJohansson and the urban planning consultancy Tyréns. The other two competing teams are Equator Stockholm with Mojang (Minecraft) and Utopia Architects with Rosenberg Architects.
