KS's residential infill Etaget on Western
Kungsholmen in central Stockholm has been awarded 1st prize in
the Design S – Swedish Design Awards 2018 in the category
Architecture
Design S – Swedish Design Awards is Sweden’s
biggest and most comprehensive design award, backed by the
entire design industry. The award is aimed at professional
designers, architects, individual specialists, producers and
companies that work with design in a broad sense.
Etaget is a distinctive addition with a strong urban
identity, developed in collaboration with Tobin Properties and
Ebab. Composed of a mix of offices and light industry, Western
Kungsholmen has in recent years developed into a diverse and
complex neighbourhood with the emergence of complementary
businesses and new housing. The project aims to combine the
existing environment with a building that accentuates and
develops the city structure further. It is a building designed
to fit into the neighbourhood’s vernacular while providing the
area with new qualities.
The project is a pliable mini-Manhattan, landing in the city
block and building a vibrant streetscape with premises on the
ground floor and inviting activities with an expressive urban
character. It embraces the essential values of a city –
diversity and a wide range of functions. KS designed a distinct
silhouette, with varying depth, materialization and textures
that work both at a distance and in the immediately neighbouring
streets. The building’s configuration interprets the various
heights of Nordenflychtsgatan and the surrounding buildings at a
different scale.
A green Paradise! The project focuses on green space and
social-ecological resilience. Given
the dense inner-city location, every available space is secured
and used to provide recreation and positive experiences for the
residents. The courtyard is designed as a cheerful social green
space, an oasis of flowers and greenery interspersed with
bicycle parking. The green roof terraces are a new addition,
containing both communal and private spaces for spending time
outdoors, cultivation, playing and socializing.
The architectural expression refers to a classical order found
in the inner city of Stockholm – commercial space at ground
level, supporting a main volume, with set-back penthouse floors
on top. The sum is, however, far from traditional, but forms as
a whole an innovative project, made up of a series of stacked
cubes, vertically displaced; a beneficial addition to the street,
of inherent complexity. Interior design by Koncept Stockholm.