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For us, architecture is about improving society. By housing, landscape, rooms, furniture, lighting, streets and districts contribute to the creation of a better world. Recognizing the unusual, personal, unexpected, innovative, individual, special and excellent, while recognizing the need we have for each other, our collective strenght and the dialogue with customers and collaboration partners. By doing that, we’re on the right way in the process to move society a few inches forward during each project.

BIM

BIM (Building Information Model) is an information model that describes all the processes and constituent parts of a building during its lifecycle. By using BIM, the building can be modelled, visualised and analysed before it is built. The information can then be retained and refined during the construction process, and all the players can exchange information. This is a new working method that can produce lower construction costs, better operating economy and higher quality.

The advantages of BIM include the potential to provide data for calculating quantities at an early stage, such as the number of windows. It can also cover area calculations, supporting data for calculations, energy and climate simulation and lifecycle cost analyses.

We are participating in the EU’s INPRO project, an international project involving contractors, universities and consultants, in which we are developing the early processes with the aid of BIM.

To find out more, contact Gunilla

Gunilla Qvarnström
+46 31 60 86 00

Residential

Having the opportunity to design somebody’s home is a great privilege. There is so much that has to fall into place, and there are as many opinions about a home as there are people. And shaping somebody’s day-to-day life, security and castle is something that has to be done with sensitivity, humility and a desire to create the very best. Our goal is for you to feel that your home is exactly as you want it. Now and in the future.

New types of housing are now starting to take shape. There is less focus on wealthy groups. Good value, quality housing for people with normal incomes is needed – for the young and old, students, people with a different cultural background and for newly formed families. Today’s family groups, people’s increasingly changing wishes as regards their living environment and an ageing population are stipulating demands for the development of new housing solutions.

We are ready in a changed market. We are inviting dialogue from various perspectives, not serving up ready-made solutions. Together we can see the context and a holistic perspective. We are offering diversity and we have the experience, the expertise and a strong desire to further develop residential construction.

Housing is one of our core areas. We are involved in all the stages, from early planning commissions to following up on the construction site. Several of White’s areas of expertise often come together in our residential projects, and we have designed residential properties in a number of Sweden’s towns and cities.

To find out more about how we view housing, contact Mats.

Mats Egelius
+46 8 402 25 22

Vävskedsgatan, Göteborg

Vävskedsgatan in the Lunden district in central Göteborg is somewhat unusual as regards newly developed tenant apartments in a city location. 28 new rented apartments – at a sound financial cost estimate. The project is an example of the type of concentration that is often sought in the debate, with all the difficulties on the roads that this entails. Instead of large-scale, industrialised construction, Vävskedsgatan shows that even a small project built on site with local players can be competitive!

Vävskedsgatan is the result of a collaboration between White and FO Peterson & Söner Byggnads AB, where we jointly own and manage the building.

Contact: Johan Lundin and Thomas Samuelson
Customer: KB Lunden 45:13
Photography: Hendrik Zeitler

Inner Harbour, Sundsvall

The first six-storey building made of solid wood in Scandinavia. Five buildings with a total of 96 apartments.

The exposed harbour environment has inspired us to create robust buildings in the style of a warehouse. The façades are made entire of wood, and can be seen in two layers. An outer layer of strong glulam panels in rich distemper paints in contrast to the light, warm, golden inner layer that presents the underlying frame. The apartments are designed according to the preconditions as regards dimensions stipulated by an effective solid wood framework, as well as according to Mitthem’s wishes regarding small apartments.

Contact: Lennart Sjögren
Customer: Mitthem
Photography:  Svanthe Harström

Slussplan, Malmö

Slussplan, a stripped down area empty of people and with minimal aesthetic value. A sleeping beauty that is about to come to life! Around 100 apartments measuring between 45 and 105 square metres, most with views over two areas. Disruption from cars and trains meant that we have to be inventive. The solution included an inner courtyard providing sheltered outdoor areas, as well as well as a two-storey tall, shared terrace area level with the roofs of the old city centre. The triangular shape also opens out into a small park.

Contact: Sven Gustafsson
Customer: SBC

Hamnhuset, Göteborg

Hamnhuset is Sweden’s first apartment block to be so energy efficient that it is basically heated by the body heat of its residents. The building has been calculated in accordance with the LCC method (Life Cycle Cost), where the reduced energy cost quickly outweighs the investment costs. The estimated energy consumption is at least 50% less than in a conventional building. Hamnhuset displays its profitability from the first day of building in an energy efficient manner. Everyone wins: the client, the property owner, the residents and not least the environment.

Hamnhuset is a collaboration between Älvstranden Utveckling AB, White and the heating and sanitation consultant Bengt Dahlgren AB. The venture is part of the company’s undertaking within the Bygga/Bo scheme.

Contact: Jan Larsson
Customer:  Norra Älvstranden Utveckling AB
Picture:  White View

Construction maintenance

People want to preserve their cultural monuments through the generations. And those of us who live and work in Sweden want to acquaint ourselves with our cultural heritage, as does everyone who visits our country. Maintaining and developing our older buildings requires commitment and knowledge. This work covers everything from maintenance and adaptation to new functional requirements, to restoration and reuse of buildings for entire new activities.

Our attitude is to utilise the buildings’ existing qualities when adapting them to new activities. This presupposes an understanding of the character of the buildings, old building techniques and new functional requirements. Handling technical function requirements in older buildings is one of the greatest challenges.

Our projects have attracted attention and won awards over the years. Östra Stallet was awarded both a distinction in the Swedish Construction of the Year competition and the Stockholm Association of Building Contractors’ ROT prize in 2005. The extension to Göteborg’s concert hall was awarded the National Property Board’s Helgo Award. Our other projects include the Hagabadet spa in Göteborg, the Plenary Chamber and the Library of the Swedish Parliament, the Nationalmuseum, the Stockholm City Museum, Uppsala Castle, the Army Museum in Stockholm and the Concert Hall in Göteborg.

We also have architects, antiquarians and engineers with broad experience of restoration and painstaking conversion work. We work on the basis of investigations and written programmes for building document planning and following up during the construction period. We work with interior and exterior colouring and façade renovations. We also take on various types of antiquarian assignment, such as cultural historic investigations, inventories, documentation and evaluations, as well as antiquarian preliminary studies and antiquarian checks according to the Planning and Building Act.

To find out more about construction maintenance, contact Håkan.

Håkan Langseth
+46 8 402 26 18

Östra Stallet, Stockholm

Östra Stallet in Stockholm has been converted to house a library and office premises for the National Heritage Board. The library is located on the ground floor along with an exhibition hall. These are open to the public. Our assignment has spanned from the planning stage with various inquiry options through to the follow-up stage during the construction process. The project was awarded the ROT prize for the best conversion in Stockholm in 2005.

Contact: Håkan Langseth
Customer: The National Property Board
Photography:  Max Plunger

City Museum, Stockholm

New lift and main entrance to improve access to the museum. The shop has been extended and is next to the ticket desk and the new main entrance in the middle of the southern wing.

Great consideration has been given to the cultural historic value of the building. The courtyard has been paved with granite slabs in a grid pattern in two greyish-black shades, and a pool has been created.

Contact: Håkan Langseth
Customer:  Real Estate, Streets and Traffic Department, Stockholm
Photography: Max Plunger

Hagabadet spa, Göteborg

Hagabadet spa was originally built in 1876 as a bathing and washing facility, funded by local philanthropist Sven Renström. The bath section was supplemented in 1906 with a modern Art Noveau swimming pool.

The facility has now been restored after years of decay, and some of the most important rooms, including the swimming hall, the Roman baths and the first and second class entrances have been recreated. The original tiling, vaulted ceilings, skylights and painted decorations have largely been preserved or reconstructed.

The centre has been declared a historic building.

Contact:  Ulla Antonsson
Customer:  KIGAB
Photography: Max Plunger

Plenary Chamber, Swedish Parliament

More intense debate and better adaptation to new working methods. These were the aims when we were commissioned to design new seating in the Swedish Parliament’s Plenary Chamber. We have developed new seats and a new Speaker’s podium. All the furniture has been newly designed. We have also refurbished the panels and back wall. In conjunction with this, we have also overhauled safety and evacuation issues.

Contact:  Håkan Langseth
Customer: The Swedish Parliament
Photography: Max Plunger

Design

If you Google “design”, you get 1,190,000,000 hits. Approximately. In other words this is a fairly broad area, and something that basically affects every aspect of our day-to-day lives. When we talk about design here, we are referring to the design of products, interior design, lights and information. In simple terms, we usually summarise this by saying that we want to achieve design that provides everyday benefits for many people, rather than aesthetic pleasure for a few.

Within White we have fostered a method of working that is based on the user and his or her needs. We call this user-oriented design, where every product or service is set in its context and where the actual work is preceded by an in-depth analysis. Within design we have a team that works well together, possessing expertise in various fields. You could call us a multi-disciplinary design office where our mix of knowledge is our strength. Our expertise means that we can take on very complex assignments.

We create products that increase the client’s competitiveness on its specific market.

Good design is a matter of working on various levels to safeguard fundamental safety aspects and human comfort requirements, as well as satisfying emotional and spiritual values. We focus on the needs of our customers, and hence on those of the users. To date we have received 21 Excellent Swedish Design awards, which is proof of our knowledge and creativity.

Design is a process that can be applied to the most varied of things. Depending on different wishes and aims, we create products that increase the client’s competitiveness on its specific market. Our customers comprise a cross section of Swedish manufacturing industry, primarily in the furniture and lighting sector, and represent both producer and consumer goods in large and small companies alike. Offecct, Fagerhult, Blond, Ikea, Gemla, Kosta Boda, SOS Alarm and Göteborg Concert Hall to name just a few. This means that we are used to solving design and construction problems in a multitude of different materials and techniques.

To find out more about how we view design and what we can do for you, contact Kristofer

Kristofer Jonsson
+46 31 60 86 26

Christmas illuminations on the Avenue in Göteborg

Christmas City Gothenburg is a project extending over three years, in collaboration between the City of Göteborg and property owners. The objective is to make the city more attractive so that even greater numbers of visitors are drawn to the centre during the Christmas shopping season. White Design was commissioned to create a design for the Avenue between Götaplatsen and Lilla Bommen using lighting in an innovative and exciting way.

Contact: Torbjörn Eliasson
Customer: City of Göteborg
Photography: Ulf Celander

“Maskros” (Dandelion), fabric and carpet

Maskros (Dandelion) is a pattern originating from the Optibo experimental project that excited so much attention. A graphic pattern that also has an organic expression. The inspiration comes from the memory of when I was a child, fascinated by the transformation of dandelions from yellow flowers into light, transparent balls of seed. I loved blowing the dandelion heads and letting the seeds fly away in the wind. This was not very popular with the grown-ups who struggled with the stubborn progress of the dandelions in their lawns. This pattern is now available as curtain fabric in ten shades and as a carpet in a range of different colours.

Contact: Ingrid Backman
Customer: Almedahls

“Montoya”, moulded chair

A moulded chair with a steel wire base and separate back and seat. This stackable chair is available fully upholstered, with an upholstered seat, varnished or stained. It can also be fitted with arms, connectability and a writing board, as well as a trolley to move the stacked chairs around with ease. Thanks to its varying designs, this chair is suitable for many purposes. In spite of its slim design, this chair is simple, light and very comfortable. The steel wire base gives the chair a certain spring, which enhances its comfort.

Contact: Ingrid Backman
Customer: Mitab Produktion AB
Photography: Lars Hoflund

Shopping

I shop therefore I am! Maybe not quite so drastic, although there is no doubt that shopping is becoming increasingly important. Shops are turning into shopping centres, which in turn are growing into shopping districts where you can do whatever you want, and a little besides. It is a sign of the times that malls and shopping centres are taking up more and more space in our lives, not only as places to shop, but also as social collection points and natural meeting places.

Good architecture for shopping communicates the right message and promotes sales. We design attractive environments for people. When we succeed, this automatically benefits the shops’ turnover. It is actually that simple. A holistic approach is therefore a precondition. A perspective that is not restricted to the commercial interior, but rather to the entire building, and at times the entire town.

Just as with all other architecture, we work on the basis of the external environment and the conditions. At the same time, our task is naturally to support the activity being conducted inside the building. Flows are a central concept. Building a destination is another. Emotional logistics. How far do people walk along a street or through a shopping centre before they turn around? Why don’t they reach the shops farthest away? Is it simply because there are two banks situated next door to each other, or is it a matter of a location that is fundamentally wrong or a lack of enjoyment. These are important parameters and components in commercial and urban development.

With our experience of town planning and good architectural quality, we can contribute to the development of successful shopping centres. Examples in recent years include the Sturegallerian mall in Stockholm, Frölunda Torg in Göteborg, the overall plan for Vällingby Centre and the Saluhallen market hall in Uppsala.

To find out more about shopping, contact Eva.

Eva Fabricius
+46 8 402 25 27

Sturegallerian mall, Stockholm

Sturegallerian mall has acquired a new main entrance, a larger area and a great many new shops. The heart of the capital has consequently been presented with a new shopping magnet with a design concept inspired by the stage design of a theatre. Sturegallerian mall has been architecturally developed as part of a creative collaboration between White and Centrumutveckling.

The new entrance advertises itself all the way up to Kungsgatan and leads the visitor right into the heart of Sturegallerian – the lightwell. The Sture district has also acquired new, space-efficient, attractive offices.

Contact: Ulla Bergström
Customer: Diligentia
Photography: Åke E:son Lindman

Frölunda Torg

Frölunda Centre is undergoing a huge make-over with the comprehensive conversion and extension of Frölunda Torg. The development proposal comprises several developments, extensions and conversions of the existing shopping centre, as well as new parking facilities, accommodation and infrastructural improvements that will enrich the surrounding area.

Contact:  Per Axenborg
Customer: Diligentia
Picture: White View

Sollentuna Centre

Palms and intense greenery. In the middle of Sollentuna. Our winning proposal for a new commercial design is based on unique environments, sensuous experiences and an oasis in the middle of the centre. The oasis is a central ‘great hall’, with restaurants, cafes and vegetation that you do not immediately associate with your local garden. Well planned customer walkways of varying natures and indoor environments that are thematically associated with the focus of the retailers, provide a commercial hothouse with a range of features. The redevelopment also includes extensive outdoor environments, services and housing.

Contact:  Mikael Stenqvist
Customer: Steen & Ström
Picture: White View

Uppsala Saluhall

The market hall in Uppsala, dating back to 1907, was ravaged by a major fire in 2002. The entire hall was destroyed. Only the surrounding brick shell and the towers survived. We created a new building within the old shell. A robust steel cage housing all the technical installations is now located inside the ruins. The general, versatile shop system stands freely inside the hall. With restricted dimensions, lighting and warm colours, we have produced a modern market hall that recreates the sense of intimacy – the market hall feel!

Contact:  Christer Uppfeldt
Customer:  If Skadeförsäkringar
Photography:  Luc Pages

Interior design

Most people agree that the interior design of a building affects us. We move about daily in environments of widely varying natures. Your daughter’s preschool requires an entirely different room layout and interior design than the restaurant where you eat your lunch. And the shop where you buy your jeans does not normally look like your healthcare centre.

For us, interior design is a matter providing both effective function and a sensuous experience down to the smallest detail. We believe that if we conduct a close dialogue with our customers and are prepared to think along new lines in creative terms, we can craft better and more exciting interior designs. Inspiration from sources such as the playfulness of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood can provide so much more than simply focusing on prevailing beliefs regarding work in the office. Thinking more freely and daring to test the boundaries.

We always work on the basis of the interior as part of the whole, as part of the building’s architecture and operations, which can be reinforced and supported through conscious design. At the same time we pay attention to the details in the interior.

We possess specific knowledge for creating interiors incorporating well planned function, good economy and design, and have considerable experience of leading projects. We work together with our architects’ groups or on individual assignments – all according to our customers’ wishes.
Our projects over recent years include Apoteket’s head office in Stockholm, Turning Torso Meetings, Forsman & Bodenfors, the City Hall in Malmö and the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.

To find out more about how we view interior design, contact Susann.

Susann Wessely Gromark
+46 31 60 87 19

Turning Torso Meetings, Malmö

Turning Torso is the most characterful building to have been created in Sweden for decades. It is just as magnificent as a concept and experience as it is an interpretation of its location. The interior of Turning Torso Meetings builds on the qualities of the building, creating a beautiful and functional whole.

Visitors to Turning Torso should feel welcomed and well looked after. The interior design contributes to the experience by acting as a welcoming embrace. The conference facility and the meeting rooms are extremely flexible, all with the aim of satisfying the visitors’ needs and wishes. The furnishings in the Board Room, just like in the lobby, are among the most exclusive in Scandinavia.

Contact: Per Bornstein and Mattias Lind
Customer: HSB Turning Torso Meetings
Photography: Johan Fowelin

German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Stockholm

We have been inspired by the airy, slightly raw nature of the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre, where the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce is now housed. We have converted this into a more elegant look, designed specifically for them. Representative, free and flexible have been watchwords throughout our work on the design.

The representative part of the office should feel active, open and welcoming, even when no events are being held. The white floors in the public areas produce a special light, the ceilings house visible installations in order for visitors and staff to experience as much height as possible. Strong colours and furniture with a clear character provide a contrast to the white floor. The office rooms, which are more private in nature, are located further into the premises. They employ an open-plan office solution, with soft, dark carpets, low-level cupboards and numerous small meeting rooms that make it possible to combine calmness and openness.

Contact: Elise Juusela Norberg
Customer: German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce
Photography: Roberto Chaves

Filborna school, Helsingborg

From two industrial halls into creative premises for the media course. We placed great emphasis on identifying open solutions, where the generous ceiling height of the old halls could be utilised. Operations are now in progress and everyone is very satisfied.

The project is very topical, as many local authorities currently have a surplus of school premises and are not building new ones, but instead updating existing premises and adapting them to various activities.

As a result of investigations carried out for all upper secondary schools in Helsingborg, one project (out of many) crystallised: to move the painting aspect of the building course away from Filborna school and instead move the media course there.

Contact: Charlotte Kristiansen
Customer: Kärnfastigheter Helsingborg
Photography: Ole Haupt

Office & Industry

Show me how you live and I’ll tell you who you are. This applies in particular to companies. When architecture is working at its best, the building is an extension of the brand, a reflection of the company’s soul and personality.

White is behind many of our time’s most attention-grabbing buildings in the office and business sector. There are many varied preconditions ahead of each new project. Most important of all, however, is the interplay between the architectural design and the ability of the operation’s content to create a coherent sense of identity.

Perhaps the clearest example of this is our own new office building, Katsan. In the middle of the construction sector crisis, we stuck our neck out and built a new building for the 140 employees in our Stockholm office. We resolutely took on the roles of client, project manager and architect. It may sound obvious for an architectural company to design its own building, but the fact is that this actually happens very rarely. Most Swedish architects’ offices are housed in existing properties that the companies have neither designed nor can influence to any great extent. Katsan has won many awards, including the Kasper Salin Prize. Our other award-winning projects include the head office for JC in Mölnlycke and the Jericho District in Stockholm.

Within industry, we have worked on many different projects for Volvo, for example, the most recent being a head office for Volvo Trucks in the Lundby area of Göteborg.

To find out more about office and industry, contact Thomas or Per.

Per Axenborg, Industry
+46 31 60 86 58

Thomas Rudin, Offices
+46 8 402 25 82

White, Stockholm

An extremely contemporary glass building with large, generous floors that are flooded with light. Façades made entirely of glass and an interior design that is characterised by the office’s creativity. The office is the result of a unique construction project where we have taken on the roles of client, project manager, environmental manager and architect. It has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Kasper Salin Prize, Construction of the Year and the Swedish Precast Concrete Federation’s Architecture Prize.

Contact:  Bengt Svensson

Kista Science Tower, Stockholm

Kista Science Tower is the result of an architectural competition where the aim was to create a symbolic building that reflects the high-tech developments in Kista. We created a landmark that is visible from a long distance – a tower structure without a rear side, designed to resemble a prism or crystal. The Nordic region’s tallest office complex comprises six triangular buildings, the tallest of which measures 160 metres and has 32 floors. In total Kista Science Tower houses more than 2,500 workplaces.

Contact:  Monica von Schmalensee
Customer: NCC Fastighets AB
Photography: Åke E:son Lindman

Volvo Trucks, Göteborg

New head office for Volvo 3P in the Lundby area of Göteborg. The building contains the development offices, prototype workshops, a restaurant and a conference centre. Total approx. 15,000 square metres.

Contact: Per Axenborg

Jericho, Stockholm

The Jericho district is a piece of modern design inserted between hundred-year-old neighbours. The neighbours are extremely historical and full of energy, with Art Noveau rendered façades and brick façades in the style of National Romanticism. Our building is narrow and has no entrances. The inspiration came from the hopes of the Council for Beauty (Skönhetsrådet) for a modern building in the city, from the city’s hopes of illuminating the alleyways and from Ericsson’s new, ultra-slim T28 mobile phone. We worked without any historical references and using the latest technology. A deliberate choice – a sort of technology-driven design.

Contact: Thomas Rudin
Customer: Diligentia
Photography: Åke E:son Lindman

Culture & Leisure

The ‘experience industry’ is growing all over the world. More and more people are looking for opportunities to balance a hectic working life with large and small activities in their free time. And the range of opportunities is getting ever larger. For us too.

Just as with all architectural design, the starting point is always the customer, the place and the time. What is the client’s charisma and personality? Is the work taking place in a meadow or in the middle of town? What is happening in the outside world at the moment and influencing the way we design or the customer’s requirements?

The conventional way of building an exhibition, for example, with old remnants on a dusty stand with a brass plate is long gone. It is necessary to design the narrative according to different media requirements if you are going to capture today’s audience. Content and architecture must be in harmony in order for the visitor really to be moved and to take the experience with him out onto the street. Or into the countryside.

We have long been established within this extensive sector. This is particularly true of our projects for the Swedish hotel industry that have attracted much attention, including Hotell 11 in Göteborg and the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm. We have designed no fewer than seven nature centres for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, which act as informative and inspirational gateways into the countryside. The award-winning, much publicised Kastrup Søbad centre near Copenhagen is another example of architecture welcoming the visitor out into nature.

The experience industry is growing. To find out more about how we view these opportunities, contact Mattias.

Mattias Lind
+46 31 60 86 51

Kastrup Søbad

Open air bathing south of Copenhagen where bathers have access to deep water, shelter and sunshine in one and the same solution. The facilities rise up from the sea like a seashell and visitors have access to 750 square metres of wooden decking for bathing, relaxation and socialising. The project has won numerous distinctions and has attracted global attention.

Contact: Fredrik Pettersson
Customer: Tårndby Local Authority
Photography: Åke E:son Lindman

The rich wetlands of Kristianstad

In a unique area along the River Helge, a few hundred metres from the centre of Kristianstad, a new landmark is emerging from the vegetation. A bridge and a building that are reinforcing the experience of the wetlands. Without disrupting the local wildlife. The material used is timber that has turned grey. The building’s boards are vertical, like the reeds, and flashes of rust-red steel can be glimpsed underneath.

Contact: Fredrik Pettersson
Customer: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

The High Coast

The building is concealed at the foot of the mighty Skuleberget mountain and houses an exhibition that illustrates the phenomenon of uplift, which is greater in the High Coast region than anywhere else in the world.

The nature centre, which is more a part of the landscape than a traditional building, comprises a simple rectangular block, with its long side facing the south-east, the sea and the approach. The rear wall, made of stone, is in the form of an incision into the bedrock.

Contact: Ulla Antonsson
Customer: Västernorrland County Administrative Board
Photography: Johan Fowelin

Klara Kongress, Stockholm

A genuine exclamation mark on the city’s skyline. A new hotel, conference centre and office building are joining the city together over the railway. The hotel offers rooms with views over Riddarfjärden, the office building is a city palace looking out in three directions, while the conference centre, with space for 3,000 people, has a spectacular upper section.

Contact: Bengt Svensson
Customer: Jarl Asset Management
Picture: White View

Landscape

Open landscapes, carefully chiselled park environments or undulating vegetation in a natural town square adjacent to a travel centre. A place to sit down. To take an extra minute or two. Wherever we are, we are affected by landscape architecture. An understanding of the importance of an integrated landscape quite simply gives us all something extra.

In our projects we endeavour to achieve clarity, well-planned details and high material quality. We are convinced that good landscape architecture creates added values for our customers, and for this reason it is only natural for us to conduct an ongoing dialogue with other skills areas within White. Listening to and interpreting the wishes of customers and users is a precondition for finding the very best solutions for each project. The specific knowledge we possess through our long-standing involvement in this sector and the breadth of our assignments means that we can give our customers a product incorporating well-planned function, a high level of design and good economy.

We work primarily with planning and design in conjunction with construction in the city and the landscape. However, we also develop existing landscapes and city areas. We participate in competitions and investigations from an early stage, working with data for general and detailed plans and the design of public spaces in widely varying projects, such as streets and squares, junctions, travel centres, residential areas, school playgrounds and parks, as well as natural areas and mountain landscapes.

We have been awarded the Siena Prize, an award for the best outdoor environment in Sweden, for two years running. The first time was for the Travel centre in Norrköping, and in 2005 we won the prize for Östra Ågatan in Uppsala: “Uppsala’s new living room”. We have also been awarded the Swedish Precast Concrete Federation’s outdoor environment prize on a number of occasions, including for the University Hospital in Linköping and for Södertörn University College in Flemingsberg.

To find out more about our landscaping projects, contact Helena!

Helena Bjarnegård
+46 31 60 87 31

Östra Ågatan, Uppsala

One of Uppsala’s most attractive areas, the wharfside promenade along Östra Ågatan, has been refurbished. The site has become a well-used seating and gathering area – a new living room in the middle of Uppsala. The river area has been made more accessible. There is an open promenade along the river, while low walls made of diabase make up the height difference between the street and the wharf. These form supporting walls for the existing trees, as well as acting as informal seating. Seats and benches have been incorporated in the walls.

Contact:  Mattias Nordström
Customer: Uppsala Local Authority
Photography:  Luc Pagès and Bo Gyllander

Norrköping’s travel centre

The old station area has been converted into a modern travel centre. The link between the station building and the park has been re-established, and the street has been refurbished with 248 new trees. The heart of the project has been the creation of clarity in a complex traffic environment. Within the travel centre, the different forms of transport are linked by a straight thoroughfare that runs right through the entire area, with the station area as the new central square. The project was awarded the Siena Prize in 2002.

Contact:  Mattias Nordström
Customer: Norrköping Local Authority, Banverket (Swedish National Rail Administration), SJ Fastigheter (the real estate division of Swedish State Railways) and Östgötatrafiken.
Photography: Natasja Jovic

Södertörn University College, Flemingsberg

“For a design that is distinguished by a holistic approach and strong identity-creating elements, where concrete plays an important role. The high quality of the outdoor environment is largely due to the wonderful interplay between buildings, rocky knoll and ground cover. They go well together in terms of scale, form and function. This creates an environment with a strong identity.” Quoted from the jury’s citation for the Swedish Precast Concrete Federation’s outdoor environment prize, 2003.

Contact: Anders E. Johansson
Customer: The Clara Foundation
Photography: Åke E:son Lindman

Gåshaga Piers, Stockholm

Contact with the water and the view over Höggarnsfjärden have been the starting point in the planning of Gåshaga Piers on Lidingö. Spread over 3-4 floors with penthouses, the residential properties step down towards the water along clear street environments and green courtyards. The wharf area is a recreational thoroughfare for the public, including a marina and a bathing island. The area is characterised by openness and transparency.

Contact:  Anders E. Johansson
Customer:  Gåshaga Pirar KB
Photography: Natasja Jovic

Environment

More and more people are demanding environmentally friendly construction – a sound, resource-efficient, ecocycle-based built environment. The environment is no longer a niche, it is a precondition for creating good architecture. Good quality, resource-efficient housing, better school environments, healthy workplaces and public environments. Good design – good architecture.

We are striving to achieve a sensible environmental awareness in every architectural project we undertake. What was previously ecological thinking is now also an economic and business-minded approach. Green thinking is an important competitive tool. Working together with our clients, we are identifying creative environmental solutions to complex environmental issues. Good architecture and environmentally friendly construction go hand in hand when creating the buildings of the future.

We possess a broad range of knowledge and can offer services within all the stages of the construction process, such as environmental impact analyses in the planning process, environmental consultancy and co-ordination in order to achieve buildings with a good indoor environment, as well as damp-proof, energy-efficient solutions.

Our strength is our broad knowledge about the built environment, including a mixture of extensive experience, inspirational innovation, leadership skills and business prowess. We co-operate successfully with other disciplines within White, as well as with other offices, to provide the customer with the right ‘package solution’. The right function and design for the right project and at the right cost is the philosophy that governs our work. We also offer services to external customers.

In one of our large environmental projects, Hammarby Sjöstad, we developed an environmental programme for the area in which we encouraged integrated energy production, i.e. solar cells for electricity production and solar collectors for heading tap water. We also participated in drawing up guidelines regarding the choice of materials, and in some areas we developed energy-efficient solutions for apartment blocks (which also encompassed solar cells) and environmental friendly construction materials with low emissions. These blocks have won awards and attracted great interest from overseas.

Our projects include the New Karolinska Solna, Katsan – White’s Stockholm office, the Museum of World Culture in Göteborg, Vävskedsgatan, Kosterhavet nature centre, Hamnhuset in Göteborg and the Psychiatric unit at Östra Hospital.

To find out more about the environment, contact Linda.

Anna Graaf
+46 31 60 86 28

White, Stockholm (environment)

As part of an environmental programme, functional requirements were specified for the building, including with regard to energy and indoor climate. The energy requirement is 120 kWh/square metre per year, which corresponds to the target for 2005 in the Swedish Environmental Advisory Council’s dialogue project Bygga/Bo. The requirements that were stipulated constituted an important foundation for a parallel draft between heating, ventilation and sanitation consultants. The result is a building that is cooled with free-cooling from Lake Hammarby. Loops circulate cooled water in the concrete floor and ceiling structures. In order to ensure good air quality, only the air volumes that correspond to BBR’s hygiene demands are required. The added value is a quiet building with a comfortable indoor climate.

Contact: Marja Lundgren
Photography: Johan Tholsson

Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm

Hammarby Sjöstad is a district with high environmental ambitions. When it is fully developed, the area will be home to just over 20,000 inhabitants in 9,000 apartments.

The environmental programme that was developed for the area encouraged the use of integrated energy production, i.e. solar cells for electricity production and solar collectors for heating tap water.

We participated in drawing up guidelines for the choice of materials, which formed part of the environmental programme. In the Lugnvattnet and Holmen blocks in Hammarby Sjöstad (previous spread), we developed energy efficient solutions for apartment blocks (which also encompassed solar cells) and environmental friendly construction materials with low emissions.

Hammarby Sjöstad is also distinguished by the selection of major system solutions for fields such as the handling of surface water and biogas production from waste and sewage treatment. The areas have pool cars, which means that residents share cars with each other. The cars run on biogas produced ‘in-house’, which does not result in greenhouse gas emissions. From a sustainability perspective, Hammarby Sjöstad can therefore be an interesting example from which to draw lessons.

Contact: Linda Johansson

Vävskedsgatan, Göteborg

Vävskedsgatan in the Lunden district in central Göteborg is somewhat unusual as regards newly developed tenant apartments in a city location. 28 new rented apartments – at a sound financial cost estimate. The project is an example of the type of concentration that is often sought in the debate, with all the difficulties on the roads that this entails. Instead of large-scale, industrialised construction, Vävskedsgatan shows that even a small project built on site with local players can be competitive!

Vävskedsgatan is the result of a collaboration between White and FO Peterson & Söner Byggnads AB, where we jointly own and manage the building.

Contact: Johan Lundin and Thomas Samuelson
Customer: KB Lunden 45:13
Photography: Hendrik Zeitler

Hamnhuset, Göteborg

Hamnhuset is Sweden’s first apartment block to be so energy efficient that it is basically heated by the body heat of its residents. The building has been calculated in accordance with the LCC method (Life Cycle Cost), where the reduced energy cost quickly outweighs the investment costs. The estimated energy consumption is at least 50% less than in a conventional building. Hamnhuset displays its profitability from the first day of building in an energy efficient manner. Everyone wins: the client, the property owner, the residents and not least the environment.

Hamnhuset is a collaboration between Älvstranden Utveckling AB, White and the heating and sanitation consultant Bengt Dahlgren AB. The venture is part of the company’s undertaking within the Bygga/Bo scheme.

Contact: Jan Larsson
Customer:  Norra Älvstranden Utveckling AB
Picture:  White View

Psychiatry, Östra Hospital, Göteborg

Psychiatry building with a total of 120 beds divided between 9 departments. A great deal of emphasis has been placed on creating a homelike care environment. Stringent security requirements, technical requirements and climate requirements have also been stipulated. We have been commissioned to act as environmental co-ordinator during the turnkey contract. This role has entailed ensuring that all those participating in production and planning have adhered to the client’s environmental requirements. The focus has been placed on the choice of environmentally friendly building materials, energy conservation and damp-proofing.

Contact:  Karin Hedén
Customer: Västfastigheter
Photography:  Christer Hallgren

Project management

Constructing buildings is a process. There is always a precondition, a starting point. We inspire, plan and manage the work. For us, project management entails being the client’s right hand, controlling the process and finances throughout the project.

We look at the whole picture, with the focus on customer value, quality and economy. We always work directly for the client.

We possess wide-ranging knowledge and extensive experience, inspirational innovation, leadership skills and a business prowess. Our project management operations are based in Göteborg, Stockholm and Uppsala, and we handle projects of all sizes, throughout the construction process and within many market areas. Our current projects include Bildcentrum in Göteborg, conversion work at the Royal Institute of Technology in i Stockholm, a multi-storey car-park and a new care unit at Sahlgrenska Hospital and the procurement of a turnkey contract including a partnership at the Central Hospital in Karlstad.

We work both in teams at the office and with external architects’ firms. We offer expert knowledge within areas such as procurement, partnerships, logistics, cost estimates and financial management. In order to influence and improve the construction process, we also conduct our own research projects and participate in various development work.

To find out more about project management, contact Simon.

Simon Svensson
+46 31 60 87 14

Sahlgrenska Hospital

In recent years we have conducted a number of project management assignments at Sahlgrenska, including a new supply building, a new care unit and a new central cooling system for the entire hospital. We are involved in all stages of each project, from the feasibility study to the final inspection. We are currently involved in a new multi-storey car-park that is self-ventilated in order to achieve low energy and operating costs. In total the car-park will hold approximately 640 cars spread over 7 floors.

Contact: Simon Svensson
Customer: Västfastigheter
Picture: White View

Vävskedsgatan, Göteborg

Vävskedsgatan in the Lunden district in central Göteborg is somewhat unusual as regards newly developed tenant apartments in a city location. 28 new rented apartments – at a sound financial cost estimate. The project is an example of the type of concentration that is often sought in the debate, with all the difficulties on the roads that this entails. Instead of large-scale, industrialised construction, Vävskedsgatan shows that even a small project built on site with local players can be competitive!

Vävskedsgatan is the result of a collaboration between White and FO Peterson & Söner Byggnads AB, where we jointly own and manage the building.

Contact: Johan Lundin and Thomas Samuelson
Customer: KB Lunden 45:13
Photography: Hendrik Zeitler

Urban development

A town is a place for meetings between people, for accommodation, work and trade in goods and services. The town is the basis for our commercial sector and for culture. The increasingly large urban regions are where most of us live and work. Demand for urban areas is very great, both from the commercial sector and from housing. Quite simply we need more town.

Integrated urban development requires an insight into functions, buildings and contexts, as well as into the processes that formally and informally lead to its implementation. Here at White, we have been involved in urban planning at various levels for many years. We are now witnessing a new form of urban planning starting to take shape. We need to develop the ‘midway town’ – the town between town centres and outlying areas, the town between different outlying areas, the town along communication routes – into a functioning whole comprising new, attractive urban landscapes.

Urban planning places demands on the design skills and visualisation capacity of the architects’ office. We also have the depth and the breadth that are required in order to be a professional player in urban planning processes. We can combine the skills of the architect, the landscape architect, the planning architect and the process manager. We work with both large and small projects, acting as a consultant and propounder on behalf of both local authorities and private stakeholders. Last year we were awarded the Planpriset prize for our work on the transformation of Vällingby Centre. We are currently working on projects including Angered Centre, the area around Bällstaviken in Stockholm, the Damsgårdssundet area in Bergen and Hannemansparken in Copenhagen.

We make use of our internal knowledge network in urban planning projects. We also build up external networks in order to collaborate in an appropriate manner with experts in fields such as traffic, commerce and urban economy. Together with our customers and business partners, we aim to achieve attractive living environments and more town for our time.

To find out more about how we view the town and integrated urban development, contact Anders.

Anders Thalberg
+46 8 402 25 96

Vällingby Centre

Vällingby Centre is once more serving as a model for the open city centre and the natural meeting place for the whole of Västerort in Stockholm. This is Vällingby’s biggest make-over for 50 years, making it as attractive now as it was when it opened in 1954.

In this major renovation and development scheme currently taking place in Vällingby Centre, we are responsible for the ultimate configuration and co-ordination of the various components of the project. We are responsible for the planning and design of the land in the whole of the centre. Part of the work involves repaving the streets to give them their unique circular paving-stone pattern. We are also responsible for the planning of two sub-areas that incorporate parking facilities, trade premises, offices/hotel and residential properties.

Vällingby was awarded the Planpriset prize in 2006.

Contact: Owe Swanson
Customer: Svenska Bostäder

Hannemansparken, Copenhagen

Copenhagen, Scandinavia’s largest city, is continuing to grow. Ørestad, south of the centre, will be creating homes for more than 20,000 people, and over the next 20 years the district will be transformed from the town planners’ vision into a dynamic and attractive part of Denmark’s capital city.

Most of the housing will be situated in Ørestad Syd (South). At least 10,000 people will move into this district, where the mix of housing, schools, shops, offices, sports facilities and public institutions will generate activity and life 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They will find Copenhagen’s largest natural area right outside their door, while the underground will depart for Copenhagen City every five minutes.

The heart of Ørestad Syd will be Hannemannsparken, an area comprising a mixture of buildings to be let out in various ways. The aim is to create a diverse urban environment. We decided to collaborate with the Dutch firm MVRDV from Rotterdam, an office that specialises in radical and innovative urban development projects and which is now responsible for the implementation of the project.

Contact: Claus Jørgensen
Customer:  Nordkranen A/S

Angered Centre

We have participated in a parallel commission for the City Planning Authority in the City of Göteborg, in collaboration with Omniagruppen Fastighetsförvaltning AB, the Property Management Administration, Angered Local Hospital and the Sports and Associations Administration. The assignment related to the regeneration and development of Angered Centre and its immediate surroundings. The task included creating a new square, premises for extended shopping, a local hospital, housing and an ice and swimming hall. All in all, the proposal covers approximately 125,000 square metres of new BTA.

Participants in the assignment included Liljewall Arkitekter AB, Radar Arkitektur och Planering AB and White. Out of these three, the judging group recommended that White’s proposal should form the basis for the continued programme work.

Contact:  Jonas Zetterberg
Customer:  City Planning Authority, City of Göteborg

Bergen, Norway

In the Damsgårdssundet area, Norway’s second city will create what is being referred to as the city district of the future, modelled on Hammarby Sjöstad.

We have developed a quality programme for the district and are now designing one of the first blocks to be erected in the area, which with its discontinued factories and rough industrial environment is reminiscent of the old area where Hammarby Sjöstad is now situated. Our block in Damsgårdssundent includes some 70 apartments, two shops, a playing-ground at the top of a five-storey building, a three-storey garage and a large culture and leisure centre. The block is situated in steep mountain terrain, which has inspired the roof form.

Contact:  Mats Egelius
Customer:  Bergen Local Authority
Picture: White View

Tianjin, China

In Tianjin, China’s fourth-largest city, the provincial government has decided to refurbish and restore the old area of XianNong.

On behalf of our client Peak Towers Property Holding, we will be working on a project covering 50,000 square metres, where almost SEK 1 billion will be invested in housing, a school, offices, shops, a clubhouse with a swimming hall and an underground service facility. Our task is to act as architectural consultants and to ensure that the project achieves Scandinavian quality levels, both as regards the planning and the restoration of the historical buildings. At the same time, the new buildings will be adapted to the historical ones, representing a significant part of the project. When it comes to restoration, we will be working with the local design institute and the city of Tianjin’s structural antiquarian authority.

Most of this area will be restored, although some new construction is planned. XianNong will function for a modern lifestyle and will contain well planned environmental solutions, for example when it comes to energy, waste management and water treatment.

Contact: Viktor Galavits
Customer: Peak Towers Property Holding

Education and training

There is not much that hasn’t changed. The old-fashioned school where all the pupils were cast in the same mould has now been consigned to history. The traditional schooldesk teaching with one-way communication has been replaced with more active learning. In our opinion, it is obvious that all pupils learn differently and have different prerequisites. In other words, one and one does not always equal two. School therefore has to be an environment where pupils can explore, play and utilise all their senses in order, at a later date, to provide them with the opportunity to take responsibility for their own development.

We offer dialogue and continuous development. We want to be prepared for future changes and to have a multi-disciplinary forum that discusses trends and developmental issues both internally and with external players. The driving force is to refine, both in day-to-day activities and in the development of new learning environments.

We co-operate with clients and businesses to conduct thorough analyses, and we also possess a sound understanding of how organisation and spatial design facilitate educational intentions, all with the aim of providing a long-term, high-quality solution. We are involved in all the stages, from early local and planning commissions to interior design and following up on the construction site.

Our most recent projects include Möllevång school in Malmö, Skeppet preschool in Hammarby Sjöstad, Filborna school in Helsinborg, Eik in Norway and Nordskov school in Denmark.

To find out more about our school projects, contact Charlotte.

Charlotte Kristensson
+46 40 660 93 33

The English Park, Uppsala

Some ten buildings from different epochs in the Kemikum district have been converted and linked together to form an integrated whole. The objective of the work has been to reinstate the original appearance, and preserve and enhance their distinctive characters. The modern additions in the form of new buildings or linking structures between buildings represent the 21st century’s contribution to an exciting composition of buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries. As part of the conversion process, extensive work has also gone into making improvements outdoors.

Contact:  Bengt Svensson
Customer:  Akademiska Hus
Photography:  Åke E:son Lindman

Möllevång school, Malmö

Möllevång school in the Södra Innerstaden district in the middle of Malmö is a newly built school for 480 children in the age range 6-15 years. The heart of the school is the library, a room spread over two floors with a large panoramic window offering views over the whole of Folkets Park. A large, shared room with a stage, café and music areas that is used as a dining hall and leisure club in the daytime can also be hired out in the evenings.

The school is coloured with a neutral base of white and light grey, with strong accent colours in cerise, blue, yellow and apple green.

Contact:  Charlotte Kristensson
Customer:  Stadsfastigheter

Filborna school, Helsingborg

From two industrial halls into creative premises for the media course. We placed great emphasis on identifying open solutions, where the generous ceiling height of the old halls could be utilised. Operations are now in progress and everyone is very satisfied.

The project is very topical, as many local authorities currently have a surplus of school premises and are not building new ones, but instead updating existing premises and adapting them to various activities.

As a result of investigations carried out for all upper secondary schools in Helsingborg, one project (out of many) crystallised: to move the painting aspect of the building course away from Filborna school and instead move the media course there.

Contact: Charlotte Kristiansen
Customer: Kärnfastigheter Helsingborg
Photography: Ole Haupt

Mälardalen University, Västerås

The concept of a combined campus has inspired the design of the new principal building and the library. The rooms in the principle building are gathered in a flexible structure jutting from the existing college building, whilst the library has been extended towards Vasagatan. The principal building echoes the style of the existing building, yet possesses a distinct individuality of its own.

The library has been designed to create two connecting volumes. A glazed, open-plan, three-storey library hall offering an enormous space, and a three-storey building with a rendered façade that houses work rooms, group rooms and lecture halls.

Contact: Åke Johansson
Contact:  Customer: Fastighets AB Vreten
Photography:  Åke E:son Lindman

Eik, Tønsberg, Norway

New upper comprehensive school on the outskirts of Tønsberg, adjacent to an area of private houses. The solution was to create four new ‘houses’. The library is the heart of the school, which has neither conventional classes nor classrooms. The students are domiciled in ‘bases’. From their home base, they move about through the school during the day, working in groups of varying sizes that can fluctuate between smaller and larger rooms.

Contact:  Fredrik Källström
Customer:  Tønsberg Local Authority
Photography: Stig Havran

Visualisation

Digital technology is providing entirely new opportunities to visualise a concept. Where designers and architects previously had to be satisfied with sketches on paper, they can now create highly realistic illustrations with the aid of the computer. To put it simply, digital technology enables us to show what will soon be there before it actually exists.

Quality, economy and time are at the heart of our operation. The aim is to understand our customers’ needs optimally and then to satisfy them with winning presentations at reasonable prices. We are happy to support our customers in every stage of the project, from planning to the implementation of all possible technical solutions.

Visualisation is a specialist group with White that we call White View, where we have gathered the employees with the best skills in the fields of visual communication, 3D, architectural photography, digital images, animations and film. As part of our day-to-day collaboration with designers and architects, we are faced new challenges that stipulate demands for the creative use of all the possibilities offered by the new technology. The group’s position within White entails varying work with everything from new buildings, infrastructure, spaces and products. In order consistently to improve at what we do, we monitor the global trends in the sector. We follow technical developments, educate ourselves in new presentation techniques and conduct regular workshops in which discuss our most recent assignments and provide feedback on our experiences.

We work with assignments both within White as well as from external clients such as real estate companies, construction companies, advertising agencies and other architects’ offices.

To find out more about how we view visualisation, contact Robert.

Robert Niziolek
+46 8 402 26 48

New Karolinska, Solna

The hospital contains three innovative features. Instead of widely dispersed clinics, the resources have been gathered together and grouped in a concentrated manner. Research is integrated with care, in physical terms. The patient is at the heart, and the aim is an individual room for each patient. Using visualisation, we can clearly present what is intended to be one of the world’s leading hospitals.

Contact:  Robert Niziolek
Customer:  Locum and SLL
Picture:  White View

Stockholm Waterfront

A genuine exclamation mark on the city’s skyline. A new hotel, conference centre and office building are joining the city together over the railway. The hotel offers rooms with views over Riddarfjärden, the office building is a city palace looking out in three directions, while the conference centre, with space for 3,000 people, has a spectacular upper section.

Health care

From care architecture to caring architecture.

Creating rooms, environments and buildings to provide care primarily requires consideration for people. It demands in-depth, humanistic and existential knowledge about people’s needs and dreams. Of course, we also take current medical, financial and political objectives into account. But people are always our priority. The patients and the staff.

We believe namely in the importance of the health-promoting effects of architecture.
We believe in architecture as a strong argument for patients and personnel to select a particular care environment. For this reason, we also believe in a close, personal collaboration with our customers in order to identify new angles of approach and new links between people, medicine and the environment. To work together to develop caring architecture.

Here at White we possess extensive experience of architectural projects involving the various areas and environments used in health care. Over the years we have completed a great many advanced assignments both in Sweden and abroad, including various projects at Karolinska and the university hospitals in Umeå, Lund, Malmö, Uppsala and Göteborg. We have helped to design, plan and modernise hospitals in Lisbon, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Khartoum and Iceland, as well as designing what is now Europe’s largest hospital, Mater Dei University Hospital on Malta.

As a result, we have collaborated over the years with a large number of clients and built up a unique network of specialist expertise. We are therefore able to implement projects throughout the entire process, from strategic development plans and initial stages to the implementation phase’s planning and design of buildings, landscapes and interior designs.

Our collaborations in Sweden and elsewhere around the world have taught us the importance of realistic timetables and cost calculations from concept to implementation. Above all, however, we have understood the importance of personal commitment, both on the part of the client and us, in order to develop solutions that are both cost-effective and caring. We possess this commitment.

To find out more about the health care market area, contact Ia.

Ia Belfrage
+46 40 660 93 22

New Karolinska, Solna

The hospital contains three innovative features. Instead of widely dispersed clinics, the resources have been gathered together and grouped in a concentrated manner. Research is integrated with care, in physical terms. The patient is at the heart, and the aim is an individual room for each patient. Using visualisation, we can clearly present what is intended to be one of the world’s leading hospitals.

Contact:  Robert Niziolek
Customer:  Locum and SLL
Picture:  White View

Biomedical Centre, Lund

Adjacent to the University Hospital in Lund is BMC, where basic medical research has been integrated with the hospital’s clinical research. The research premises are extremely flexible, with researchers being able to collaborate in various groups over time. Seven general, efficient laboratories have been grouped around a central main corridor. The depth of the laboratory floors, at just over 20 m, means that the laboratory units can be connected with an internal corridor close to the façade. The central corridor can then function as a neutral ‘laboratory street’ and the floor can be leased out as larger or smaller units.

Contact:  Kjell Nyberg
Customer:  Akademiska Hus
Photography:  Ole Jais

Psychiatry, Östra Hospital, Göteborg

Psychiatry building with a total of 120 beds divided between 9 departments. A great deal of emphasis has been placed on creating a homelike care environment. Stringent security requirements, technical requirements and climate requirements have also been stipulated. We have been commissioned to act as environmental co-ordinator during the turnkey contract. This role has entailed ensuring that all those participating in production and planning have adhered to the client’s environmental requirements. The focus has been placed on the choice of environmentally friendly building materials, energy conservation and damp-proofing.

Contact:  Karin Hedén
Customer: Västfastigheter
Photography:  Christer Hallgren

Reception and treatment building, Kungälv Hospital

Conversion and extension. The building houses a rehabilitation centre incorporating physiotherapy, occupational therapy and rooms for social welfare officers and speech therapists. The upper floor houses receptions for the surgical, eye-care and X-ray departments.

The building must support the receiving of patients and visitors in friendly, respectful and professional manner. By means of a good overview and straightforward orientation, the physical environment is expected to help patients feel secure and confident. The premises allow activities to be organised and conducted in an effective manner, with well developed co-operation between the clinics’ various functional elements.

Contact: Roger Johansson
Customer:  Västfastigheter