TYPE: TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
LOCATION: TENSTA, STOCKHOLM
STATUS: CONCEPTUAL
COURSE: A21P2C: ARCHITECTURE PROJECT 2:2 TECTONICS, ORNAMENT, TRANSFORMATION YEAR 2
The project has its foundation in the sociologist Jay Coakley’s ideas about sport and its relationship to society. The analysis and description of sport are manifested in the book Sports in Society, where sport is viewed as a social construction rather than a physical exertion. The motivation behind sport consists of internal and external rewards, where one’s own well-being is balanced with the observer’s attention. In addition to these ideas, sport is also described as a measurable tool for the human body, where each body part and muscle is measured and developed for improved performance. Through these ideas, this project has its point of departure in viewing sport more as a shift of states than a physical performance.
The site on which the project is located lies between the football field and Västerbron on Långholmen. A place with different flows where various movement patterns and activities already meet. This placement of the project gives it the opportunity to communicate with all these flows and become visible from different viewpoints.
The building is arranged on a single level where the rooms are distributed through a grid of steel columns. Colonnades enclose the building to create spaces that function as transitional zones for visitors. A space that is both inside and outside, private and public. The façade is made of brown brick to reference the construction of the former prison on Långholmen, as well as to manifest the tension between the site’s history and its contemporary purpose.
The site on which the project is located lies between the football field and Västerbron on Långholmen. A place with different flows where various movement patterns and activities already meet. This placement of the project gives it the opportunity to communicate with all these flows and become visible from different viewpoints.
The building is arranged on a single level where the rooms are distributed through a grid of steel columns. Colonnades enclose the building to create spaces that function as transitional zones for visitors. A space that is both inside and outside, private and public. The façade is made of brown brick to reference the construction of the former prison on Långholmen, as well as to manifest the tension between the site’s history and its contemporary purpose.
The building is arranged on a single level where the rooms are distributed through a grid of steel columns. Colonnades enclose the building to create spaces that function as transitional zones for visitors. A space that is both inside and outside, private and public. The façade is made of brown brick to reference the construction of the former prison on Långholmen, as well as to manifest the tension between the site’s history and its contemporary purpose.
The movement pattern within the building is sequenced, where the visitor first encounters a portico that leads into a more intimate antechamber with administration and reception. The central point of the building is a square column hall that connects all functions of the building. The youth center, café, changing rooms, and landscape meet in this center. The changing rooms are located separately and have robust materials and heavier structures to create a more reflective space.
The sports hall is built in brick both internally and externally, where three sides consist of pivot glass doors within a glazed infill wall. The purpose is to create a connection with the landscape and the surrounding context in order to give rise to new activities and encounters.
The building is thus designed to balance social life with intimacy, while at the same time striving to respond to the site’s movement patterns and preserve them in order to create a new social meeting place.
The movement pattern within the building is sequenced, where the visitor first encounters a portico that leads into a more intimate antechamber with administration and reception. The central point of the building is a square column hall that connects all functions of the building. The youth center, café, changing rooms, and landscape meet in this center. The changing rooms are located separately and have robust materials and heavier structures to create a more reflective space.
The sports hall is built in brick both internally and externally, where three sides consist of pivot glass doors within a glazed infill wall. The purpose is to create a connection with the landscape and the surrounding context in order to give rise to new activities and encounters.
The building is thus designed to balance social life with intimacy, while at the same time striving to respond to the site’s movement patterns and preserve them in order to create a new social meeting place.