Technical Building

Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes

Technical Building

U.D. Urban Design AB

CONSTRUCTION
Wsp, Stefan Tyrbo, Anna Rask

EL
Rejlerskoncernen Ab, Göran Karlsson

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Helena Glantz, Erik Jarlöv, Anders Ohlin, Karin Ask

CONTRACTOR
Byggnad Över Mark : Mavab Ab

PHOTOGRAPHS
Robin Hayes

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Stockholm, Sweden

CATEGORY
Infrastructure

Text description provided by the architects.

Modern cities are filled with small technical buildings; sub- and pump stations that provide essential electrical, water and sewer supplies to their citizens.

These buildings are often a kind of unassuming anti-architecture; something that works best when it is not seen at all.

Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes

Stockholm Royal Seaport has decided to take a very different approach.

Here, a new addition to Storängstorget (the public square in the Stockholm township of Norra Djurgården) takes the form of a small building that houses both an electrical substation as well as pumps for the square’s new fountain.

Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes

The building’s asymmetrical volume is primarily of Corten steel with a south-facing façade in sculptural wooden ribs that doubles as a generous seating bench oriented toward the square and the afternoon sun.

The remaining sides of the building are composed of a graphic pattern of grazing deer made by laser-cutting into the Corten steel, as well as an interactive light image that shows real-time information on how much electricity is being consumed in the homes located around the square.

Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes

The goal is to allow this small, but essential part of the neighborhood´s infrastructure manifest itself by clearly communicating its public function.

We have created a sunny perch to sit on and watch the activities on the square while the building talks about its content for people strolling by on their way home to their machines and electrical outlets.

Technical Building
© Robin Hayes


Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes
Technical Building
© Robin Hayes


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