NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden

NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin

NS24 RAIN WATER DEPOSIT IN SWEDEN

ON Arkitekter

ARCHITECTS
ON Arkitekter

ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS
WSP

ON ARKITEKTER TEAM
Petra Mann, Filipa Reis, AnnaMaria Berggren, Anna Berglund, Fredrik von matern.

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Erik von Matérn

PHOTOGRAPHS
Johan Fowelin

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Stockholm, Sweden

CATEGORY
Infrastructure

Text description provided by architect.

Trafikverket (the National Transportation Authority) had to increase the drainage capacity for the motorway and therefore needed to construct a depository where rain water from the road is contained and purified before it is released and led to lake Mälaren.

NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin
NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin
NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin

CONDITIONS

NS24 is different from most other rain water depositories in the sense that it is placed above ground, in a slope. 

It is clearly visible from the surroundings, not least from Rörstrandsgatan in Stockholm.

Therefore, the city of Stockholm made strict claims regarding the design of the building.

NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin
NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin
NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin

DESIGN

The façade panels are mounted between horizontal belts of weathering steel with slightly angled frontal edges and contours which vary from floor to floor.

Planting wires are taut between the belts, forming an irregular surface where plants will spread out to form a green outer layer at a small distance from the facade. The plants are irrigated by purified water from the depository.

NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
© Johan Fowelin


NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
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NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
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NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
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NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
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NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
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NS24 Rain Water Deposit in Sweden
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