Nyckelviksskolan Workshop
Nyckelviksskolan Workshop
Marge Arkitekter
ARCHITECTS
Marge Arkitekter
STRUCTURE ENGINEER
Byggnadstekniska Byrån Btb
MANUFACTURERS
Randers Tegl, Lgs Lighting Group, Nibema, Nordic Dörrfabrik, Scanlight System
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Afry
AREA
680 M²
MAIN CONTRACTOR
In3prenör
FIRE ENGINEER
Brandskyddslaget
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Projektform
MEP & HVAC CONSULTANTS
Helenius Ingenjörsbyrå Ab
PHOTOGRAPHS
Johan Fowelin
LOCATION
Sweden
YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Schools
Founded in 1955, Nyckelviksskolan on Lidingö provides pre-university courses in art, crafts, architecture, and design and vocational training for craft educators.
When the need for expanded and more appropriate premises arose, Marge Arkitekter was tasked with designing an extension that would primarily house the ceramic and sculpture workshops.
The remit was to create an extension that should relate to the plaster and brick façades of the existing school buildings. In this context, the new extension serves as both a connecting link and as an additional layer of a further layer added to the whole.
The building volume appears as a wedged-in brick monolith, a sculptural block whose surfaces have been chiseled with large, wooden-framed glass openings.
The volume adapts itself to the existing buildings with an independent and contemporary expression. The extension asserts itself by extending its façade between the existing buildings and creating an embracing, inviting east-facing entrance.
The sculpture studios have been fitted with lanterns that provide light from above. The souterrain floor to the west faces a future sculpture park.
To create a gentle transition between the plastered main building and the workshop building’s sacked brick façade, the façades of the extension are rendered in brick of shifting red tones.
The façades are laid on site in varying bonds that provide a cohesive and precise expression. The frame is a hybrid of steel and prefabricated concrete with a ceiling of glulam beams framing the roof lights in the studios.
