Architecture Projects: Skeppsbron
Until 9 June
Architecture Projects: Skeppsbron is the first in a series of exhibitions that brings together some of Sweden’s most talented architects to consider the question: What do we want our city to be?
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Speculation is crucial in architectural practice and a central role of the architect is to think differently. Architecture Projects: Skeppsbron highlights the artistic methods and visionary ideas of eight Stockholm-based architects and studios to propose new possibilities for Skeppsbron – a large waterfront site that stretches across Gamla Stan, from Slussen to the Royal Palace.
As Stockholm’s oldest quay, Skeppsbron and Skeppsbrokajen have a unique history as the ”shop window” of Sweden: a hub for the import and export of goods, a marketplace, a thoroughfare, and a metaphorical bridge between the capital and the rest of Europe. Between people, ideas and commerce, this was once Stockholm’s foremost site of exchange. Although it still stands as a defining image of the city, it has come to be dominated by car parks and underused public space.
Through drawings, models, words and references, these eight visions consider possible futures for Skeppsbron as an architectural, symbolic, and public landscape. They celebrate the architect’s ability to address the city as a layered, multifaceted environment capable of absorbing unexpected proposals and, together, can help us to see its potential in a new light.
Participants
AT–HH
Esencial – Carmen Izquierdo
Elizabeth B. Hatz
Hermansson Hiller Lundberg
OKK+
Krupinski/Krupinska
Tor Lindstrand
Nilsson Rahm
Curator: James Taylor-Foster
Exhibition Design: Erik Törnkvist, ETAT ARKITEKTER
Graphic Identity: Studio Reko
Light Design: El & Scenteknik AB
Installation: Markus Eberle, Stefan Mossfeldt
Programme: Daniel Golling, Karin Svensson, Elisabet Schön
Thanks to Betongindustri (Stockholm).
About Architecture Projects
Architecture Projects is a rapid-response platform for architects to engage with the city, responding to broader discussions in which architecture has a central role. The project offers space for architects and practices of differing size and experience to be visionary: to speculate, consider and imagine the role of the architectural project in affecting different scales – from that of the interior to that of the city.
