Stadsplaneringstävling Europan
2001

1. Stockholm 1950´s
Urban growth in the .fties led to the choice of
organising the new city by the structure of the
”satellite-system”. The old city kept its position
as the main centre, now linked to several others,
the suburbs. Well spread out with great distances
in-between and with secured links to the city, the
suburbs had no chance of developing on their own.
The old city strengthened its position as the capital,
now with an even larger zone of customers.
Very soon a problem aroused. The powers of the
city gave very little space over for the suburbs to
act on.

2. Stockholm 1980-90´s
A world of divided halves was a fact; A city with
its periphery. While politicians fought for the retail
trade of the planed and developed market-centres
of the city, a New World started growing outside.
Smart actors of the market found ways of using
the Sub-urban structure. Sites positioned inbetween
city and suburb, alongside the highways,
developed a competitive market of its own, a
market based on the sub-urban .ows in and out
of the city. These sites, .lled with markets, outlets,
storagespace, of.ces etc. formed a new dimension
of the city. People from all parts, city as well as
periphery were involved. For the .rst time the role
of the traditional citycentre was in danger. Focus
was taken from the centre and the relation was
the reversed: the city started to depend on the
periphery. Despite the new pro.table sights a big
problem remained. This was a game for the big
city market and there was very little left over for the
old sub-urbs to pro.t from. The sites were simple
extensions of the city that happened to .nd their
position in the sub-urban structure, borrowed land.
They remained isolated and planning was still
focused on the modernist approach, City-periphery.

3. Järfälla 2001
The outlet structure in Järfälla with all of its shops and
restaurants forms the ideal base for a new settlement,
where space is given to a new city structure, a sup(er)-
urb.
The Suburbs have an enormous chance of developing
these areas into Super-Urbs with qualities that can’t
be found elsewhere in the city. Unlike the sub-urb
which was subpositioned (under) the city, acting a as
a servant both in supply and demand the sup-urb is
positioned on top of it, superpositioned. The relation
is the reversed. The city structure already provides it
with a large demand. The way of achieving this is by
the addition of housing to the sight. As a continuation of
the local character of the sight (historical remains and
valuable nature) they are added to the mix of regional
outlet barracks. The area will be complete. Various local
services will be added. A new city-typology based on the
two obvious inputs in the region will be achieved:
The design task consists of how the two can pro.t from
each other for the bene.t of a new city-typology.
Superb!

DESIGN
Existing condition
As hinted above the sight has already the qualities of
the two worlds:
1. A strong local character represented by ancient
remains and valuable nature.
2. One of the new stronger marketplaces in Stockholm
with the whole region as customer.

Dynamic
Historical- Forest-, Field-, Water-, Plaza- and Carpark.
Like stickers, different parkscapes are attached to the
existing site condition. Following the height contours, the
parks are placed onto the plateau’s, from the historical
park at +38.0 to the parking at +22.0. In the parks a set
of local services (post, bank, shoemaker, community
houses etc.) and regional (a continuation of the
outletstructure) is placed. A section (AA) from +38.0
- +22.0 demonstrates the variations achieved. The
parks re.ect and guarantee various needs in the
sup-urbanan structure. As time and needs changes
the plateau´s transform. To demonstrate this 3
scenarios has been studied: ”The Europan-2001
city”, ”The public transportation city” (for that day
when subway and trains reaches out) and ”The
car city” (for that day when there will be no more
subways and trains).

Static
Like a .lter 8 stretched, 16 m. wide bodies
containing 4 types of apartments for approximately
900 people are placed 4.5 m on top of the
parkscapes. Each body has one set of apartments.
The 4 types are: 35, 70, 120 and 150 m2 . An
existing hangar is integrated as a part of the
arkeodrome- and theater building, a new landmark
with a program re.ecting the carachtere of the site.
Like the houses it crosses the parkscapes. Passing
through the building, looking out, one will get the
context/story of the highly complex sight this is.
Dynamic + Static = Design task solved
The parks offer a variation in lifestyles. The sight
offers living for people with different interest. Living
on top of your carparking with immediate access to
the highway and other locations. Living on top of
the forests and .elds with direct access to nature
and gardening. Living on top of a dam with superb
sense of openess. Living on top of the plaza with
direct shopping and cafélife.
The layout offers a variation in two directions:
housingtypes in one and parks in the other.
Together they form an ideal place for living on top
of the supply and demand system of the city in
interplay with the suburbian qualities such as that of
the nature, that is: living a Sup-urbian life.

A CUT
demonstrating the two directions
1. The direction of the landcurves is strengthened
by new parkscapes being attached to the existing
topography. The inheritage / character of local
ancient remains and regional outletmarket are all
parts of the new parkscape.
2. A housing .lter is placed on top, 4.5 m above
groundlevel and new service functions.
1+2: Apartments of different sices are
characterised by what is under.

CONSTRUCTION
Due to the concept of the static and the dynamic
section; to create maximum span and ƒPexibility
above the different landscapes, the dwellings acts
as an inhabited truss, providing an open, ever
changing landscape beneath it.
This is made possible by the Vierendeer beam
providing as system of dwellingtubes that make up
the Vierendeer framework.

Two beams makes up the basic dwelling element,
5×16 meters.
3 meters high theTube span 16 meters as
maximum.
Each module consists of 4 Tubes that surrounds
an inner courtyard.

A light Climatic skin covers the framework and
enables punctuations in the facade when not limited
by the beam.

EUROPAN 2001 CITY
The suburban revenge. This City meets the demands
of today; Half car city / half nature it attracts those who
are in need to be close to the historical citycenter(by
car) and those who prefere nature. It applies to different
lifestyles; the shopper as well as the gardener but still
in a natural center, the outlet center. This is the result of
our study of the current situation in J.rf.lla - Stockholm.
The site is designed to meet new inputs of tomorrows
society. Here follows two possible scenarios

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CITY
20 years later. Finally the city ƒOnished the construction
of the new public transportation system of Stockholm
(extensions of metro and train lines) The car is totaly
ruled out. This is the green city, truly modern with an total
ecological system in itself. The parking is now converted
to ƒOelds where people grow their own food. Although the
carachtere of the site is totally changed the 8 housing
ƒOlters are still the same in plan and section.

CAR CITY
Another 20 years passes. The public transportation city failed.
The car turned out to be the winner. Stockholm is a region of
good road communications and people travel daily. Fields and
forest is converted into parkingspaces. Although the carachtere
of the site is totally changed the 8 housing ƒOlters are still the
same in plan and section.