Complied by Leah Linhares
llustrations: Henning Larsen Architects
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| Courtyard |
A collaborated winning
entry by Henning Larsen Architects, SLA and Tyréns will be the face of
Uppsala’s new town hall…
With its transparent
architecture, the new town hall in Uppsala, Sweden, proposes to enter into a
dialogue with its citizens; greeting them inside through a passage running
through the ground floor of the building. Covered with a great glass roof, the
courtyard makes up the heart of the building, where public services and
programs will be situated.
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| Site plan |
A sculptural edifice in the
centre of the courtyard connects old and new departments with footbridges at
different levels; with the town hall meeting and conference facilities planned
here.
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| Town Hall design sketch |
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This mixed-use building will
be home to 1,500 flexible work places, a cafe with outdoor serving, a
restaurant, shops, conference facilities, a space for public and private
exhibitions and events. Adding to this modern environment is the central
building, where knowledge sharing and cross-disciplinary problem solving are the
proposed key aspects.
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| Entrance |
With construction estimated
to begin in 2017 and complete in 2020, the project is a refurbishment and an
addition to the existing town hall, which was only partly completed in
accordance with the original drawings. Henning Larsen Architects' proposal
builds upon the competition proposal from 1957 and completes, with an L-shaped
building, the original intention of a closed town block.
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| Building exterior - streetside |
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Adjudged by the jury as the
proposal, which convincingly unites functional demands with architectural
quality, the design keeps the towns people in mind, making it welcoming,
functional, at the same time, preserving the architectural value of the
existing building in a very elegant way.
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