Stockholm-based Petrén Merom Architects and Scheiwiller Svensson Architects Office have designed the SWAN, in Gävle, Sweden.
This 150 meter high building will include offices, hotels, conference and residential service.
More information here (in Swedish). More images after the break.
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very wack.
It looks like something that should be by the ocean.
why, again?
……ok. It’s a giant urinal. Very classy indeed.
that is all.
urinal
I used to be all about European architecture because they in general stayed away from such crap amorphous blobchitecture… sadly, no more.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9480/urnial.jpg
R.Mutt
When is blobitecture crashing dramatically out of fasion like post modernism? In general blobs are overplayed, obnoxious, wasteful and incredibly ugly.
“Marcel Duchamp”
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-duchamp_en/images/m/4-3I01505-urinoir.jpg
Nice logotype next to the “SEKTion” aswell
why this form ? what’s the point of making such architecture ?
not really sure of what they thought about during the design process… a really huge urinal … hummm… nice…
i´m agree, the God´s urinal….
Why is the urinal a bad thing? Perhaps your minds are not in the right place? To me, this building is nicely completed with quite an elegant roof; wrapping itself around the elevation – it is hardly a blob. The cantilevered section looks impressive. Anyhoo, it is a well shaped tall building.
the “urinal” looks weird cause there is no explanation about the conception of this shape, no motivation, so at the first view, it’s a huge urinal, that’s all, without explanation, hand drawings or anything else… neither on the architect web site… looks like an object, nothing else…
it makes me want to pee:))))
To Bat:
We have yet to find out what happened during the conceptual stage. No information on that yet. Everyone’s drawing their own conclusions based on absolutely nothing that what their eyes perceive.
Hope someone translates whatever text is in the original webpage, and let’s all hope AD enlightens us on this subject.
Here is my proposal for the building’s central sculpture/installation: http://imgur.com/29f2.jpg
Perfect Work
section is missing a drainpipe
Haha! Good one numlok!
looks like a melted EUROSTOP ™
wow. very nice concept
This design doesnt make any sense at all. It is a sad piece of work.
Marcel Duchamp?
thing is…high rise office buildings are a little bit exausted.One has done too many over the years and in a search for inovation you reach the sillyness…and this just silly.
I like it…
quit being mean people. go design something better yourself – and make it so that its gets posted on archdaily so we can all marvel at your genuis.
I love the form. it’s unique. Simple but bold in making a statement formwise.
A giant bicycle seat ready for take off….
9:16 PM Apr 27th
Am I crazy or this looks like a giant toilet seat?
http://tinyurl.com/d7h53u
1:42 PM Apr 28th
The blob reinvented http://twurl.nl/1zq1cr
4:29 PM May 5th
swedes build the world’s biggest urinal http://snurl.com/hfi2u