Wood House / UNIT Arkitektur AB

Architects: UNIT Arkitektur AB
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Design Principals: Mikael Frej + Klas Moberg
Project Architect: Frans Magnusson
Area: 270 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: elStudio
Clarion Hotel Post / Semrén & Månsson

Architects: Semrén & Månsson
Location: Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Area: 34,000 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Krister Engström
Pagoden / Semrén & Månsson

Architects: Semrén & Månsson AB
Location: Gullbergsvass, Gothenburg, Sweden
Area: 10,600.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Krister Engström
Active Cranes Research Proposal / JAPA

An industrial and harbor city divided in the north and south by the river Göta, Gothenburg is currently lacking a coherent relationship between the city and the river. The great differences between the north and south sides of the Göta River are in scale, function, and density. The project, proposed by JAPA, Javier Ponce Architects, re-introduces the Göta river to the citizens by means of a urban re-generation; the river seen as a green system connected with the existing landscape. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Kuggen / Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
Location: Lindholmsplatsen, Göteborg, Sweden
Architect In Charge: Gert Wingårdh and Jonas Edblad
Contractor: PEAB
Client: Chalmersfastigheter AB
Area: 5350 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Tord-Rikard Soderstrom, Lindman
Cycling Center / We Are You + Erik Hallberg

Presented at the bike festival of Gothenburg just about a week ago, the Cycling Center by We Are You + Erik Hallberg aims to promote cycling and bring together different cycling communities in the city. With Gothenburg being a city strongly dominated by cars, more than other large Swedish cities, this project has started to turn this around and make Gothenburg a ‘bike city’ with role models such as Amsterdam and the neighboring and great example Copenhagen. In this work of switching over from cars to bikes, their proposed cycling stadium would act as a catalyst. To become a ‘bike city’, the perception of the bike and the cyclist among city inhabitants is crucial. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Arlevagen / Helhetshus

Architects: Helhetshus
Location: Floda, Gothenburg, Sweden
Design Team: Pär Thurfjell, David Josefsson, Joakim Haglund, Joanna Henje, Cecilia Segerstedt
Structural Engineer: Stefan Borg, Ramböll
Project Management: Mats Nyström, Helhetshus
Area: Four models with a span between 127 sqm– 186 sqm
Year: 2009-2011
Photographs: Bert Leandersson
Super Sustainable City Exhibit / Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture

At an exhibit in Gothenburg, architects Fredrik Kjellgren + Joakim Kaminsky from Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture have designed a sustainable city as a ”glimpse of a possible sustainable future” for Sweden. The project, entitled Super Sustainable City, takes the analytical findings of a previous green initiaive,”Gothenburg 2050″ and presents a new “architectonic vision.”
More about the exhibit after the break.




















