Midsommarsnö

Proposal for a suburb square outside Stockholm.
Triangular parts is folded upwards to create shops underneath and hangout areas on top. The square is then painted with white road paint, a cheap and elegant choice.
The shops will lit up the square like lanterns at nighttime and stimulate to activities and attract customers.

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The nearby cultural institutions at Götaplatsen, the most prominent square in Gothenburg, wanted a box office to reach more people and to vitalize the square.

Instead of the ordinary cube to be placed somewhere in the solemn square, a bunch of robots will do the job instead.
They work in ten hour shifts and then roam the streets of Gothenburg in their spare time to interact with the people.
This will activate the square, sell more tickets and be a lot more of fun.


The square at daytime


Square, plan


Box office


The square with the robots at night time

Plan, night

Interactions

Technicalities

Suburb Habibi

City planning for a suburb with a strong identity.


Gamlestadstorget, a suburb to Gothenburg, is changing its infrastructure and connections with the surrounding suburbs and the city.


The strong identity (people, attitude, diversity and density) is preserved and intensified with a new villagelike building.


The building is laid out in a dense way according to the diagram above.

A sprawling compact building programed with diversity and 24H life.
Dense in its first floors and then defragmented on the higher levels.
Like a small village in the suburb, the best of gamlestadstorget collected to a superstructure that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Situated next to a new planned open square, that will also function as a big travel hub for this area, the structure will contrast to it with its windling narrow streets and small shops.

The square is mainly in white shiny medinastone with rubber parts that transforms down to the river and becomes pools, bbq and stages for performances and parties.
one part next to the new railwaystation is lit with extra strong lights so you can play basketball all night long.