Koh Chang

A couple of years ago the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustav received a gift from the King and Queen of Thailand. The gift, two female elephants, was given in gratitude for a Buddhist pavilion erected in the north of Sweden. The competition was to design the facilities for the two elephants in connection to an existing zoo in Gothenburg. We decided to relocate the elephant house to the Royal family's castle at an island outside Stockholm. Stockholm shares the same lack of elephant as Gothenburg and it seemed more logical to locate the two elephants in a more populated town and also more respectful to the King of Thailand to have his gift in a Royal environment.

In Thailand the elephants live outdoor with cattle-tenders. In Sweden they were to be put in a traditional elephant house. We found the Thailand way of treating the animals more decent so we suggested that the elephants should live as cattle at the royal island with a pavilion as a winter shelter. The royal castle has had no new building in two hundred years so it was about time. While roaming around on the island, the elephants can chose to sleep comfortable in one of the many rubber pits that is located on strategically places. Hopefully the king would become delighted by having his elephants nearby.




The winter palace:
The elephants have cozy rubber areas to sleep in, a mud hole to roll around in, a pool with a shower, a tactile rubber wall (which is a picture of the king) to scratch on, and many other facilities. The concrete is polished and not so insulated, so when it is cold, the tropical climate inside will cause a condensation and create a mirror effect inside, expanding the room visually.
A ramp takes the elephants down to their winter palace. The section also shows the possibility to walk up on the roof for the spectators to see these impressive animals.

Pamukkale

A sport arena in Tensta, Stockholm. Inspired by a holy white mountain in Turkey.
The building as a linking landscape and pride in a problematic area.


Exterior


Interior

View from roof top pools

Pit Stop

Pit Stop outside Chalmers University

visiondivision won first prize in a green thinking competition.
The competition; to create a green installation on the size of a parking lot to make people reconsider their thoughts about travelling into a more ecological way.
The best way to make people give up something is to give them another better option, Therefore we focused on making cycling a more pleasant way of transport.The solution became a "cycle in café" where you can take a short pitstop. The café offered warmth, music, service for your bicycle while still sitting on it takinga quick coffee or a healthy beverage.
After winning the competition the proposal was erected on the exhibition "I stan utan bil"(In town without your car) on one of the main streets in Gothenburg. And then on placed out side chalmers university, and then transformed into Pit Stop II.


Pit Stop outside Chalmers University


Pit Stop outside Chalmers University

Pit Stop outside Chalmers University

Pit Stop outside Chalmers University

Pit Stop outside Chalmers University

The proposal poster

Floor plan

Coca-Cola Social Housing

The Swedish country side is facing a decline in population, unemployment and plain beordom. For many non-urban people the only soulution is to move to the major cities which is hard to afford due to the more expensive land value. Moving from a beatiful farm into a small flat is also emotionally harsh. Visiondivision proposes a solution where the country folkes not only can afford a new home but also can keep their old beatiful houses and live a peaceful life in the city.

Since most houses on the Swedish country side are made out of wood they are easy to move to an affordable price, the only thing missing is an affordable plot. Visiondivisions proposal is to build plot-skyscrapers with plots stacked around commercial pillars. The plots will have great views and good comunication still keeping that country feeling with old houses with beatiful craftmanship. The downside is to have a huge commercial sign on one side of the house but its a small effort comparing to other alternatives that are given.

A Coca-Cola skyscraper


How it works



Vertical Main street

Stunning views