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Stoccolma, Svezia: [SEARCH WINS URBAN RENEWAL OF MARIEVIK COMPETITION]
SeARCH Wins Urban Renewal of Marievik Competition

SeARCH has won the international competition for the urban renewal of ‘Marievik’.

SeARCH Wins Urban Renewal of Marievik Competition

The plan is located along one of the main access roads into central Stockholm, opposite the island of Södermalm and facing the new bridge by Norman Foster.

SeARCH Wins Urban Renewal of Marievik Competition

SeARCH has proposed a glasshouse or winter garden with an adaptable quality. It opens up completely in summer and gives way to numerous possibilities of use.

SeARCH Wins Urban Renewal of Marievik Competition

Inside is the new outside, as an asset to the beautiful public spaces and quays as Marievik already has.

SeARCH Wins Urban Renewal of Marievik Competition

By making a glasshouse we’ve extended ‘the outdoor season’ to almost a full year but when the bay is frozen, the sun is shining and dry cold air makes the winter day, the glasshouse can open up completely as well.

SeARCH Wins Urban Renewal of Marievik Competition

In close cooperation with the real estate agency AMF and the City of Stockholm, SeARCH will start with the urban planning procedures.

Location: Stockholm Marievik, Sweden Architect: SeARCH Size: 70,000 m2 Year: 2013 Client: AMF and the City of Stockholm Images: SeARCH, Laura Alvarez