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PROPERTY
Vällingby, Sweden
21ST CENTURY UPDATE FOR AUTHENTIC FIFTIES ENVIRONMENT
When it opened in 1954, the municipal centre of Vällingby in
Stockholm received much praise for its unique architecture and
contemporary social planning. Fifty years on, however, there is a
considerable need for improvement and modernisation.
Consequently, the public housing corporation Svenska Bostäder
has initiated an extensive renewal project, which will include new
housing, offices, shops and car parking for the municipal centre.
Almost £200M is to be invested in revitalising the centre, and the
project, which will run until 2007, is focusing on retaining the good
architecture and the mix of residential and well-planned public
environments with ready access to artwork as important ingredients
of the development.WSP has worked alongside Svenska Bostäder for
many years, and was entrusted to produce new inventory and
programming documentation for the power, telecoms and transport
systems for the entire renewal project.This also included systems
design and tendering documentation for temporary premises during
the construction phase, for Vällingby itself and for the new loading
bays under the centre.
Throughout the project the aim has been to maintain an authentic
1950s environment, modified to contemporary requirements. For
example,Vällingby is re-creating a 1950s-style two-storey food court,
with some 15 restaurants and cafés.WSP is participating in the
renovation of a major office building, updating its 1950s style to
satisfy current standards of comfort and efficiency.
The redevelopment of this municipal centre, which is almost like
a town in itself, is a very extensive and complex project. One of
the challenges for WSP’s power consultants is to work around
all the activities of the centre, which will remain in full swing
during the conversion period, albeit with some stores being
relocated to temporary accommodation for a time.This necessitates
extremely thorough planning to replace the old systems without
disrupting business in the offices and shops.The fact that all the
development work is taking place above subway tracks is another
major consideration.
Client:
Svenska Bostäder
Project value:
£200M
Status:
Completion 2007
WSP services:
Building services engineering
Lighting design
Fire and security systems design
Communication systems design
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