A public space in the center of Stockholm, a dusty square without a specific use nowadays.
The task was to create a public space, with no limits.
The actual traffic situation divides Norra Bantorget in two areas, one used as a park with two monuments and one without a specific use.
On the two ways street located in the middle of the two areas there is a bus stop.
The plan is to remove this street and to amplify Barnhusgatan in the west part, in order to place there the bus stop. The prolongation where is now located the monument of Master Palm will be kept but changed in shape, in order to slow down cars that will enter in Barnhisgatan and Vasagatan.
_Main questions:
_What could attract people in Norra Bantorget and give to it a specific and distinctive aspect?
_How could the public space be improved?
_Green areas in Stockholm: how they are characterized and how they attract people?
_Solutions:
_Make it an attractive, dynamic and safe place to walk, cycle, play, experience, enjoy and rest
_Accessible to everybody
_Good quality of the environment and good illumination
_Protection from street noise: trees and materials soundproof
_Use of sustainable modes: self-sufficient structures
_Flexibility: use in winter and in summer
The project is based on a geometric pattern, made of various attributes and facilities, which are placed in the pentagonal shaped areas.
Every area is characterized by a different arboreal essence: therefore in each season the park will exhibit a palette of colors, in order to make crossing or resting in the area a multi-sensorial experience: visual, auditive, tactile and olfactory.