A
building for shops and apartments, situated in the middle of a vast
project for the redevelopment of the site formerly occupied by
Stockholm’s South railway station. The main building is semicircular,
forming a plaza with a diameter of 180 m (600’), accompanied by two
blocks on the south side and a further three blocks on the avenue
leading off to the west. The complex contains a total of 320 apartments,
with a height of eight storeys. The apartments in the semicircular
building have their dining and living rooms on the south-facing convex
façade with its more domestic appearance. The bedrooms are oriented
towards the plaza, which is busier during the day, despite being a
pedestrian area. The lines of the façade have considerable subtlety and
purity, deriving from the Nordic classical tradition. The project also
served to introduce Sweden to techniques of precast architectonic
concrete more sophisticated than anything previously seen in the
country.
Program: 310 apartments, subterranean car park, commercial establishments and
offices.