KKA designs a new office building for the steel manufacturer Lecor. The building is situated in Kungälv 10 kilometers north of Gothenburg. Lecor builds advanced steel constructions and of course they like to show their skills in their own building. This combined with the opportunity of creating a landmark building visible for the nearby highway has been the starting points of our design process. Building is planned to commence during 2011.

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Akershus University Hospital Announces now a tender competition for the purchase of new CAD services.

Entering into a contract for the purchase of CAD services.

This includes management and operation of Ahus its CAD model of an AutoCAD platform: • Audit Changes • Updated PLT files for use in Ahus Technical filing system • Updated dwg files for use in Plania • Future needs for the creation of “new” model for the drawings that have not been part of Ahus CAD model

 

Subway lines inspired by London’s underground signage system highlight a 5000m2 building in Norway − from the facade to over 200 unique door signs.

Signage design for public building

Storehagen Atrium, a 5000 m2 large governmental building, opened it’s doors to the public in September 2010 in Førde, Norway. Constructed by Futurum, the building hosts the national Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet and the regional Cultural Department among other public institutions. After a competition by invitation, Ralston & Bau was chosen to design the signage of the building. The selected signage design is using the simplicity and clarity of the underground signage systems used in London, Paris or New York. The idea was inspired by the fact that Storehagen Atrium will be an important hub in Førde, a city with the desire to become a metropolis. Characteristic subway lines are used all through the signage system with strong colors and graphical shapes dedicated to each floor and institution. Designed following the principles of Universal design they should make it easy for any user, like persons with visual impairment, to find their way. The mission included designing the exterior and interior signs, from directions in the public areas to the name labeling on each office door. Each of the 200 doors in the building has an unique design pattern.

Ove Mjåtveit, project leader, says: “The Tenants Council wished for bespoke signage that embodied forward thinking – as well as expressing the safe and secure values that our institutions represents. We liked Ralston & Bau’s proposition very much and chose therefore them for the assignment. The process to coordinate all signage has been more challenging then expected – but Ralston & Bau have all the time been positive and service minded and not least helped us to drive the project forward. The work is now almost done and I’m both proud and happy of the result!”

Name: Storehagen Atrium

Mission: Signage Design

Client: Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune / Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet / Bufetat / Konfliktrådet / Pasient- og brukarombodet / DnB NOR / Sparebank 1 
Period: 2010

Delivery: concept, signage design, production follow-up

Production: FluorLux

 

Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects have won the Region Skåne’s architecture award for its construction “Strandbaden dance restaurant. The project was honored as the best building in southern Sweden in 2009.

Strandbaden dancing restaurant is a combined restaurant, meeting room and disco located in Falsterbo in Sweden’s southernmost tip. KKA won the 2007 international architectural competition in competition with 80 other proposals to design the building. The building has also been nominated for Sweden’s debut price and The Great Indoors awards.

http://www.kjellgrenkaminsky.se/index.php?blp=84

 

Design Finland – Finnish Design has been very quiet during the last year. Still we have a steady number of visitors, looking for interesting information and news about design in Finland and Finnish design.

We also have a number of designers and design brands approaching on a weekly basis.Unfortunately we haven't had enough time and resource to use all these great opportunities and share them with our readers.

We have a plan to revise the whole site in the near future. But revising the site is not enough, there needs to be content as well. That's why we need more people who are eager to follow the design scene in Finland and want to write articles, take photos or record videos about the whole thing. 

If you have a passion about Finnish and are willing to spend some of your time with the publication, this may be your opportunity. You choose you specific area of interest from design, fashion, industrial design, graphical design or modern art, just as long as it's related to Finland.

We can offer you a channel for your interests and a worldwide audience, priority access to many exclusive news and events and potential to be part of Finland's design scene.

Interested? Want to talk more? Contact Janne via email at designfinland (at) ekana.fi

 

Måltidets Hus is the new 9000 m2 national and international resource centre for food development, host of the Gastronomic Institute and Norwegian chef team. Ralston & Bau was commissioned by Figgjo to make a permanent installation in the reception hall. A central wall that runs three flights high was transformed into a generous, vertical feast table. Combined iconic Figgjo dishes form organic shaped plates and bowls of the table, the wall was covered with an innovative laminated wood material simulating a linen table cloth. The wood was engraved with the shapes of ghost silver ware and glasses, while a classic chair backrest on the wall top completes the illusion of the vertical table. The installation was opened to the public on the 16th of September.

Anders Thingbø, CEO Figgjo thinks: This project has had found it’s own path since it is truly innovative! The reception of the finished result was allround positive…and the final design a surprise to many. Constance Gaard Kristiansen, product manager Figgjo: I like the vertical table more and more!

Link: transplant.nu

 

Arkitektgruppen GKAK recently completed project “Bråviksskolan” – School of Braviken, in Norrkoping community, Sweden.

“Bråviksskolan is a building for contemporary schooling, for looking into the future, for different educational models, with a purpose of catering to the needs of our children. Playfulness, aiming to abandon archaic values like order and discipline in favour of improvisation and imaginaton. An ambition is to answer the creative abilities of mankind, whether young or old. Teaching will strive to meet new demands and so must the organisation. Though, the children will always be the same… Bråviksskolan aspires to affirm and assert the creative abilities of mankind, whether young or old. Teaching must strive to meet new demands and so must the educational organisation.”

Bråviksskolan in the Lindö district of Norrköping was completed in August 2009. The school is specifically built for children aged six to twelve, and has partly replaced the former Lindöskolan.

Arkitektgruppen GKAK is an architecture office based in Norrkoping and Stockholm, Sweden. Arkitektgruppen GKAK works in the wide field of architecture, planning, interior design in projects for corporate and public clients. Arkitektgruppen GKAK is part of the company group Developing Design Sweden.

Link: Bråviksskolan

 

THE FIRE The 30th of May 2006 the old dance hall in Falsterbo, Sweden, was destroyed by fire. The dance hall was situated 200 meters from the beach in a small pine wood grove on the southernmost tip of Sweden. Having been a famous meeting place for both locals and tourists since the 1930′s the dance hall was much mourned and it was soon decided that the house should be rebuilt. The municipality launched an international architecture competition that draw a record breaking interest from both media and architects. After careful consideration the jury decided upon Kjellgren Kaminsky’s proposal “Mirage”.

ESTABLISHING A DIALOGUE The Mirage dance hall establishes a dialogue with the site, its history and future. Like a diffuse recollection it reflects the position and facades of the old dance hall while simultaneously reflecting its surroundings in every moment; the changing seasons, the light and the people passing by. Interior

Much emphasis was put on designing spaces with extraordinary acoustic qualities. A custom made damping wall was designed in collaboration with an acoustic expert. The wall consists of a black acoustic felt covered by white wooden boards of various dimensions which creates strong graphical elements in the whole building. The wall has proven no more expensive than standard solutions.

The old dance hall solely consisted of a dance floor and a bar, but for the new building the program was extended to also include two restaurants for 250 people, a kitchen, a room with a stage and a second floor with a roof terrace, adding up to a total of 1600 sqrm to host 1500 people.

The plan of the new building has the same footprint as its predecessor. It is cut diagonally by a two story high entrance room which connects all the public areas in the building. The building is divided so that the serving spaces are placed along the eastern facade and the served public spaces are located on the west side. The rooms towards the southern facade opens up to terraces.

NEXT TO NATURE The building is situated in a nature reserve. The pine tree grove surrounding the building is kept unaffected. The terraces and paths connected to the building are made out of wooden boards taking there inspiration from the jetty’s on the nearby beach. A small gravel road for deliveries is lade out on the east side of the site.

FACADES The Facades of the building are clad in boards of graphite gray fibercement and mirror glass. The mirrors are placed in a pattern inspired by the wooden facade and windows of the old dance hall.

CONSTRUCTION The building is constructed with prefabricated concrete elements. This has not only proven an economically feasible solution, the heavy construction also helps keeping the noise inside, to the joy of worried neighbors living nearby.

FOUR STORIES:

THE WEDDING A party celebrating a wedding walks stiffly up the stairs to the upper floor restaurant. At the end of the stairs they are met by a framed view of the sea and the horizon. To the right welcoming drinks are being served in the bar. When turning one see big windows facing south, outside pine treetops point towards the sea. Between the horizon and the restaurant there is a generous terrace where the drinks are enjoyed. Later on the party will walk down to the first floor where a dinner will be served in the larger restaurant.

SPECULAR SEA, FLOATING DECK After a great day on the beach we can walk up under the pines on the wooden jetties to the restaurant’s terrace. While leaving the sea we are meet by the horizon and heaven in the reflecting mirrors. White parasol’s and furniture reminiscent of the happy 20′s, now that we can sink into the comfortable chairs and have a break to think about getting another ocean dip, or eat a delicious lunch and then cooling off with a cocktail in the bar.

DANCE NIGHT Several hundreds of people have gathered to enjoy an evening with the heavy tunes from the local brass band. From the stage music flows into the room. The dancing couples slowly begins to move in from the restaurant where they have enjoyed food and the last glare from the sun. People also moves directly from the entrance where they already have had a glimpse of the dancing people. This will be an intense evening.

DISCO A long queue winds itself along the wooden deck into the entrance. The spirit among the young excited people is great, tonight is the summer closure and there will be a lot of people here. Three different dance floors with music mixed by DJ’s from Sweden, London and Barcelona. Inside the entrance room people stands, sit and mingle. The restaurant is filled with dressed up youngsters enjoying summer vacation and short drinks. At the long bar it is served summer drinks and a DJ turn her vintage vinyl records. At some tables, it has already become crowded and laughing friends tells stories of this summer’s escapades. Inside the dance room several hundred people move in ecstasy because of the escalation of the beats and the light show that flashes out across the large wooden floor. Up the stairs the atmosphere calms down and people sit at small tables, sips on their drinks in the bar or hang out in the VIP area behind the elevator. Smokers take a torch on the veranda outside.

www.kjellgrenkaminsky.se
www.supersustainablecity.blogspot.com

 

KKA presents Villa Grow; a Villa that is adaptable to all kinds of families and can be extended as they grow.

Project name: Villa Grow
Client: Emrahus
Object: Series of prefabricated villas
Size: 60-160m²
Stage: detail design
Team: Joakim Kaminsky, Fredrik Kjellgren, Corina Bermundez

VILLA GROE MOVIE
Music in video made by Derango

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Today most houses are built with a traditional nucleus family in mind, but few families look like that nowadays, so why should their houses? We have designed a series of Villas that suites modern families with different needs.

The villas have a common basic unit..

 

Come visit us at FinnBuild ’08 in lot 5g19 starting on the 24th of September, 2008 for a hands-on presentation of our technology. We will be glad to talk and to answer any of your questions.

FinnBuild is the most important building and building services exhibition in Finland. FinnBuild is now arranged for the 18th time and once again presents the newest products, solutions and services of the branch.

International FinnBuild brings the whole construction sector together. Both major, trend-setting old hands as well as new, innovative entrepreneurs will be taking part. FinnBuild, which was first arranged in 1974, fills in all six halls of the Helsinki Fair Centre. (source)

FinnBuild Expo takes place at the Helsinki Fair Center on September 24 – 27, 2008. Please see the map below, which would help you find us at FinnBuild this year.

For more information and to arrange for a visit please see the FinnBuild 2008 Expo website.