Herzog and de Meuron Convert Historic Gasholder Site into Housing Project in Stockholm

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Plans were revealed for a novel housing project designed by Herzog and de Meuron in Hjorthagen district, Stockholm. Herzog and de Meuron collaborated with Piet Oudolf and LOLA landscape designers to develop a historic brick gasholder site. The new project is the first for Herzog and de Meuron in Sweden.

Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron / Oscar Properties

The project resides at Ekoparken, the National Urban Park, which was previously an industrial district distant from the city buzz. It is located near to the underground station, Ropsten, and it comprises several buildings. The industrial buildings were designed by Ferdinand Boberg, a Swedish architect, in the last century.
The project will preserve two brick gasholders as well as utilize another two steel buildings built later on a nearby hill.

The older, and smaller at the same time, of the two brick gasholders, will be mostly preserved through establishing an exhibition hall inside it. The bigger gasholder is a 100-meter-high building that will be developed into a 90-meter-high housing tower of mixed-use. It will comprise 45 storeys of residential units in addition to an art gallery at the bottom floor. There will also be a bakery, a café, a grocery shop, and a nursery for kids.

Courtesy of Piet Oudolf and LOLA Landscape Architects

Although the design of the tower is reproduced from the gasholder’s cylindrical shape, the plan was changed to permit daylight to penetrate all units.
Arranged in the plan in a V-shape, various sizes for the apartments will be available. Bedrooms and recreational features are divided into separate wings, each getting the optimum sunlight and privacy.

Courtesy of Piet Oudolf and LOLA Landscape Architects

Herzog & de Meuron commented on the design being “a folding façade with slightly shifting facets that will create an iridescent image of the original gasholder tower.”
The landscape surrounding the project was designed by LOLA and Piet Oudolf. It will host public amenities and functions as well as have abundant greenery and passageways to connect with nature.
“The landscape design aims to give the gasometers a common natural ground as well as to add a member to the family: a beautiful meadow garden flanked by a stretched sun bench of 88 meters,” the architects declared. “Together with a plaza between the buildings and a serpentine walk connecting to the surrounding nature it forms the core of the design.”

Courtesy of Piet Oudolf and LOLA Landscape Architects

The project is a part of a major masterplan called Norra Djurgårdsstaden, which is a community that will include housing and commercial buildings which can accommodate up to 10,000 occupants.

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