In a satellite suburb of Stockholm, an innovative two-year-long initiative is attempting to challenge the status quo through intelligent competition and design briefs. The Kalejdohill project—located in Järfälla, led by creative director Andreas Angelidakis and developed in public-private partnership with three Swedish developers (HSB, Norra, and Stor-Stockholm)—has completed a series of open international competitions and local interventions in and around Kvarnbacken Park, a small patch of green surrounded by homes and businesses. Once-neglected, it now finds itself at the heart of a rapidly expanding urban conurbation with somewhere between 600 and 800 housing units posited for its immediate vicinity.
As the latest in a string of supra-spatial projects to take on Kvarnbacken—including “Desire Lines” and “Lights”—”SUPERBENCHES” has pooled together a collection of world-renowned designers in the spirit of experimentation. The design and construction of ten park benches, conceived by ten design practices, has been overseen by US-based creative director and writer Felix Burrichter. For Burrichter, this project is primarily a “community incubator” for “a new, diverse neighborhood,” which isn’t yet built.
Learn more:
English: http://www.archdaily.com/870362/in-swedish-city-jarfalla-ten-radical-superbenches-unveiled-as-community-incubators-kalejdohill-stockholm
Mandarin: http://www.archdaily.cn/cn/870775/rui-dian-jarfalla-shi-she-qu-fu-hua-qi-shi-zhong-chao-ji-chang-yi-jie-xiao
Portuguese: http://www.archdaily.com.br/br/871127/na-suecia-dez-superbancos-radicais-sao-revelados-como-incubadoras-comunitarias
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