SE - 211 17 Malmö: From 2001 onwards, the new Västra Hamnen (West Harbour) district is being built on an approximately 175-hectare industrial wasteland, which is to accommodate around 10-12,000 inhabitants. In the first construction area "Bo01", 1300 apartments were built on 30 hectares with ambitious sustainability goals. A row of terraced houses was built as a European building exhibition. Completion: 2005
Planning
Urban design: Renzo Piano, Christoph Kolhbecker
Water concept: Bo01 AB, Lund University
Background
with the construction of the Öresund Bridge, Malmø has taken off in a big way and now forms a metropolitan region with Copenhagen. Malmø is the third largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and Gothenburg and is located in the extreme southwest of the country.
The Västra Hamnen district combines living, working, education and leisure and is the first project in Scandinavia to implement an overall concept based on sustainability. The district's energy supply is based 100 percent on wind and solar energy as well as biogas; air conditioning for the buildings is provided by solar collectors and heat pumps as well as sea and ground water.
In addition to the high quality of living, Västra hamnen also offers a high and varied recreational value. The entire district is dotted with green spaces, ponds, artificial watercourses and fountains. In some places there are bathing places that invite you to jump into the water of the Öresund practically on your doorstep.
The landmark of the new district of Västra Hamnen is the Turning Torso by the architect Santiago Calatrava; at 190 metres, the tallest skyscraper in Scandinavia.
More photo galleries (in progress: Vaestra Hamnen 2009; Focus on Open Space Design 2008; Turning Torso - Trähuset 2007)
Arte film clip (26 min., 2017) about Sweden's EcoCity Malmö
"New large-scale construction projects and ecological innovations ensured that Malmö today has become a prime example of the direct transition from industrial metropolis to sustainable Eco City. The secret recipe: the city relied not only on innovative technologies, but above all on the active participation of citizens in the change."
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Links
www.vhamnen.com
House for cyclists in the quayside district of Malmö's Westhafen: residential building with 55 rental apartments and 31 hotel rooms From hauschild + siegel architecture (Malmö)
www.baunetz.de/...Malmoeer_Hotel_von_hauschild_siegel_5378111.html
Hotel "OHBOY": https://ohboy.se/de/hem-de/
Last Updated: January 9, 2021
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All planning agency project(s): ; City region: ; Country: Sweden; Characteristics: 07-10-storey; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Building Exhibition
