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The Hammarby could also strengthen its social cohesion in order to develop its sustainable lifestyle habits. Today the Lake City offers a more sustainable framework for everyday life compare to the average Swedish city but hardly challenges its inhabitants to lead a more resilient life. Maria Ignatieva and Per Berg Uppsala, Sweden
Feb 12, 2014 · Hammarby sjöstad (Hammarby Lake City) is an urban development project directly south of Stockholm’s South Island. This is no doubt the most referenced and visited spot among Scandinavian examples of implemented eco-friendly urban developments. Hammarby is included in many publications, for example in the recent Ecological Design by Nancy Rottle (2011). There are 13 000 … Continue reading ...
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The Hammarby Sjöstad ( Eng: Hammarby Waterfront City) is an environmentally friendly neighborhood of 160 ha which previously served as an industrial waterfront. Hammarby Sjöstad is situated along the Hammarby Lake and located approximately 3 km south of the city center of Stockholm. The initial planning of the site started in 1996 with the ...
Stockholm is at the forefront of eco-neighbourhood progress. In 1996, the City decided to redevelop the 160-ha area (40 ha water excluded) of Hammarby Sjöstad in the south-east of Stockholm as part of its bid for the 2004 Olympic Games. Hammarby was a former highly polluted industrial and port area.
- The Olympic Village Dream
- From Master Plan to GlashusEtt
- The Hammarby Model
- Kasper Salin Prize Winner in 2005
In actual fact, from the outset, the new district was envisaged to be an Olympic village. As a new, sustainable district that could be developed across the somewhat run-down Hammarby harbour and industrial area, the potential existed to contribute towards the hosting of the 2004 Olympic Games in Sweden. Events took a different turn, but by then, th...
Our involvement in the development of Sustainable City stretches all the way back to 1997. Among other things, we have worked on the in-depth master plan for the entire area and several zoning plans, including documentation, as well as the detailed planning and configuration programme for over 2,400 apartments as well as public spaces, workplaces, ...
During the development of Sustainable City, the vision of a sustainable urban district was transformed into a detailed environmental programme. The ultimate objective was to reduce total environmental impact by 50%, in comparison to a typical area constructed at the start of the 1990s. However, more stringent environmental demands required a comple...
In 2005, Hammarby Sjöstad (Sickla Quay, Sickla Canal and Sjöstadsparterren) received the Kasper Salin Prize, one of the finest distinctions in Swedish architecture. This prize also recognised our involvement in the urban development plan for Sickla Quay. Here is an excerpt from the award statement: ”In recognition of an expertly integrated district...
It is often said that our greatest successes arrive after our darkest hours. The Hammarby Sjöstad eco-town, located a few kilometres south of Stockholm’s city centre, was developed following the Swedish capital’s failed bid to host the 2004 Olympics. What was once potentially a temporary Olympic village, is now a permanent and attractive ...
The Hammarby Sjöstad project began in the 1990s as a way to meet the sustainable housing and infrastructure needs of the city’s growing population. The project has involved regenerating an old industrial and harbour area into a modern mixed-used space that has a low environmental impact. When complete in 2017, the project will have about ...
