An international design team has been appointed for the development of Trollhättan 6 district on Universitetsholmen in Malmö, in a competition arranged by Skanska Fastigheter Malmö and Riksbyggen, in collaboration with the city of Malmö in Sweden.
The proposal by Team Superlokal – comprised of Kjellander Sjöberg & Förstberg Ling in collaboration with critical friend We Made That, supported by Ramboll – was viewed by the judges as being the best in terms of combining the site’s cultural and historical values with modern and sustainable urban development.
The brief for the site – which is located at Nordenskiöldsgatan 13 and has a plot area ofapproximately 5,100 sqm, adjacent to the city’s waterfront – is to create a mixed-use building that combines workplaces, housing and community amenities, with the ground floor contributing to a vibrant streetscape and quayside.
The ambition is to develop a sustainable and attractive neighbourhood with low climate impact, that preserves valuable parts of an existing office block and car park whilst strategically adding new vertical extensions to maximise the site’s potential.
Around 60 expressions of interest were registered during the first phase of the competition process. The jury then selected four teams – stipulating that each had to have an international ’critical friend’ – to produce concept designs:
- Team Cobe (Cobe Architects, critical friend: Buro Happold)
- Team JNA (Johannes Norlander Arkitektur, critical friend: YR22)
- Team Superlokal (Kjellander Sjöberg & Förstberg Ling, critical friend: We Made That)
- Team White + Bach (White Arkitekter & Bach Architects, critical friend: Central Saint Martins)
The jury consisted of key individuals from the client team as well as built environment experts from Sweden’s public and private sectors:
- Martin Persson, Skanska Fastigheter Malmö
- Emmie Dehn, Riksbyggen
- Anna Holmqvist, Malmö City
- Karl Landin, Malmö City
- Ashwin Karjatkar, Gothenburg City
- Erik Hökby, Marge Architects
- Gunilla Kronvall (chair), Atelier 01 architecture
Of Team Superlokal’s proposal, the jury said:
“With a clear architectural character rooted in the site’s heritage, the team has balanced development opportunity and cultural history with the delivery of new housing and workspace. The renewal of the existing office building will revive the streetscape by opening up the block and providing space for new businesses on the ground floor to strengthen urban life on Universitetsholmen.”
Of the win, Stefan Sjöberg of Kjellander Sjöberg said:
“It is a privilege to be trusted to continue developing the Trollhättan district together with the developers and the city of Malmö, with high ambitions for a sustainable district in a cultural-historical context. We have worked together in a team consisting of three architectural offices, which has provided an unconventional and interesting answer to how to create architecture that builds on a story about the qualities of the place. Malmö’s port area, and Universitetsholmen in particular, is a unique environment, where we can show new ways of using what has already been built, and combine different activities that contribute to an exciting urban environment.”
Following this appointment, Kjellander Sjoberg, Förstberg Ling and We Made That will collaborate to develop and refine their proposals. Construction is scheduled to start in 2027.