Project Description:

Uppsala Business Park is one of Sweden’s leading life science clusters, home to multinational headquarters and start-ups alike. The new plan expands the site with 800,000 m² of laboratories, offices, industrial facilities, schools, retail, and long-stay research housing, establishing a cohesive vision where landscape, research, and urban life are intertwined.

Located at the meeting point of Uppsala’s urban edge and agricultural fields, the plan builds on the site’s layered history — from farmland, to Pharmacia’s futuristic research campus, to its next phase as a vital part of the growing southern city. The proposal creates a structure where science, industry, and everyday urban life coexist and strengthen one another.

At the heart of the plan is the Innovation Spine, a central east–west axis that organizes the campus and connects it to its context. Along the spine, plazas, pavilions, co-working hubs, sports facilities, schools, and food courts form a dynamic sequence of public spaces that support interaction, knowledge exchange, and innovation.

Running parallel, the Green Loop weaves ecological infrastructure into the campus. Anchored by a large stormwater park, the loop provides biodiversity corridors, manages water, and offers recreational landscapes for both the campus and surrounding communities. Productive and performative landscapes are combined, turning the open spaces into ecological and social assets.

The structure balances three distinct identities: a western urban district of mixed-use blocks and new entrances connected by sustainable mobility; a central life science cluster where new buildings are carefully integrated with Pharmacia’s architectural heritage; and an eastern industrial zone of adaptable large-scale plots organized around a green logistics street. Together, these parts form a cohesive and resilient framework for the future of Uppsala Business Park.