LOCATION
Stockholm, Sweden
DATE
2016
SIZE
12 ha
TYPE
Invited land use competition
STATUS
Assignment completed
CLIENT
Husab Bostad AB
PROJECT TEAM
Patrick Verhoeven, Martin Arfalk, Nicholas Bigelow, Maria Gregorio, Andrei Deacu, Sara Ellert Ezeldin, Betty Laurincova, Linda Sofi Bäckstedt
Riddersvik
The garden neighbourhood
Riddersvik is a landscape driven development plan for a residential suburb of Stockholm. The site is a former tree nursery and inherits a rich cultural landscape. The proposed plan utilises the area’s valuable landscape assets, proposes a diverse mix of housing typologies, and establishes a communally focused network of streets and pathways. Collectively the layers overlap, blossoming into a varied, adaptive and ecological garden neighbourhood.
Through a sensitive reading of landscape and history the modern garden neighbourhood is enriched with a strong sense of place, community and identity. The plan delineates a pedestrian friendly network of neighbourhood streets and public spaces supported by a mix of housing typologies. To create a marriage between architecture and landscape the tight and intimate blocks are combined with small parks, playgrounds, allotment gardens, greenhouses, rain gardens, bicycle parking, and a micro square to create communal pockets within each community.
Tracing History
The lines of the tree nursery are preserved in the plan
1. Cultural landscape
2. The nursery lines
4. Distinct community blocks
3. Grid and circulation
7. Water management strategy
6. Focal points
8. Diverse and mixed neighbourhood!
5. Building heights
Layers of the plan
The layers combine history, landscape and community
Community Block
New and existing landscape infrastructure handles all stormwater needs
Modern garden city
Buildings and landscape work together
