Roslags Näsby station is located within one of the urban development areas in Täby municipality.

The project aimed to modernize and expand the existing commuter train station with new platforms and a station bridge that replaced the former level crossing over the tracks. The new bridge works as an important link between the urban development on the west side of the rail tracks and the existing neighbourhood to the east. The stairs connecting to the overhead passage are provided with bicycle access ramps, improving connectivity over tracks for cyclists as well.

The shape, architectural expression and choice of materials are as simple as possible, the design follows clean shapes and honest materials. The station bridge is a fixed space to which all other functions connect to. The entrances to the station are shaped as light “wooden boxes” floating over the platforms and provide weather sheltering on the upper level, and at the same time allowing overview of the platform and the upcoming trains. It is easy and clear to get down or up.

& Rundquist, in collaboration with Täby Municipality and the Swedish Transport Administration, developed the design concept for the station, bridge and its connections while the detailed design has been carried out by the contractor Veidekke with Sweco as architect.

A floating roof of steel and glass expanding over a complex of streets and squares. The project was awarded with the Swedish Steel Prize and the European Steel Design Award 2007.

Designkoncept for lamp posts, overhead lines for tramway, signs and traffic signals in Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm

Invited competition about the area around the Station in Upplands Väsby.

Bridge for bikes and pedestrians, finished 2008.

City planning, development of a new district south of Munksjön, Jönköping. A future development of a highspeed railway with a station in the area was a given condition. The proposal is developed in collaboration with Rosenbergs arkitekter.

Manuals for the planning and design of station environments.
The purpose of the manuals is to provide guidance throughout the station design process, ensuring that qualitative station environments are created with focus on the travelers’ experience.

1. “The Station Manual” is a first step in guiding the planning, design and management of stations, 2. ”Station environments – design of the station with the user in mind”, is about how the different parts of a station can be designed as part of a well-functioning whole. The third part, ”The Station’s Visual Profile”, describes quality requirements and design principles for the station furniture and building parts with the purpose of creating a recognizable identity through material choice and fittings that can be easily procured, built, and rationally maintained.

Sundsvall Municipality intends to replace the bridge Storbron with a new bridge in approximately the same location as today’s existing bridge. The new bridge aims to better connect to the morphology of the inner city and will make both sides accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.

Bridge for bikes and pedestrians, finished 2008.

Invited competition about the area around the Station in Upplands Väsby.

Designkoncept for lamp posts, overhead lines for tramway, signs and traffic signals in Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm

Skärholmens Center was inaugurated in 1968 as part of the Million Programme. The area is defined today by the planning of the 60’s and 70’s, with traffic separation, motorway ramps and level crossings, but also a relatively low and dense scale with downtown facilities, alleys, squares, and meeting places.

Together with White Architects and Tyréns Traffic, we developed a structure plan for the transformation of Skärholmen’s central areas into a dense urban environment with a fine network of interconnecting streets and mixed use. The area is one of the eight zones highlighted in the Fokus Skärholmen project and it is strategic for the future regional node Skärholmen – Kungens Kurva.

Within the assignment we developed two alternative scenarios for a cohesive and well-integrated urban development, to be compared with a minimal measure alternative. The integration of the new multimodal node and of the future tramline “Spårväg Syd” into the urban structure has been an important issue throughout the work.

The structure plan is based on six urban design strategies that aim to (1) transform the area’s traffic arteries – Skärholmsvägen and Vårbergsvägen – into urban streets and to (2) develop a cohesive network of meeting places and (3) green spaces, while integrating (4) the new multimodal node and Spårväg Syd within the city structure. The downgrading of car traffic in favour of pedestrians, cyclists and public transport opens for (5) densifying the city centre area with new building blocks that shape the urban spaces, and which (6) add new mixed uses that enrich the existing offer.

Supported by the structure plan, a detailed development plan for Måsholmstorget and parts of Vårbergsvägen is currently being carried out, with the process having started in November 2020, and consultation planned for the autumn of 2021.

A floating roof of steel and glass expanding over a complex of streets and squares. The project was awarded with the Swedish Steel Prize and the European Steel Design Award 2007.

The design for the bridge over Sundvall’s bay follows K * R * A * M Group’s winning proposal entitled “DoubleHug” in an open competition conducted between 1995-1996; KHR in collaboration with Henrik Rundquist Arkitektkontor-Ramböll- Anders Nyvig-Moller & Grönborg. The bridge’s span over the bay is defined by a smooth curve both in plan and profile. A steel wing-shaped deck is carried by slender steel rods atop solid concrete foundation pillars.

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Honourable mention for Stålbyggnadspriset 2015

Nominated for “Årets Bygge” 2015

First prize in an invited competition for a bridge, connecting the former industrial site at Kvarnholmen, now a urban development area, with the mainland.

Rundquist (former KHR Rundquist) Architects have worked on several assignments within Hammarby Sjöstad that are part of environmental efforts and have an impact on the public space. These projects have answered high demands on the architecture as a symbolic question in the upgrading of technical programming.

A recurring design theme for our assignments in Hammarby Sjöstad is the slate as architectural grammar.

The Pump Station Sickla udde for Stockholm Vatten AB comprises a pump station, a power station and a runoff collecting tank. In addition to the technical features, the station represents an important pedestrian link between the street and park system, while offering a panorama point towards Södermalm’s heights.

The SL Technical Building contains a DC converter for the tramway. The building is located about 150 meters north of the Pump Station and together they form an ensemble at Hammarby’s seaside and along the park.

Trätoppar is our contribution to the parallel assignment organized by the Swedish Transport Administration for a new railway and a road bridge together with adjacent entrance areas at Österdalälven in Oxberg. The competition brief called for unitary design of the two bridges together with the entrance areas within the historical cultural and natural landscape.

Our proposal challenges the traditional way of constructing railway bridges and shows innovative solutions for the use of wood, a sustainable material with strong historical roots to the site. The bearing elements of the bridge create the architectural expression of the railway bridge – a modern tensioning system. All parts have a pragmatic constructive function, and, at the same time, they generate a coherent visual expression revealing the simple way in which the bearing system works. The repetition of four tensioning pyramids creates rhythm in the passage over the water and forms spaces outlined by the wooden domes. The three-dimensionality changes with the viewer’s angle. The wooden tops rise above the tree crowns and signal the bridge from a distance without dominating or competing with the surroundings.

A coherent whole has been designed based on the site’s qualities and incorporating the different characteristics of the railway bridge, the road bridge, and the landscape. The new passage across the river is more than a bridge, it is a way to make the whole place accessible, not least for the active outdoor life. Even though the railway bridge has the boldest signal expression, it is the whole that builds a strong and site-specific identity.

Words from the jury: “Trätoppar” is rooted in Oxberg´s old local tradition of building in wood and, at the same time, the proposal reveals new ways of building railway bridges in wood. The bridges in tar-treated wood become an obvious part of the surrounding pine forest and are a very beautiful and poetic addition to the valley of Österdalälven.”