Wooden bridge for horse riders.

 

Wooden bridge for horse riders.

&Rundquist, together with Sydväst landscape architects and Cowi, have developed a masterplan for Sjöstaden in central Trelleborg, as part of the municipality’s urban project Kuststad 2025. The proposal, realized within a parallel assignment, presents feasible qualitative ideas as well as rough cost calculations for the large, near-sea areas that will be vacated when the port operations move east.

Our proposal “Sjöstaden around the corner” lays out a clear structure with several strategic locations building on the values that already exist in today’s Trelleborg. The structure is robust and organized so that it allows for gradual expansion while connecting old with new. The port’s rational orientation is considered in a way that meets the city center in a seamless expansion towards the sea.

The robust structure also allows space and specific locations for the unique – strategically placed meeting places often accompanying public programs such as the concert hall, campus, school or the open air swimming bath.

Meeting the sea, the proximity to the city center, the offsetted street network, the human scale and the variation of buildings and in public space have been leading principles in our work, distinguishing the project Sjöstaden from other similar urban and harbor environments.

A sustainable city implies a sustainable way of moving around. For the new strategic establishments, such as the university campus and other innovative activities, the accessibility to public transport is crucial and these functions are placed close to the central station. At the same time, focus is put on developing a supporting network for daily mobility – with emphasis on walking and cycling. It should be easy to get around without a car! The new structure improves the closeness to the central station, with the Sjöstråket as a main green connection from east to west. A new bridge connects Utkiken, Kulturhuset and the city. The buss traffic captures the entire development area.

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.