Förstberg Ling got invited and subsequently won a competition for an apartment building in Stockholm in the spring of 2018. The small plot in Nacka Strand is situated in the corner of a sloping green park, with an unobstructed view towards the sea. The municipality’s detailed development plan stipulated a fixed, angular building envelope, the use of wood in the facade, and to replace lost greenery from the park within the project.
The seven-storey building includes a lower volume facing the street, two floors embedded in the slope, and two penthouse floors set back from the main volume. The irregular shape was divided into a grid of heavy columns and thick slabs extending through the facade, forming continuous ribbons of balconies.
The site’s proximity to the sea called for a more durable material for surfaces exposed to the environment, which is why concrete is used for the balconies. The concrete is cast with a rough plank structure, echoing the wooden facade, with both materials also coloured in the same hue, a light pink.
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FL048_No 7
Stockholm, Sweden
Housing for Oscar Properties, 1440 m²
Proposal, 2018-2020
