Spending a night out in the nature is away for many to experience a slowerpace of life. Refuge cabins are a typeof open-air facility sometimes provided for more far off locations, yet it is in the vicinity of cities and towns that the opportunity for getting out into the natural environment is mostly sought after. Several nature reservs exist around Stockholm with the good intention of promoting the opportunity for outdoor activities. The aim of this study is to investigate how the provision of refuge cabins can be a means of facilitating and augmenting outdoor life experience in a proposed nature reserv to the west of Stockholm / En övernattning ute i naturen är för många ett sätt att uppleva naturens långsammare tempo. Visten är en typ av friluftsanordning som finns iordningställda för detta ändamål, huvudsakligen i avlägsna friluftsområden. Samtidigt är det i den tätortsnära naturen det mesta av friluftslivet utövas av den breda befolkningen. Runt Stockholm finns fl era naturreservat vars syfte delvis är att värna möjligheten för friluftsliv. I detta arbete undersöks hur visten kan vara en typ av åtgärd avsedd för att underlätta och lyfta fram naturupplevelser för olika besökare i ett planerat reservat på Lovön, strax väster om Stockholm.

The architecture on Drottningholmsmalmen is protected as it is essential in understanding the function of the castle from the 16th century onwards and must be preserved as much as possible. Most buildings from the 1950s until the 21st century carry high architectural quality and is a time document that provide an understanding of Swedish modernist architecture during the 20th century.A requirement for the maintenance of the high cultural-historical elements is the understanding of the value. In order for the buildings not to decay, there should be an exchange for the residents that is more than restrictions. When the area was built, the idea was to create a city-like structure with accommodations for the people working at the castle and the royal guests. Hedvig’s gallery, named after Queen Hedvig Eleonora, creates a new destination on Lovön and brings attention to the residential area. The building aims to bind the areas adjacent to the castle together and contains a gallery, a restaurant, chambré separée and a small shop. Its main structure consists of horizontal brick walls that are inspired by the grid-structure that the King first laid out for Drottningholmsmalmen.