The purpose of this project was to design a Culturehouse in Gottsunda Uppsala.The new culturehouse in Gottsunda started from a form bearing function concept. It is situated in the heart of Gottsunda centrum Uppsala regioen, where all the public communications and locals meet. Gottsunda itself is vast in the number of deffierent cultures living in it. The Gottsunda centrum is going to look modern and new buildings are planned to be built there in the future. The building is situated on a main street corner, very visible and bold to every passing car and all the pedestrians as well. The building is a monumetal material collage. Mainly built with timber. The design was from the beginning based on a very specific program and area. All the parts of the program needed to be included, in a specific amount of space, though no vertical limit. The entrance building is technically supported by a growing circular center spine and protected against the climate by a three layer exterior curtain wall. The circular shapes is supposed to be a symbol of movement and and an element of physical attraction for the building. On the buttom floor is the Entrance hall that includes the exhibition part as well. On the second floor the Internservice. On the third floor the Workshps, and finaly on the top floor we have the bibliotek. The communication happens at the heart of the building through stairs and elevators. This communication is also to reach the Blackbox on the other side of the building.The other side of the building is a 4 story wood structure. It starts with the Cafe and Personel room at the buttom floor, The kitchen and the second personel room on the second floor, The Activity offices on the third floor and last but not least the Black box on the fourth floor. The communication is through a staircase and also an elevator in the building, which also gives more privacy to the people coming to work.. There is no communication to the Blackbox through this side of the building. It is actually a design, meant to connect the buildings by having the boldest part of the other side connected by the Library.Daylight comes through tall windows inside all parts, and the exterior curtain wall. The Black box has no daylight coming through based on its purpose.(Performances, Theatre etc...)The whole building is a form in another form type of volume. A box that surronds a circule. Sustainability has been a great part of the design, by building with sustainable materials such as Cedar and usage of minimum heat and cold leaking windows, doors and fasad glazing.

Think about how much of the things you do daily that is online. So much of our everyday life wouldn’t be possible without online connection. We are becoming more and more dependent on always having access to information and we spend so much time online. Every online interaction come from some kind of server located in a data center or common IT industry. The electricity used in datacenters is converted into heat and in most cases is let out straight into the atmosphere. Not only is the energy loss bad for the environment it is also a waste of money. However this is an hugely expanding business and in order to continue the development of our technological society we have to find a way to make it sustainable.  This is why I made a Folketshus+, from a different perspective. A physical, sustainable place for the could, combined with a place for people.Palmcloud is a hybridbuilding that consists mainly of a data center and a greenhouse for palmtrees. The greenhouse will be heated by reusing the excess heat from de serverhall. This way the datacenter, which I believe is a kind of building that is going to be a big part of the future, will be more climate positive and energy effective. The greenhouse and part of the datacenter will be used by people as a place for online culture, creativity and education. / Tänk på hur mycket av det du gör dagligen som sker online. Så mycket av vår vardag skulle inte fungera utan uppkoppling. Vi blir mer och mer beroende av att alltid ha tillgång till information och vi spenderar otroligt mycket tid online. All form av datatrafik sker genom kommunikation till olika servrar. Allt som sker online kommer från en eller flera servrar placerade i ett datacenter någonstans i världen. Detta är en stor och växande global energikonsument. Elen som används i datacentra omvandlas till värme och släpps i de flesta fall rakt ut i atmosfären. Energiförlusten är inte bara dålig för miljön, det är också slöseri med pengar. För att fortsätta utvecklingen av vårt teknologiska samhälle behöver vi hitta ett sätt att göra det mer hållbart.  Jag ville göra ett folketshus+ ur ett nytt perspektiv genom en fysisk, hållbar plats för molnet, kombinerat med en plats för människor.Palmcloud är en hybridbyggnad som huvudsakligen består av ett datacenter och ett orangeri för palmer. Genom att återanvända överskottsvärmen från serverhallen till att värma upp orangeriet kommer datacentret att bli mer klimatpositivt och energieffektivt. Byggnaden har ett fokus på onlinekultur, utbildning och upplevelser.