In this thesis, done in 2024 at the bachelor program Interior Architecture & Furniture Design, I give a proposal for an alternative future scenario for the cooperative housing organization HSB’s former headquarters at Fleminggatan 41, Kungsholmen, Stockholm. The office, built in 1939 by and for HSB, has after 84 years been passed on to a new owner and user, where the fate of the building is still unclear. I believe that the building should be of great historical value to HSB, especially since HSB’s former director Sven Wallander himself was the architect behind the building. In this work, I explore and propose future uses for the property under HSB’s ownership, and the possibility of going from office to residential through interior design. During the process of analyzing the building’s form and layout, the building turns out to be better suited for collective living with large, shared spaces, rather than private homes. For this reason, the work continues with inspiration from Sven Markelius’ collective housing on John Ericssons gata 6, also on Kungsholmen in Stockholm, which is also built during the same period as the head office (1935). In addition to historical functionalist references such as S. Markelius collective house and S. Wallander’s work for HSB’s history, The design proposal is also based on contemporary work by Andreas Martin-Löf, an architect who I believe has a strong connection to the functionalist ideology and aesthetics, and who has therefore been a great inspiration to the project in an effort to bring the ideas of functionalism further into the housing of the future. The result of the design proposal is a collective house with 75 identical residences of 29 square meters each, accommodating the most private room functions, designed according to the diversity of the households. The target group of this collective house is the social and child-free households of 1-2 persons who also have an interest in the collective lifestyle, and hope for the future. The residences are equipped with, among other things, bathtubs, oak parquet and window boards in swedish green marble, which is in line with the materials and functions associated with the functionalist era of HSB. On the ground floor of the house are the collective house’s common areas where spatial functions that can be shared with other residents take place. These areas include a laundry room with sewing machines and ironing boards, a mini spa, a home theater, a multifunctional living room and office, and a large kitchen for communal cooking and meetings, all of which are designed to meet the different needs and wishes of today’s households. With multiple shared spaces and functions, less is needed in the private home, which is both economically and ecologically sustainable. The aim of this work has been to create a modern interpretation of functionalism that reflects both historical and contemporary aesthetics, by creating a future oriented living environment. Longing for tomorrow living. Housing for the tomorrow, based on yesterday.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:konstfack-9688 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Goldschmidt-Reischel, Truls |
| Publisher | Konstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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