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Healing a broken smal scale cultural heritage

Category: Concept design and spatial planing

Location: Lidköping, Sweden

Year: 2022

Client: The City of Lidköping

Architect: LINK Arkitektur

MARELD won the competition organized by Lidköping municipality. The task was to design the four red houses on the Esplanade and surrounding landscape. Mareld together with LINK Arkitektur and Antiquum, has developed the proposal "Life at Krukmakaregatan".

Percpective showing the surrounding streets and life on Krukmakargatan on a winter's day
Percpective showing the surrounding streets and life on Krukmakargatan on a winter's day

The proposal is intended to heal the currently broken cultural environment on the site by reconnecting to previous residential structures and creating a neighborhood that regains its green, small-scale character. The external materials consist of simple, solid materials such as paving stones, cobblestones and stone flour. The neighborhood should be experienced as a green oasis in the city with flamboyant cultural plants behind the wooden planks.

Situation plan
Situation plan
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Perspective showing the expected everyday life at future courtyards
Perspective showing the expected everyday life at future courtyards
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