Article source: White Arkitekter

The Swedish city of Piteå, located about 130 kms below the Arctic Circle, wanted a new parking garage but also got a sledding hill, an amphitheater and a large lantern. The project ‘Stadsberget’ (Swedish for ‘city mountain’) was designed by White Arkitekter in cooperation with Henning Larsen Architects and has become a unique meeting place and tourist attraction in the city centre.

Image Courtesy © Åke E:son Lindman

• Architects: White Arkitekter (Anna-Carin Dahlberg, Anders Sveningsson, Fredrik Larsson, Gunnar Stomrud ) + Henning Larsen Architects (Per Ebbe Hansson, Martin Stenberg)
• Project: The parking garage that moonlights as a sledding slope
• Location: Piteå, Sweden
• Photography: Åke E:son Lindman, Lennart Sjögren
  
• Client: Piteå municipality
• Lead architect(White Arkitekter): Lennart Sjögren
• Construction engineer(White Arkitekter): Maria Ekenberg
• Construction engineer(White Arkitekter): Frida Ejdemyr
• Construction engineer(White Arkitekter): Per-Anders Andersson
• Construction engineer(White Arkitekter): Lars Åsberg
• Light designer(White Arkitekter): Andreas Milsta
• Landscape architect(White Arkitekter): Karin Sjödin
• Materials: Siberian larch, prefab concrete, steel, glass, grass/vegetation
• Area: approx. 5,000 sqm
• Project start/end: 2012-2015

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