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.
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
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