Article source: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB

Emporia is first and foremost an urban planning project in which offices, housing, and retail come together in a mixed-use development along Boulevarden and Stationsgatan in Hyllie, on the south side of Malmö. The main idea of our winning competition entry was to hide inward-looking retail behind a wreath of residential and commercial buildings. The whole shopping complex would thereby eventually become integrated into the fabric of the city.

Image Courtesy © Tord-Rikard Söderström

• Architects: Wingårdhs through, Gert Wingårdh, Johan Eklind and Joakim Lyth
• Project: Emporia
• Location: Kansas
• Photography: Tord-Rikard Söderström
• Interior architect: Wingårdhs through,  Helena Toresson
• Graphic design: Wingårdhs through, Jennie Stolpe
• Landscape design: Thyréns AB (Anders Dahl, Pamela Sjöstrand). Address: Isbergs gata 15, 205 19 Malmö
• Landscape design (roof park): Wingårdhs, Landskapsgruppen Öresund AB (Sofia Hultenberg. Address: Kyrkogatan 19, 22222 Lund) and Louise Lundberg
• Client: Steen & Ström Sverige AB (Erik Lennhammar, Address: Box 16335, 10326 Stockholm)
• Site of the building: Hyllie Boulevard 19, Malmö, Sweden
• Completion date: October 2012
• Construction costs: SEK 2,5 billion
• Total area in square meters: 207 000 m² (including multi-storey car park) + 27 000 m² roof park
• Construction management: Advansia (Ingvar Nohlin)
• Structural engineers: Cowi AB (Christian Evertsson, Roberto Caprile)
• Geotechnical engineering: Cowi AB (Sven Lind)
• Mechanical services and sanitary engineering: ÅF-Infrastruktur AB (Martin Åvall, Ulrik Andersson)
• Electrical planning: ÅF-Infrastruktur AB (Hannu Matiasson)
• Fire Safety Engineering: ÅF-Installation AB (Peter Johannesson, Johan Borgman)
• Traffic planning and management: Tyréns AB (Per Eneroth)