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Einladungswettbewerb | 02/2018

Seilbahn / Cable Car in Göteborg

Gewinner

Preisgeld: 1.000.000 SEK

UNStudio

Architektur

Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture

Architektur

knippershelbig GmbH

Tragwerksplanung

licht&soehne

Lichtplanung

Erläuterungstext

Project credits:
Architect: UNStudio (Ben van Berkel with Arjan Dingsté and Juergen Heinzel, Ayax Abreu Garcia, Xinyu Wang)
Local architect: Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture AB
Client: The City of Gothenburg – Traffic and Public Transport Authority (TRAFIKKONTORET) in collaboration with The City Planning Authority (Stadsbyggnadskontoret), Västtrafik AB, and The Architects Sweden
Structure & engineering advisors: Knippers Helbig
Lighting design advisors: Licht & Soehne
Visualisations (CGI): Plompmozes

Beurteilung durch das Preisgericht

NEW BEACONS (Proposal)

New Beacons is a sensitively presented proposal that combines poetry and playfulness with flexibility and development potential. The proposal presents a sound analysis and a
thoroughly worked-out design concept for towers and stations alike, of which the tower design is the more convincing. The towers are suitably scaled to the city and demonstrate the possibility for variations on a theme.

THE TOWERS
The towers are light and open. Their architectural language borrows confidently from the idiom of the harbor and the seafaring city, and as the authors of the proposal also suggest,
they evoke dancing bodies in motion. The tower construction is easily decipherable as an intricate system of trusses, which, due to their subtle angling, will be experienced differently from different vantage points. Each tower’s placement will make it unique, and the openness of the trusses is a forgiving feature that minimizes the shadow effect.

The proposal demonstrates an understanding of the city’s history and silhouette. Many tall structures in Gothenburg have been built on the truss principle. This includes the
cranes in the harbor, but also other large vertical structures, such as bridges.

The towers meet the ground at multiple points, creating the potential for openness and urban flows. The proposed tower design can be adapted to individual sites and does not require any specific site design, but seeks to blend in so that unique sites can be developed at the tower bases and transport hubs.

The tower trusses make possible an elegant, exciting lighting design that can be controlled and varied according to seasonal and other requirements and accentuated on special occasions.

A poetic addition is the subtle glow of light, or “kissing gondolas,” that will be created each time two gondolas meet, forming a constantly shifting sculpture in light.
Two construction alternatives—fiber reinforced spun concrete and steel section with hollow cross section—mean that many elements can be prefabricated and construction
time minimized. As work proceeds, preserving the fine detailing at the truss attachment points will be important.

THE STATIONS
The weightless design of the stations has a clear identity and offers an efficient transport hub with open flows that is easily recognizable as a public transport facility.
The geometric idiom is both aesthetic and constructive.
The black metal roof is self-supporting with crossreinforcements in the form of frames. Its dimensions are perhaps slightly awkward and the proportions should be revised at a later stage. Large skylights provide natural overhead lighting on station platforms, balanced by soft warm interior lighting. The proposed wood cladding for interior walls and ceilings creates a warm and sheltering atmosphere for passengers.

The requirements imposed by the varied surroundings and topographies of the station sites are met by raising the platforms and leaving the ground level free. The platforms
are open and the gondolas visible. Passengers can both see out and be seen, reinforcing the sense of safety.

At Järntorget, the environment beneath the station becomes an extension of the urban landscape and its open flows, creating a space where people can gather. Critical to this
experience will be the design of the overall environment:
lighting, seating, public art, etc.

The minimal footprint is sufficiently flexible that the ground level can be programmed for each individual site, but it also raises questions about utilization and how the
architectural expression of the station will change when the ground level is filled with businesses. The geometric design is flexible enough that the stations can fit into many
different urban situations. In later stages it will be essential to study sites and stations together.

Stairs and escalators that are partly freestanding advertise the entrances in a clear and inviting fashion, but escalators without weather protection are not suitable for the
Gothenburg climate and need revision. The weather protection over the platforms also needs more work to better shield passengers.
The central placement of the elevators under the building is good, as it allows them to be reached from multiple directions.

A strong point of the proposal is its consideration of ecological sustainability in the station buildings, including the use of solar cells, collection of rainwater and the addition
of vertical green features for improved air quality and noise absorption.

The proposal solves and responds to many of the problems posed in the competition brief, and the design concept has development potential. The stations do not reach the poetic
heights of the towers and the jury feels that some aspects of the station solutions need further work to realize their full potential.
View over Göte älv / Lindholmen Tower +131m

View over Göte älv / Lindholmen Tower +131m

View from Järntorget / Terminal station / +65m tower

View from Järntorget / Terminal station / +65m tower

Wieselgrensplatsen / Terminal Station / 82 and +101m tower

Wieselgrensplatsen / Terminal Station / 82 and +101m tower

Landscape from Lindholmen

Landscape from Lindholmen