New arts centre/theatre building in Sundsvall

Result

180 entries had been received from around 30 countries.

Winner
KRÄFTA
Harri Mäkiaho, Tammerfors, Finland

Second prize winner
LIFT AND CONNECT
Msc Architect Robert Alewijnse, DP6 Architectuurstudio, Delft, the Netherlands

Third prize winners
Inside Out
Architect Marc Jay, Niels Pedersen, architect, Maria Ljungsten, architect, Karin Björsmo, architect, j's kitchen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dramastaden
Architect MAA Troels Troelsen, Henning Larsen Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark

Fourth prize winners
TROLL
Architect Raimund Fein, Berlin, Germany

KULTURSTENEN
Architects MAA Kasper Lorentzen och Kristian Langkilde Larsen, K2 Architects, Århus, Denmark

50/50
Architect SAR/MSA Gert Wingårdh, Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Gothenburg, Sweden

JOTUNHEIM
Mikko Jakonen, Heikki Muntola, architect SAFA Janne Pihlajaniemi och Heikki Riitahuhta

Honourable mentions
FOYER OF SUNDSVALL
Architect Kazuyo Sejima, Sejima Studios, Yokohama, Japan

PLAYGARDEN
Architect Liang Hou, Hou Liang Architecture, Shanghai, China

ID
Architect Jorge Rocha Antunes, Madrid, Spain

SNACK
Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta, Samuli Woolston, ALA Architects Ltd, Helsinki, Finland

TEATERGALLERIET
Jan W Hansen, Andres Glud Rasmussen, Erik Nygren, JWH arkitekter, Århus, Denmark

T4G5H7
Michael McKee, MTMA Architecture, Massachusetts, USA

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Overview

The Municipality of Sundsvall invites entries to an architecture competition, aimed at giving municipal and regional residents a distinguished building of the highest architectural quality, with high accessibility and of durable design. The building shall forming a landmark at the meeting point of the old Stone Town and the Selångerån river estuary. The purpose of the competition is twofold, namely to find a scheme capable of being developed into a building of the highest quality, and to procure architectural services for designing it.

Category Project Competition / Competition Result
Type Architecture Project Competition
Genre Theater
Country Sundsvall, Sweden
RegDeadline 15 May 2008 GoogleCal iCal
15 May 2008 (Must be Received)
Eligibility All

Jury
- Peter Gavelin, Investigator to the Sundsvall Municipal Executive Board, Jury Chairmann
- Anita Edlund, City Architect, Municipality of Sundsvall
- Birgitta Gillgren,Cultural Aff airs and Leisure, Municipality of Sundsvall
- Clarence Jonsson, Project Leader, Municipality of Sundsvall
- Tomas Melander, Director of Teater Västernorrland
- Ulla Näsman, Executive Director, Cultural Aff airs and Leisure, Municipality of Sundsvall
- Petra Sandgren, Creative Director, Steen&Ström Sverige AB
- Stefan Söderlund, Chief Executive Offi cer, Municipality of Sundsvall
- Per Kraft, Architect SAR/MSA, nominated by the Swedish Association of Architects (Sveriges Arkitekter)
- Johnny Svendborg, Architect MAA, nominated by the Swedish Association of Architects (Sveriges Arkitekter)

Judging Process
One-Stage, Anonymous Competition

Prize
1 million SEK total

Entry Fee
None

Entries
Four A1 format cardboard

Competition Officer
Åsa Björklund
Swepro Project Management AB
Skönsbergsvägen 3
SE-856 41 SUNDSVALL
Tel. +46-60-168 982, +46-70-548 28 28

Promoter
Municipality of Sundsvall

Official Website
http://www.arkitekt.se/tavlingar/sundsvall2008