Trensum, Sweden
The following description is courtesy of Sandellsandberg Arkitekter AB.
An eye-catching entrance building with an unexpected façade in the traditional “Falu copper red” paint is the first in a series of houses for Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve to be completed by Swedish architectural firm sandellsandberg.
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The vision was to provide the nature reserve with modern buildings, but with an overall design reminiscent of the traditional architecture of Blekinge. Inspired by longhouses and built-in Blekinge’s craftsmanship tradition, the entrance building is shaped like a barn, with large windows and thatched roof.
Previously there was no distinct entrance to the nature reserve, which at times made visitors turn at the gates in confusion. Hence, the biggest challenges were to strengthen the site’s identity and give presumptive visitors a welcoming first impression of the reserve. These needs gave birth to the idea of a textile look where an unexpected curtain-shaped façade surprises and welcomes the visitor and like a curtain open up to the nature reserve.
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The entrance building consists of a cabin trough which you enter the building, and a main building of 600 square meters. Except for the entrance to the reserve, the building also comprises a café, an exhibition- and lecture hall and a shop selling home-grown produce.
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Project Details
Name of the project: Outdoor Eriksberg – Entrance building for Scandinavia’s biggest safari park
Location: Guöviksvägen 353, 374 96 Trensum, Sweden
Client: Eriksberg Vilt & Natur AB, Guöviksvägen 353, 374 96 Trensum, Sweden
Architect:
ÅF sandellsandberg arkitekter AB
Döbelnsgatan 54
113 52 Stockholm, Sweden
+46 (0) 8 506 531 00
Construction Manager: Gered Rundqvist Konsult AB, gered@guo.nu
Team: Thomas Sandell, Jenny Kåhre, Andreas Bergström
Structural Engineering:
Cowi AB
Malmö
www.cowi.se
Team: Jan Lövgren, Faruk Korlat
Photographer: Åke E:son Lindman
Ålstensgatan 37,
167 65 Bromma, Sweden
+46.705.251413
info@lindmanphotography.com
