Strategy

- Building the Urban Path

We decided to not consume rural soil but to preserve  forests and agricultural areas. The strategical plan is to create  growth around a closed a street in the shape of a “Ring” producing a new urban pathway with open public spaces and a new stone flooring. To achieve a connection with the existing pavillons layout, we developed  towers dwelling typology and an integrated system of links with rehabilitated pavilions on ground floor. 

The lower plant of the tower is occupied by common spaces, bicycles parkings and meetings rooms. There are glass porches that work as thermal regulators as well as filter spaces which links the pavillions with the houses. The porches also work like an extension of the pavillions towards the street and will act functional spaces for commercial activities or cultural events. 

The urban ring system gives many benefits to the new Hammarö community: 

- The development of a new urban street with better climatic conditions and a safety perception , and improvement of social relationships.

-Centralization and improvement of commercial activities, generation of new public spaces. In this “built ring” pedestrian and bicycle mobility is supported.

- More density

-The environmental rescue of forest and agricultural soil.

Along this path the locations of interchange stations allow cars outside of the urban ring. The perimeter is defined by six storey towers and other activity oriented corridors. Others two or three level buildings will be incorporate to the existing street layout generating new public spaces and completing urban ring. 

These buildings offer differing bioclimatic solutions; the south side will have a double glass facade terrace, the north side will have a totally closed façade containing services and wet areas, and on east and west façade, transparent bow-windows will work like heaters.