Stadshallen in Lund

The Stadshallen in Lund is a significant heritage building which combines powerful theatre spaces with a foyer and circulation system of great subtlety. A key feature is the simple palette, restrained form-making beyond the core diagram, and a delicate yet playful quality in its details, typical of Swedish work from this era.

Our proposal works hard to transform the building programmatically without overwhelming it architecturally. The key move was to simply restate the original concept in the new work – so transforming it to bring it closer to the original idea. This meant bringing a new ground plane into play that can act as a platform and threshold to the upper-level foyer which currently remains cut off from the city given the closed nature of the building and the suffocation of the lower level by perimeter retail. A series of six interventions were proposed, each subtle in form but profound in the way they would reinvigorate the building and significantly expand its porosity, programs and users.

TYPE Public
LOCATION Lund | SE
YEAR 2019

Overall, it can be seen that our proposal works to complement and augment the existing hall, confidently but not overpoweringly. We feel the impact of our project will not be strongly seen in architectural terms but will be very powerful in the way the building takes a new role in the life of the city.

Gerard Reinmuth Director and Principal TERROIR

APPROACH

Public Flow: 1st floor foyer originally intended as part of the public domain

Public Flow: Lack of porosity and public program on the ground level

Public Flow: utilising the ground floor to reconnect the foyer with the city

Public Flow: 1st floor foyer originally intended as part of the public domain

Public Flow: Lack of porosity and public program on the ground level

Public Flow: utilising the ground floor to reconnect the foyer with the city

Additions: Staircase and Open Facade System

Additions: Urban Stairs and Cobblestone Pavement

Additions: Circulation Backbone and Arcade

Additions: Amphitheatre and Roof Garden

The building was originally intended to function as a public space "Lundatorget" in the city next to Stortorget, Mårtenstorget, Saluhallen and Domkyrkan, both through the spaces it contains and how it connects those into the spatial network of the city. In reality, Lundatorget has an entrance which makes the building a destination rather than part of a journey. In order to recreate Klas Anshelm's idea of the second-floor foyer as a public place in the city, the ground floor was reconfigured to support greater connectivity and activation. To enable this reconfiguration, we proposed a series of interventions, each of which can be implemented separately and their benefits, while adding up to a cumulative whole, can also be realised on a case-by-case basis. This gives incredible flexibility for the Kommune in how they proceed with the refurbishment.

Stadshallen in Lund

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