kjellgrenkaminsky.se - 1/19/2009
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Could Heden become a green lung in Gothenburg? And house 10000 persons in 5000 new apartments? Today Heden is an empty city block located in our hometown Gothenburg, Sweden. It is used for football fields and parking lots. KKA presents a vision for a new multifunctional and sustainable Heden ...
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Green Roofs Meet the Ground in New Heden
TreeHugger —
Roofs are for people, and should be green and accessible. That is what is so exciting about New Heden in Gothenberg, Daniel Andersson's final thesis at Jönköping University, with Fredrik Kjellgren and Joakim Kaminsky of Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects. as tutors. The form of the buildings, "built as sliced hills with grass roofs that can be walked upon" brings the green roofs right down to grade, making them accessible; rooftops become terrain.... ...
Sweden’s Sweeping Green Roofed Hillside City
INHABITAT —
Nestled beneath an undulating series of rolling green roofs, Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects New Heden project transforms a vacant city block is a self-contained sustainable city interspersed with cycling paths and walkways. Envisioned as a “green lung” for Gothenburg, Sweden, the development will introduce a beautiful expanse of fresh green space to an area currently consumed by parking lots and football fields.
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