ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO By Mikaela Samuelsson

JORDBRO CULTURE HOUSE- Jordbro, Haninge

Diploma project, KTH Arkitektur Supervisors: Tor Lindstrand & Anders Wilhelmsson January - June 2015

My diploma project is a transformation and development of a former school building into a culture house.

JORDBROThe school is located in a modernist suburb 20 km south east of Stockholm called, Jordbro. The area was built in the 60s and 70s and is today a highly segregated and socially declined area. In 2012 a group of local cultural organizations moved into an abandoned school next to the commercial center of Jordbro. The school was going to be demolished to give room for new housing and the organizations got to stay on a temporary lease. After fighting the municipality for two years the cultural workers managed to cancel the demolition plans and the cultural activities could continue in the school building.

THE CULTURE HOUSEIn my project I have been interviewing the fantastic people at the culture house about their relationship to the building and their hopes for the future. I have tried to find durable solutions for development of a public institution in a socially vulnerable area and I hope that my project will help the cultural workers to get going in the process towards evolving a vivid culture house in Jordbro.

STRUCTURE I have gone through original drawings, investigated and revealed the structure of the building which is made by glulam columns and beams. By making a model of the structure I could understand the flexibility and spatial qualities of the building which has been hidden throughout the years underneath new ceilings and cladding. In my proposal I have revealed the structure by removing the low ceilings and placing ventilation, acoustic wood wool and lighting fixtures between the beams.

CONCEPT OF CHANGEThe project is a reorganization of the program of the entire building while the architectural changes are focused on certain points. The workshops for cultural organizations are left as they are to give room for own expressions and architectural changes are focused on the public spaces, the facade and the former school yard. This is a way to make the building more public without taking away the sense of ownership that the users have today.

Above: proposal for changed roof, facade and school yard. Right: photo of the culture house today. Left: structure model in scale 1:100.

Above: proposals for changes of the foyer, the north-south corridor and the east court yard used by the youth club. Underneath are photos from these spaces today. Below: photos of organizations and activities at Jordbro Culture House.

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ALBY TIME TRAVEL- Alby, Botkyrka

Studio 2, KTH ArkitekturSupervisors: Tor Lindstrand & Karin MatzNovember - December 2014

Alby Time Travel is a proposal for an urban park on an abandoned site in Alby, that will be covered with new housing in 20 years. I have worked with the concept of time travel to create a new urban landscape that changes over time.

PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF TIMETo be able to discuss the possibility of time travel one must have a set idea of what time means. In philosophy there are a number of different understandings of time which explains how the past, the present and the future exist in relation to each other.

ETERNALISM IN ALBYIn this project I have focused on a time concept called, eternalism. It states that time is not linear, it is just another dimension. This means that the past, the present and the future all exist simultaneously. The concept of eternalism takes form at the site of former Albyskolan in Alby and attempts to make the past, the present and the future of the site coexisting for a period of 20 years. The perspectives shows different scenarios of development throughout the 20 year period of the project.

2015 - THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIMEThe new ruin of the demolished school is built up. It divides the large site in smaller spaces which can be used for different events. Infrastructure is added all over the site and the current suggestion for future housing is displayed. During the summer a flea market is built up under a tent roof. The roof is attached to the poles that mark the future row houses.

2025 - PAST IS NOW, NOW IS FUTUREThe revealing of the past takes form as an archaeological dig. The former locker hall of Albyskolan is used for growing trees for the future development of the site. The vision of a perfect city is no longer the block city structure of Stockholm but the medieval small scale structure of Visby.

2034 - THE FINAL COUNT DOWNIn the last year of the project my own generation of architects will be the ones designing the future society. If the Time Travel Project by this time has proven usable and appreciated it might be kept as a public park. Successful temporary events that have taken place throughout the project can be turned into permanent structures.

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The past is reviled and rebuilt at the site. The low gabion wall marks the first floor of the demolished school that used to stand here.

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The future plans of the site are reviled to the public as outlines of future development.

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HACKSPACE- Meat packing district, Stockholm

Design Process Studio, KTH ArkitekturSupervisors: Tor Lindstrand & Erik WingquistSeptember - October 2012

The project investigates the notion of a public institution and what that could be in the future. The proposal is a Hackspace on a former parking lot in the meatpacking district, Slakthusområdet, south of Stockholm.

WHAT IS A HACKSPACE?A hacker is someone who takes something apart and rebuilds it for a different purpose. This can be anything from a machine to a computer software. A hackspace is a space for hacking. It works as a workshop and office space but most importantly as a forum where people with common interests can meet, share ideas and collaborate on different projects. This hackspace is divided into four mayor parts, Shareware, Hardware, Software and Open Source.

SHAREWAREShareware is a bar and a hang-out space that is situated by the entrance. It is a space for interaction and sharing of knowledge.

HARDWAREA large open and flexible workshop for hardware hacking (building and creating with physical materials). This space can also be used for temporary events such as hackatons, LANs, lectures and exhibitions.

SOFTWARERooms for software hacking (virtual creations). On the second floor there are two larger offices for up to 30 hackers. These can also be used as lecture rooms. Four smaller offices are situated on the third floor.

OPEN SOURCEAn outdoor hackspace on the roof for BBQs, outdoor hacking, robot testing etc.

MATERIALSThe materials relate to the industrial history of the area but also to the concept of hacking by being put together like a machine with changeable parts. The structural elements are steel columns and beams. The facades are made from corrugated steel elements and corrugated plastic. The floors are installation floors that provide every room with Internet, power, heat and ventilation.

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