Elderly Care Skärve

Elderly Care Skärve
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ELDERLY CARE SKÄRVE

Kjellander Sjöberg

ARCHITECTS
Kjellander Sjöberg

MANUFACTURERS
GlasLindberg, Strängbetong, Ströher, Alucobond

TEAM
Sanna Taune, Andreas Nordström, Charlotte Fredriksson, Saki Azodi, Iselin Marie Johansen, Martin Kraft

CLIENT
Skanska

PHOTOGRAPHS
Max Plunger

AREA
5500 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Växjö, Sweden

CATEGORY
Retirement, Housing, Refurbishment

The elderly care is a part of the city block Skärvet, which is the starting point of Bäckaslöv, a new urban district in Växjö being developed along the railway connecting the city centre to the lake Norra Bergundasjön.

Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger
Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger

The L- shaped building is the first phase and the cornerstone of the city block, offering mixed forms of tenure around a spacious, shared courtyard.

COMMON AREAS WITH GOOD LIGHT CONDITIONS

The layout organisation is based on arranging all common and neutral areas into a central hub with individual departments located in each respective wing.

Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger
Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger

The core of each department is its dining and living room, an open space reaching from façade to façade. Its large windows and tall ceiling heights provide great daylight conditions.

SPACES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION

The common functions comprise an assembly hall, a conservatory, physiotherapy facility and a greenhouse on the rooftop with a view over the shared courtyard and the green recreation space.

LIVELY FAÇADES

The design and configuration are strongly linked to the construction process.

Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger
Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger

The variation in the façade is rationally achieved by using more joints than façade elements and by combining four sections of different types of tile patterns.

The overall design thus resembles a textile pattern or a crocheted table cloth. Entrances, windows and roofs are accentuated by copper-coloured metal sheets, adding warmer tones.

The building is designed to achieve LEED Platinum certificate and Skanska’s top level environmental classification.

Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger


Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger
Elderly Care Skärve
© Max Plunger


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