Hjo Water front
Site
Site
Scale: 1 : 2000
Scale: 1 : 1000
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Exterior perspective
Green area
Square
Parking lot
Path
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Private Seashore
Location: Sweden scale
Intended area for development
Location: County scale
Existing harbour area A major part of the southern harbour is today covered by a large parking lot. Just above it there´s a green area that follows the hjo river to its outlet.
Square By turning the parking lot into a square it attracts people and eventually it also becomes a new meeting point. A path is drawn to highlight possible connections.
Inspiration Existing traditional boathouses was the first source of inspiration.
Location Without interfering with the built surrounding the inspirational boathouse gets a new location. The new setting gives new relation conditions.
Increased volume By adding the programme to the building it´s necessary for an expansion of the extents.
Additional piers The building is already docked to the southern pier. To extend the existing pier and to create an interesting approach to the building two additional piers are connected.
Changing geometry By transforming the volume the roof gets available from two points along one of the diagonals.
Extension of the public livingroom Connecting the building to the new square it becomes part of the new.
Beach
Harbour
The building will be part in a bigger restoration over the southern harbour area. The square will still be able to accommodate with a great number of cars and buses, yet now it´s on the pedestrians conditions. The square should be seen as a new public livingroom, an inviting open atmosphere where people in all ages could dwell. It´s able to populate during events and it´s possible to extend the market hall onto the square creating an urban bazaar.
Plan view Scale: 1:200
The delicate position of the building may interfere with the view from some angles but it´s compromised by having the building itself accessable and the area around it increased.
Entrance
Water mirror
Market hall
Booth/storage
Service hallway
technical room
Changing room/ staff
Recreation staff/ office
Kitchen/ storage/ loading/ trash
Restaurant/ Café/ Outdoor café
Interior perspective
Green area
Hjo river outlet
Section
Scale: 1 : 200
Public stairs with direct contact with the water
New Square
Additional pier that becomes part of the roof
Accessible roof
Outdoor café
Additional pier
building (Zones) Exterior perspective
Interior perspective
Building: Assembly
Building: Sectioning
Building: Zones
Accessible roof
Inner core. Loadbearing walls
Slab. pontoon fixed to the bottom
Public area
Private area
The building will be part in a bigger restoration over the southern harbour area. The square will still be able to accommodate with a great number of cars and buses, yet now it´s on the pedestrians conditions. The square should be seen as a new public livingroom, an inviting open atmosphere where people in all ages could dwell. It´s able to populate during events and it´s possible to extend the market hall onto the square creating an urban bazaar.
Public area
Entrance zone
open zone
Bar/dining zone
Outdoor zone
The building is strictly divided into a private and a public section. The inner core is occupied by the private section including the market booths. The public space is divided into a larger changeable space and an area dedicated for café and restaurant. The café area extends and creates an outdoor space, erasing the borders between in- and outside.
The delicate position of the building may interfere with the view from some angles but it´s compromised by having the building itself accessable and the area around it increased.
Elevation south
Elevation east
Elevation west