Portfolio Urban Design 2016-2020

Portfolio

SELECTED WORK 2016 — 2020

Sustainable Urban Design, Architecture, Spatial Planning

Hanna Wahlberg

CV Hanna Wahlberg 1994.12.27 tel. + 46 73 828 59 80 hanna.wahlberg@live.se

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Degree of Master of Science Sustainable Urban Planning and Design (120 ECTS) Main Field: Architecture Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm

Intern: Familjebostäder, City of Stockholm.

Auto-CAD Rhinoceros SketchUp Illustrator Photoshop InDesign ArcGIS/QGIS

AUG 2018 — JUN 2020

SUMMER 2019

Mainly individual work analyzing selected reconstruction and new construction projects with the aim to contribute to the company’s internal evaluation.

Exchange Studies in Urban Design (30 ECTS) Istanbul Technical University 2

AUG 2019 — JAN 2020

Degree of Bachelor of Science Spatial Planning (180 ECTS) Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona AUG 2013 — JUN 2016

Architect Intern: Stockholm City Planning Office.

AUG 2017 — AUG 2018

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Mainly individual work, investigating and proposing a method on how to treat the ongoing densification of Stockholm’s detached housing areas. Also contributing in assessing incoming project ideas.

Board member of Kvinnors Byggforum A network of women, non binary and transgender people, working with equality within the construction industry.

2018 — 2020

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Architect/Urban Planner: Planning Office, Söderköping Municipality.

JUN 2016 — JUN 2017

Swedish NATIVE

English

Member of Genusgruppen A group initiated by students at BTH, working with gender equality.

2015 — 2016

Working with the development of the small medieval town Söderköping and the new potential to develop the city due to the relocation of European route E22, that today cuts through the city.

Board member of Architects Swedens student organisation BTH 2015

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Driving License French

Intern: Planning Office, Finspång Municipality.

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SUMMER 2015 REFERENCES

Internship during the summer, working with simple tasks like inventing detailed development plans.

Available on request.

I am a freshly graduated urban designer from KTH, Stockholm, looking for new challenges. I am generally intrigued by the social dimensions of architecture and urban design — how the built environment can affect and shape our way of living. I am a true believer of everyone’s right to the city and that designing for diversity and inclusivity is key.

To combine a background in urban planning with a master in urban design has given me a wide base in terms or understanding

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of the formal planning processes, legislative frameworks and actors The Afterlife of Clothes

design skills. I have a structured way of working and I like to put

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time and focus in the analysis when I am approaching a site or an issue.

Looking ahead I see myself working at an architectural practice

Caring for Uselessness 18 — 27

dedicated to urban design and development, with sustainability

Beyond Fragments

high up on the agenda. For me it is important to stay up to date

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with current research and innovations. I am a team player and I think working across disciplines is crucial to meet the current sustainability challenges. As urban development projects gets

Mapping Detached Housing Area´s Potential and Limitations 34 — 36

more complex, I believe that we as urban designers must have the ability to gather and process multiple perspectives from different

Yours Truly, Lindängen Centrum

actors. I find the process of a project as important as the end

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result.

I have professional experience from working with urban development in Stockholm as well as smaller towns in rural Sweden. From working with friends and like-minded people I have also gathered knowledge on urban farming and gender specific questions related to the field of architecture and urban design.

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and at the same time I could develop my conceptual thinking and

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The Afterlife of Clothes MASTER THESIS ¡ 2020 ¡ STOCKHOLM The aim of my master thesis was to rethink our relationship to productive spaces within the urban context. The starting point was to question the current trend with urban renewal projects of industrial areas. Instead I looked into processes of production, consumption and waste management. Investigation a specific field, textile, I worked to show that production have its place within the city. I alos worked to bring attention and value to the process behind the things that we surround ourselves with, such as clothes.

Supervised by Alejandra Navarrete Llopis

Confectioning and Clothes Rental Service

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In 2016 the consumption of textile in Sweden was nearly 14 kg per person and year, which equals the weight of 14 t-shirts, 5 pairs of jeans, 7 hoodies and 2 coats.

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disposal 3 % consumer wash 3 % consumer transport 11 % distribution and store 3 %

5 kg textile per person and yeas is thrown in the household waste, which equals the weight of 4 t-shirts, 4 hoodies and 2 pairs of jeans. Nearly 60 % (in black) of the thrown textile is in good condition and could be used again.

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The amount of clothes given to charity organisations is almost 4 kg per person and year, which equals the weight of 2 t-shirts, 2 hoodies, 1 pair of jeans and 1 coat. 72 % (in black) of the collected textile is exported.

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Environmental impact from Swedish clothes consumption according to product phase.

The three largest garment producing countries from Swedish consumption; Bangladesh, China and Turkey.

The measured amount of second hand clothing sold through web-based solutions accounts for 0,13 kg per person and year, which equals the weight of 1 cap, although this is assessed to be a low number.

Henriksdals Water Treatment Plant

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Washing & Tumble Drying

Wardrobe Ironing Laundry Basket Mending Kit Line Drying Washing & Tumble Drying Air Out

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As part of the analysis of post consumption textile, where processes of washing and caring for the clothes occur, I did a self study, mapping the spaces, the use of water, energy, detergents and so on. I also linked the domestic space to the urban systems. In my case the water from my washing machine goes to Henrikdals water treatment plant, where it’s being cleaned but current cleaning process lacks filters to collect micro-plastics, which means that they are released into Saltsjön and in extension the Baltic sea. Washing textile is the third largest contributor to the release of micro-plastics in our waters. Not because it releases that much but because we are so many that washes so often.

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Högdalsverket Clothes that are thrown in the household waste are collected to Högdalsverket where they are burnt and partly converted to electricity and district heating.

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Bromma & Lövsta Municipal recycling centers that offers collection of textile. They are currently part of a research project called SIPTex. The collected textile is used in the project. The research facility is located in Avesta.

Sätra, Vantör & Östberga Municipal recycling centers that offers collection of textile. Clothes collected here are taken care of by the municipality’s subcontractor Myrorna.

Roslagstull Municipal recycling center that offers collection of textile. Clothes collected here are taken care of by the municipality’s subcontractor Emmaus.

Emmaus Donation Bin Clothes donated to Emmaus are collected by truck to Emmaus sorting center in Västberga.

Emmaus Sorting Center People can donate clothes to the sorting center in Västberga. Here all the sorting of donated garments happens. Around 30 % of the collected textile is introduced to the local market again. The rest is sold on the global market.

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Emmaus Pick-Up Emmaus offers to collect clothes from the inner city of Stockholm.

The clothes are collected from people homes by truck and taken to the sorting center in Västberga.

Myrorna Store In the stores people can donate clothes. The donated clothes are taken to Tungelsta sorting center (outside of Stockholm) by truck.

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Emmaus Store In the store people can donate clothes. The donated clothes are taken to Västberga sorting center by truck. After sorted, part of the clothes are taken to the store by truck. Garments that are not sold are sent back to Västberga.

The map on the next page shows the global market of postconsumer textile, so where the 70 % ends up. The textile takes different routs. Some of it is burned immediately, and is converted to heat or electricity. Around 70 % of the exported textile is being reused. A part of it is recycled, while some of the textile ends up in landfills. In my project, I took this as the starting point, to investigate how we can make use of the unwanted textile locally.

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The map on the previous page shows the current public system of collecting and treating textile waste in Stockholm.

Clothes that are thrown in the household waste are collected to HÜgdalsverket where they are burned and partly converted to heat and electricity. The squares represents the public recycling centers, where the collected clothes are taken care of by the municipality’s subcontractors. For Roslagstull, collected clothes are taken care of by Emmaus, a charity organization that sells secondhand clothes.

Emmaus also collects clothes from their donation bins, in their store and by picking up from peoples homes in the inner city. And then, all collected clothes are taken to their sorting facility in Västberga industrial area. From there, around 30 % are introduced to the local market again, while the other 70 % is sold on the global market.

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Sorting Center

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raw material producer

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bottles monomer, oligomer, polymer recycling

yarn producer fibre recycling

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fabric producer

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fabric recycling

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Reuse Open-loop recycling (downcycling) Closed-loop recycling (up- or downcycling) Energy recovery

To circle textile back in the loop again, ways to up-cycle and and down-cycle can be implemented, a process that is industrial. Västberga industrial area is proposed to host the process, since it is the most centrally located industrial area in Stockholm that still allows production.

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ACTIONS Relocate Adapt Parasite Remove

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Vretenborgsvägen

PLAN/URBAN CONTEXT

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The buildings that hosts the textile recycling process are distributed along the street, Vretenbogsvägen. The project takes Emmaus existing textile sorting facility as its starting point. Across Södertäljevägen, that acts as a barrier between the industrial area and the surrounding residential neighborhoods, there are three existing bike and pedestrian paths. These paths creates a link between the locals and the textile recycling process. The section follows one of the paths, from Midsommarkransen, across the industrial area. An inner network of bike and pedestrian paths are designed to serve as a link across the actors in the area, allowing for collaboration, creating a clustering effect. Between the proposed paths there’s another layer of connecting elements, in the shape of elevated platforms that can be used either by the workers in the textile recycling facility, or people visiting, to move from one building to the other. The rooftops makes the connecting point into the buildings. Since fabric is a light material, it can be moved through pipes, using air pressure. This is the case in parts of the process, for example between the automated sorting and the chemical recycling machine hall.

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The sequence of the buildings that hosts the textile recycling are distributed according to the areas existing infrastructure and the specific steps of recycling textile. Parts of the process allows people that wants to recycle, remake or rent to be involved. The diagram on the following page explains the process in terms of the machines, the work, inputs and outputs. The plan shows the spaces that invites people to take part of the process and the spaces that are more for the workers. The movement of the material between the buildings is an important element. The plan shows bike and pedestrian paths that weaves the recycling process together with the industrial area and the surrounding neighborhoods. The elevated platforms connects the green roofs and the pipes allows the textile to move between the buildings. The disused railway is also used to move material in the sequence.

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MASTER YR 1 · 2019 · OXELÖSUND The studio was focused around steel production and the ecological, industrial and social commons in Oxelösund. Approaching the site and topics though group work in the formats of a research table and ”super-section” the participants in the studio mapped out information on the sites of extractions, industrial infrastructures, steel application, pollution, labour and migration and urban and natural context. The group I participated in worked on the urban and natural context and we found early on that the current situation is completely formed and manages around the steel production.

My interest of the different periods of erasure in Oxelösund led me to work on this topic for the following period of design.

All work presented have been developed together with Julia Schlütsmeier-Hage.

Oxelösund 1960

This project started with the fact that Oxelösund has been through several phases of demolition, both during the expansion of Oxelösund city centre around 1950’s and when the steel crisis struck the city which lead to a decline in the population. We wanted to work with this fluctuation in the city and find ways to make use of uselessness.

We are introducing a system to facilitate these processes and we will work in different scales. In this project we worked on three different locations. In the portfolio I included S01 and S02.

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Starting from the uselessness of a building we found different ways of treating the material. In the first case relocation, the building is removed from the site and placed in a new location where it’s better needed. Deconstruction can work both to dismantle a building, move it to a new location and rebuild it, or to re-use and distribute the material. The last way we address, is to demolish, but in a very careful way, to recycle the materials and put them back in use, but in a different shape.

This way of treating buildings shifts the idea of maintenance.

Instead of only serving a purpose where it first was built, the materials can be introduced to the market again.

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Oxelösund is located 1 hour south of Stockholm, with close connections to Nyköping. In the city SSAB have one of their steel industry facilities, which have been shaping the city. The natural, urban and industrial conditions are closely tied together. Due to this the city have faced periods of demolition.

The two most prominent periods are related to, firstly, the big expansion of the industry in the 1950’s, when a big portion of the existing buildings were demolished and replaced with modern apartment buildings. Secondly, the steel crisis in the 1980’s, which lead to cut downs in the factory and decreasing population in Oxelösund. Many buildings were empty and some of them were demolished. This booklet will explore how these fluctuations in population can be managed through alternative practices of demolition, using one example in Oxelösund — Femöresundsvägen 5.

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The aim of this situation is to design an infrastructure of care.

Starting with analyzing existing sites and infrastructures of care in Oxelösund today, mainly located in connection to the recycling facility in the northeast part of the city. The site is located right where the edge of the urban fabric meets the industrial area and the continuous natural landscape.

At the recycling facility, locals can sort their waste in open containers, that later will be transported from the site to be processed into recycled material. Apart from the recycling facility other key actors are the publicly owned companies Kustbostäder and Oxelö Energi, who are responsible for maintenance of public streets, parks and public spaces, maintenance and development of electricity infrastructure and street lights, district heating, water and sewage system as well as waste collection. Apart from Kustbostäder and Oxelö Energi, a public health care service is also located in this site.

The service provides home care and the workers use bikes to move around in the city. In connection to the health care service the fire brigade is located. In the northern part of the site, Oxelösunds water treatment plant is situated.

Here we will focus on the processes of making use of the elements and materials that originates from the building we investigated in Femöresundsvägen 5.

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The idea is to extend the scope of the recycling centre and introduce new functions, knowledge and actors that can support the process of reusing building materials. In order to do that, the sorting system needs to allow a more refined collection and storage of the material. Methods of collecting, sorting and storing also needs to be handled with more care.

Knowledge and experience of dismantle and reuse building

materials need to be located on the site. An understanding of how the legislative system works, how different material behave, knowledge of how buildings have been constructed and what materials have been used in them throughout history is needed. Processes of cleaning, mending and repurposing will need to be in place as well as a space for purchasing the finished products.

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Two abandoned buildings are reused and serves as a learning center. This is a place where locals can come to get help or inspiration. Collaborations between the facility and the schools in Oxelรถsund is possible through the learning center.

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When an icon is on a square, that square must be proportional 1 x 1.

The white icon should be contained by its defined colour, or black background.

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Beyond Fragments MASTER YR 2

· 2019 · ISTANBUL

Urban renewal/transformation of the water-related spatial and functional features for the shores of the Three Water Combination, which includes the essential historical, cultural and urban components of Istanbul, surrounding the junction of the Marmara, Golden Horn and Bosphorus waters. Urban areas are the source of the environmental, social and economic problems we face in today’s world, but at the same time, these are the areas where the approaches that will provide solutions to these issues will take place.

Group work and individual assignment. Team: Duygu Karatoprak, Elif Ağaoğlu, Pınar Dalgıç and Tuğçe Sarban.

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Within the site we could identify three fragmented identities.

The northern part consists of many old bank buildings, such as SALT Galata. It also host several cafĂŠs, restaurants and cultural venues. The southern area is the place of several small hardware stores. There is a strong social community among the workers.

The costal area consists of a newly renovated park with large decks and open grass areas. Our aim is to improve the mobility between the upper part of the area and the waterfront. Using the historical landmarks as a guide, we have identified 5 routs that will take you through hidden spaces with a long history.

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My proposal focuses on the east coastline of the area. The main design is situated along the costal park, which is linked through three north-south paths that stretches from Galata tower down to the waterfront. A bike and pedestrian path along the costal park links with surrounding areas, through the existing pedestrian tunnel under the Galata bridge.

The public space situated west of the bridge is mainly programmed for public transportation. The commonly used paths have shaped the design and the paths are enhanced by green space, which also give a new quality to the area. Access to the water is provided, as well as spaces to sit and enjoy the view.

The path from Galata Tower that ends up in this square have been enhanced with pergolas to provide direction and greenery, shady space.

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Going west from the fish market, the program changes and lets art play the role. The shapes can be used as both panels, a podium or a box to showcase artworks. Kursunlu Han is proposed to serve as an Art Center. The idea is that the Art Centre can bring a complementary function to the fragment of hardware shops. By enhancing the west-east axis, using a unified color of awnings on the building and a different paving material, people can experience the identity of this part of Karaköy. The path ends up in the local square, which is proposed to create a space for the existing social structure among the workers in the area.

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The existing fish market is moved and instead of having the market inside a building, the proposal suggest to make the activity more visible in the public space. Fishing is proposed to occur along the waterfront, linking the functions to each other.

This have potential to attract many people that are active in the area and bring them to enjoy the water front for a quick lunch, balik ekmek.

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INTERNSHIP · 2017-2018 · STOCKHOLMS STAD The assignment was to propose a method to identify potential and limitation to develop or supplement detached housing areas and where to preserve them. The work resulted in a report, presented at the planning office. Here I show the main take-away from working with the question.

The low density of people in these areas prevents an effective and attractive public transport. Public and commercial service is also limited due to the low density. To travel by car can be the only option.

The innercity boundary is moving towards areas that used to be peripheral. In Stockholm the detatched housing areas are mainly located within the same distance from the inner city, like a wreath.

The housing stock in Stockholm’s detached housing areas is homogenous. Ownership is the main tenure. People with limited economical resources are excluded from these areas, which result in segregation.

The homogenous housing stock also complicates moving within the same area if needs changes due to e.g. age, divorce or changed economic situation.

Detached housing areas take up 70% of Stockholms built land area. One standard plot for a detached house in Stockholm is comparable to a regular plot for a five story building in central Stockholm.

The plot for a five story apartment building holds 70 persons while the detached house holds two persons. This demonstrates the ineffective use of land.

Ecological and historical these areas are valuable. Many buildings and areas holds a culture historical importance The gardens holds functions like stormwater managing, contributes to biodiversity, pollination and recreation.

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People want to live in cities. Like other cities, Stockholm has limited areas for big urban development projects. Therefor the produce of housing for the increasing numbers of people moving to Stockholm needs to be added to existing structure.

By concentrating the development to public transport and local centres, service can be maintained and improved.

Different types of housing enables diversity.

The small lots opens up possibilities for a development run by small and/or local actors and a gradually development.

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Use the green structure as a resource.

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BACHELOR YR 3 · 2016 · MALMÖ Make a program for Lindängen centrum in Malmö that includes a design proposal. Using the cultural and natural values of the site as basis for the proposal as well as Malmö city´s vision for Lindängen.

Lindängen is located in Malmö, struggling with social problems.

Statistic shows that people living in Lindängen tend to feel unsafe in their neighborhood at night time. Research shows that people tend to feel more safe in public space if they care for the environment and have influence. Good overview, even lightning and maintenance of green space are aslo contributors to create a safe space.

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Yours Truly, Lindängen Centrum

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To open up the structure and add residential buildings in Lindängen centrum makes the place more likely to pass through and creates a more vital public space. The bus stop combined with a passage for pedestrians indicate that traveling by public transport or walking is prioritized. Rounded buildings help spread the light better and are difficult to hide behind. Green houses and urban farming areas invites to participation and meetings in the neighborhood.

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THANK YOU!

+ 46 73 828 59 80 hanna.wahlberg@live.se