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Competition for Malmö City Centre Sweden As the Swedish city of Malmö continues to grow, the city centre will be used more frequently, around the clock, by both local residents and visitors. As such, Malmö Citysamverkan sought to develop a joint lighting plan for the city, opening up a design competition for lighting where local businesses would also be taken into account. Malmö Citysamverkan invited four companies to the competition – AFRY, Sweco, Tengbom and White Arkitekter – with a vision that the city, through identity-creating lighting, would become a place where light shows the way, light is based on need, light is where it is beautiful, but where darkness is also effectively utilised. The desire was, through this new lighting masterplan, to create a place that becomes more attractive for visitors and residents alike. The competition consisted of producing a design proposal that clarifies the values:
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Welcoming, Innovative, Sustainable, Wayfinding. The proposals would take into account existing and general lighting, special lighting, shop window and façade lighting, and would also show how visitors “find their way” from the outer border of the area and into the city centre, with a clear idea of how the city should be experienced over 24 hours. It was also desirable that the grant contained contributing measures by various parties in Malmö Citysamverkan, such as property owners, retail, restaurants, hotels and other business activities, as well as the city of Malmö. The jury worked hard to take a position on all four proposals, and assessed them on the basis of function, developability, innovation, social sustainability and how different parties can contribute to the whole. The process included two jury meetings and input from experts, and in the end, the entry from Tengbom was selected as the winner.
