10-08-2013 04:00 PM

Proposals Unveiled for Nobel Prize’s New Home in Stockholm

A P(a)lace to enjoy. Image © Nobelhuset ABBIG, OMA and SANAA are amongst 12 architectural heavyweights competing to design the Nobel Foundation’s new home in Blasieholmen, Stockholm. Currently in the competition’s first stage, the architects have submitted anonymous entries for jury review.
Once complete, the building hopes to become one of Stockholm’s main attractions. It will not only serve as the Nobel Foundation’s primary home, but also provide facilities for research and education, as well as public exhibition spaces, a conference center, library, cafe, shop and more.
Read on for the complete list of participating*architects and a sneak peak of the proposed schemes.
The Architects:

  • Kim Herforth Nielsen – 3XN, Denmark
  • Bjarke Ingels and David Zahle – BIG, Denmark
  • David Chipperfield – David Chipperfield Architects, England/Germany
  • Jaques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Ascan Mergenthaler – Herzog & de Meuron, Switzerland
  • Johan Celsing – Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor, Sweden
  • Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal – Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, France
  • Lene Tranberg – Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, Denmark
  • Marcel Meili and Markus Peter – Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten, Switzerland
  • Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon – OMA, Netherlands
  • Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa – SANAA, Japan
  • Kjetil Thorsen – Snøhetta, Norway
  • Gert Wingårdh – Wingårdhs arkitekter, Sweden

The Anonymous Proposals:*
Landing Seagulls
Landing Seagulls. Image © Nobelhuset ABLanding Seagulls. Image © Nobelhuset ABNobelhuset
Nobelhuset. Image © Nobelhuset ABNobelhuset. Image © Nobelhuset ABA P(a)lace to enjoy
A P(a)lace to enjoy. Image © Nobelhuset ABA P(a)lace to enjoy. Image © Nobelhuset ABNobel Sphere
Nobel Sphere. Image © Nobelhuset ABNobel Sphere. Image © Nobelhuset ABPRISM
PRISM. Image © Nobelhuset ABPRISM. Image © Nobelhuset AB“We believe in…”
“We believe in…”. Image © Nobelhuset AB“We believe in…”. Image © Nobelhuset ABThe Space Between
The Space Between. Image © Nobelhuset ABThe Space Between. Image © Nobelhuset ABBeyond 1210
Beyond 1210. Image © Nobelhuset ABBeyond 1210. Image © Nobelhuset ABArchipelago
Archipelago. Image © Nobelhuset ABArchipelago. Image © Nobelhuset ABButterfly
Butterfly. Image © Nobelhuset ABButterfly. Image © Nobelhuset ABA Room and a Half
A Room and a Half. Image © Nobelhuset ABA Room and a Half. Image © Nobelhuset ABThe Jury:

  • Lars Heikensten, Ph.D. (Chairman), Executive Director, The Nobel Foundation
  • Olov Amelin, Ph.D., Museum Director, Nobel Museum
  • Lars Drangel, M.Sc.Eng., Ramsbury Property AB
  • Gunnar von Heijne, Ph.D., Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm University
  • Marika Hedin, Ph.D., Museum Director, Vasa Museum
  • Karolina Keyzer, Architect, SAR/MSA, City Architect of Stockholm
  • Anders Nylander, M.Sc.Eng., Former Managing Director, Atrium-Ljungberg
  • Harriet Wallberg, MD, Ph.D., Member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
  • Per Wästberg, Writer, Member of the Swedish Academy

A winner of the two-stage competition will be announced in 2014. Construction is expected to begin in 2015 with inauguration tenitively planned for December 2018.
Existing Site. Image © Jeppe WikströmReference:*nobelcenter.se, Bustler




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