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urdy hill
s,
wherethegreenpastureandoaktr
eesconfi
gurealands capeofs t
rongchar acter,whos ecolorchangeswi t
ht he Klagshamn’ sPointislocated about10km s outhofMal möand ex t
endsint othest r
aitofÖresund.Tothe
seas
ons.A vall
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ed wi
tha syst
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at i
velyclosel
y-woven ur ban cor es, conf i
gured i
n an south,t herear elong sandybeachest hatareex cell
entforhor s
ebackriding.Untilrecent
ly,Kl
agshamn’ s
apparent
lyrandom way.Thebui
ldi
ngsar
ef or
medofl ar geuni t
aryandi sol
atedvol umest hatseem t otouch,but Ridi
ng Cl ub waslocat ed i
na f ormerconcr ete pl ant.When Mal mö Citypl anned fora new eques t
ri
an
t
hat i n t rut
h compet e wi t
h one anot her t o s how t heir bol d ar chit
ect ural char act er cent er,itwasnat uraltobuil
di nthesamepl aceast heconcr eteplantwithitsprox
imi t
ytosandybeaches
andr i
dgesal ongt hewat er.Thecityalsochos etomaket heruinsofthedemol is
hedconcr eteplantintoa
A bol dnes sthatdr awson t he climat e condi t
ions,
butal so
park.
on t he pr oducti
on system – s tock breedi ng, which in pas t
ti
mesf orced to accommodat ei n one same hous e peopl e
and ani mal s.A boldnes sthati spar ti
cularl
y evi denti nt he
roof,whos eroleisto bri
ng togetheral lthe differentcont ents.
Boldnes s
,i nt he end,of ‘ Navar r
e’s buildings ’
.T hisist he
Klagshamn’sPointisl
ocatedabout10km s outhofMal möandex tendsintothes tr
aitofÖr esund.Tot hesouth,
cont extf or an el i
te eques t
rian cent er s peciali
zed i n
therearelongsandybeachest hatareex cellentforhorsebackr i
ding.Untilr
ecent l
y,Klags hamn’sRidingClub
dressage and wi th boarding s tal
l
sf orhor ses:one oft he
wasl ocatedi
naf ormerconcret
eplant .WhenMal möCi typlannedf oranew eques tr
iancent er,i
twasnat ural
str
onges tandmos tsophist
icatedf orcescreat edbynat ur
e
to buil
dinthe s
ame pl ace ast
he concret e plantwi t
hi t
spr ox
imitytos andybeachesand r idgesal ong t
he
wat er.T
hecit
yal s
ochos etomakether uinsoft hedemol i
shedconcr eteplanti nt
oapar k.

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ti
ngoft hebui l
dingsr unspar all
elt
ot her ui
nsoft heconcr et
ef actor
y.Thetwomai nbui l
dings,stabl
e,and
r
idi
ng centerhavedi st
inctive,connect ed roofsurfacest hatbri
dget hediff
erentfunctionsofthef acil
i
ty.The
bui
ldi
ngshavebeenpos it
ioneds ot hatavar i
etyofs pacesarecr eatedinandar oundt herui
ns,theent rance
court
yard,farm,andr idingt rack.Thehous esalsopr ovideniceviewsofthenear byÖres und.Paddocksar el
o-
catedeastoft her ui
npar k.
Thecharacteroft hebui l
dingsisthatofopens hell
swi thcl
earlydemar catedspaces(buildi
ngswithinbuil
dings)
,
dependingont emper atureandf uncti
onalr equir
ement s
.Wor ki
ngwi thhors
esmeanst hatmovement sinand
outofthebuildingsmus tfeel natural
,withoutas harpbor derbetweeni ndoorsandout doors.
The mi x
ture ofs cales,the wayofpl aying wit
hthem and of
maki ng t he i nter
act ,the need t o combi ne di f
fer
ent
facil
i
tiesfortrai
ningors tal
l
swi t
hothermor edomes t
icspaces ,
comest oj ust
if
yt hatmai n decisi
on ofgat her
ing alluses,
i
ndependent l
yf rom t heirsiz
e, i
nt hose si
ngle and t otal
volumes ,
coher ent at t he s ame t i
me wi t
h t he
aforement ioned i
dea of cl arit
y and boldness.

I
nt hisway,t he hous esf ors tafft hatwor k and t rai
ni nt he
compl exar enodi fferentandar eal sodr awnupwi tht hes ame
farm- l
ikevol umet ry,des i
gnedt ocont aint het r
ainingt racksor Wallandcei li
ngmat er
ial
sar es i
mpleanddi r
ect l
yli
nkedt ofunctionandbui l
dingphys i
cs.Theconcr eteelement sclosestt
othegr oundint hepli
nth
stal
ls,whi ch ar ei nt egr ated i nt hes e vol umes ,trying t o avoi d and thewal lareresi
st
antt omachi nes,horses,snow,r ai
n,wi nd,etc.T hewal land ceili
ngar elatti
cecons truct
ionsintheform ofcol umnsand
establ i
shing a di fferent i
at ion bet ween t hem,ast hiswoul d beamst hatcl earl
yrefl
ectt he bui
lding'ssuppor t
ing s
tructur
e.Per f
orated s heetmet alinthe facade gi vesseveralconcurrenteffects-nat ural
haveent ailedaf r
agment at iont hati snotcompat iblewi t
ht he venti
lat
ion,daylight
,vi
ewsi nandout ,ands oundabs orpti
on.Inaddi t
ion,itiscost
-ef
fective.Inparti
cular,perf
orateds heetmet alensuresthatthe
naturaland ar chitect urall ands cape oft he val l
ey. Mat erials moist
ure balance isguarant eed bynat ur
alai rexchange.Robus tbui l
ding mat er
ialssuch asconcr ete,glue-l
ami nated wood,and br i
ckar e
playani mpor tantr olei nt hepr oject .Theus ual tens epl as tered res
is
tanttot hetoughenvi r
onmenti nwhi chthef acil
i
tyislocatedandwi l
lagei nanat uralandbeaut i
fulway.Bricksfr
om formerbui l
dingsont he
wal l
spai nt edwhi teoft henear byhous esandcat tl
ef armsar e si
tewer erecycledinpartsoft hest
abl eandt her i
dingcent er.Besi
dest hegr avelsur
faces ,t
hegr ound/f loorcoveringsarealsomadeofwooden
replaced her e wi ths t
eels heet ,whi ch,combi ned wi th oak bri
cks,concr et
eandconcr etepavi ngstones ,bothinsi
deandout si
de,whi chfurt
herenhancet hebl ur
redmeet i
ngofi ndoorsandout door s
.
wood( usedi nt hewi ndow f rames ,inter i
ors,ver ti
calcl addi ngs
and pavement s),gener atesan ex pres si
ve r esult.In gener al,
the us e ofmat er i
alsi si ns pired by t he i dea ofof fer i
ng a
cont empor aryappr oach t ot he t radi t
ionals ol
ut i
onsf ound i n
thes urroundi ngs .
I
nt he s ens e,t he handl ing ofl ar ge s ect ionsofoak wood
comi ngf r
om t hecont r
olledex ploitat i
onoft henear byf orests–
ahandl i
ngt hat ,asi nt hecas eofl argepi ecess panni ngs ome
uneven ar eas of t he t errain, cons istsi n maki ng s i
mpl e
volumet ri
ccut si
nt het runk–i ses sent i
al i
nor dert oint erprett he
use ofmat er i
al sint he compl ex .The or gani zati
oni srelat i
vely
si
mpl e.A l arge el ongat ed vol ume accommodat est he s t
alls
andt hel odgi ngsofkeeper sandwor ker s.Ther oofi sthes ame
forthewhol ecompl ex,buti ts l
opesatagi venpoi ntt or each
theneededhei ghtf ort hes econdar yus eandal somar kingt he
mai nacces st ot hecompl ex .
Al ar ge vol ume l ying per pendi cul art ot he f i
rsthous est he
olympi ctrainingr i
ngsaswel last heowner s’hous eandal i
ving
area and t raining pr emi sesf orj ockeysand i nstruct ors.Int his
wayt hel ivings pacesaf f
or ddi rectvi ewsovert hei ndoorand
outdoorr i
ngs .T he l ands capi ng pr ojectbas i
callyf ollowst he
guidel inesoft heval l
ey’ spl otdi vis
ions .Linesofoakt r
essdi vide
the pl ots,conf igur i
ng el ongat ed pr airi
est hatmor e orl es s
foll
ow a per pendi cul arlinet owar dst heUl tzama Ri ver,wher e
one can s ti
llf i
nd t rout or ot ters, and whi ch mar ks t he
boundar i
esoft he es t
at e.Now t hes e pr airi
esar ef i
l
led wi t
h
horses .

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