Caruso St John Architects

Kalmar Stortoget

Kalmar Stortoget

In Collaboration with Eva Löfdahl Kalmar, Sweden 1999–2003

Client: Municipality of Kalmar Competition, first prize

Caruso St John Architects worked with the artist Eva Löfdahl in this project for the renewal of the town square around the baroque cathedral at the centre of Kalmar, a small and historically important city on the south coast of Sweden. The commission was initiated by the Swedish Arts Council and began with an international competition. The project was intended to be a model of imaginative renovation in a situation of national historic significance.

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Drawings 1

Plan of the square

Drawings 2

Ground plan, west

Drawings 3

Ground plan, central

Drawings 4

Fountain detail

Location
Kalmar, Sweden

Date
1999–2003

Client
Kalmar Kommun, Statens Konstråd

Area
6,000m²

Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Peter St John

Project team
Lorenzo De Chiffre, Adam Khan, Alberto Sanchez, Julian Schulenberg, Silvia Ullmayer

Collaborating artist
Eva Löfdahl

Main contractor
Kalmar Kommun, Gatu-och parkkontoret

Photography
Hélène Binet

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