Bobergstorget, furnished with Harads, has been nominated for Landmärket 2023

Sustainability and an overarching ambition to “do good” are common among this year’s four finalists for Landmärket 2023 — the Swedish Architects’ award for the best landscape architecture of the year. Among them is Bobergstorget by Sweco, furnished with the Harads furniture series. A modern meeting place with a rich cultural heritage where the landscape architects have preserved the feeling of the artisanal environment, with furniture being one of the tools for the transformation.

Congratulations to Sweco and Stockholm City’s development office, and fingers crossed for the upcoming award ceremony.

Bobergstorg Redevelopment Project, Stockholm

Client: City of Stockholm 
Architect: Sweco 
Designers: Bertil Harström & Johan Kauppi 
Date completed: July 2022

Situated in northeast Stockholm, Bobergstorget forms part of the redevelopment of an industrial gas works complex. The site was completed in the summer of 2022 and the area continues to be redeveloped as a commercial and cultural destination for residents and tourists. The outdoor furniture installed in Bobergstorget creates open-air meeting areas with long tables, benches and individual seating from Nola’s Harads furniture series. Bobergstorget’s redesign includes a spectacular water mirror that gives it a focal point. Stockholm’s tramway museum was recently moved to the site, making it a popular destination for tourists.

“We chose products from Nola’s Harads range because they offer a lot of variety within the different designs in the series,” says Staffan Sundström, landscape architect at Sweco. “Harads also fits in well with the historic and industrial character of the site.”

Sweco’s vision for Bobergstorg was to create an open-air urban square that would be flexible enough for multiple uses as it attracts a wide variety of people to visit the site.

“We chose products from Nola’s Harads range because
they offer a lot of variety within the different designs in the series.”
Staffan Sundström, landscape architect at Sweco