By: Johan HäggqvistHjo Waterfront

Location

Location: Sweden scale Location: County scale

Intended area fordevelopment

Medieval TownHjo Stream

Beach

Harbour

Private Seashore

Location

Site

Optimal areas for housing

New market hall

“Prärien” (prairie).Large area, close to the waterfront with, perfectly suited for housing. Preferable co-housing or combined with daycare.

Park.A great public park which serves the inhabitantsof Hjo with nature and recreation

Swimming Pool.An outdoor swimming pool which hopefully willbecome public this year.

Beach.Beautiful beach which will become public this summer

“Konsum-tomten”.A lot which today is occupied by the supermarket konsum. An exellent plot whichoffers great connection with the water.

Green area.

Harbour.

New square.

New market hall building.The new symbol for hjo. Located in the new heart of hjo, connecting hjo with the water.

Public sauna.

Scale: 1:2000

SiteScale: 1:1000

Existing harbour areaA major part of the southern harbour is today covered by a large parking lot. Just above it there´s a green area that follows the hjo river to its outlet.

Green area

Parking lot

Site + volume analysis

SquareBy turning the parking lot into a square it attracts people and eventually it also becomes a new meeting point. A path is drawn to highlight possible connec-tions.

Square

Path

Site + volume analysis

Site + volume analysis

InspirationExisting traditional boathouses was the the first source of inspiration.

Site + volume analysis

LocationWithout interfering with the built surround-ing the inspirational boathouse gets a new location. The new setting gives new relation conditions.

Increased volumeBy adding the programme to the building it´s necessary for an expansion of the extents.

Site + volume analysis

Additional piersThe building is already docked to the south-ern pier. To extend the existing pier and to create an interesting approach to the building two additional piers are connected.

Site + volume analysis

Changing geometryBy transforming the volume the roof gets available from two points along one of the diagonals.

Site + volume analysis

Site + volume analysis

Extension of the public livingroomConnecting the building to the new square it becomes part of the new.

Site + building

The building will be part in a bigger restoration over the southern harbour area. The square will still be able to ac-commodate with a great number of cars and buses, yet now it´s on the pedestrians conditions. The square should be seen as a new public livingroom, an inviting open atmosphere where people in all ages could dwell. It´s able to populate during events and it´s possible to extend the market hall onto the square creating an urban bazaar. The delicate position of the building may interfere with the view from some angles but it´s compromised by having the building itself accessable and the area around it increased.

Green area New Square Accessible roof Outdoor café Additional pier

Additional pier that becomes part of the roof

Public stairs with directcontact with the water

Hjo river outlet

Accessible roof

Inner core. Loadbearing walls

Slab. pontoon fixed to the bottom

building (assembly)

Public area Private area Public area

The building is strictly divided into a private and a public section. The inner core is occupied by the private section including the market booths. The public space is divided into a larger changeable space and an area dedicated for café and restaurant. The café area extends and creates an outdoor space, erasing the borders between in- and outside.

building (sectioning)

Entrance

Water mirror Booth/storage

Market hall

technical room

Service hallway

Recreation staff/office

Changing room/ staff

Kitchen/ storage/ loading/ trash

Restaurant/ Café/ Outdoor café

Plan viewScale: 1:100

building (flow)

Perspectivemarket hall

PerspectiveThe Bar

building (Zones)

Entrance zone open zone Bar/dining zone Outdoor zone

Elevations

Elevation south

Elevation east

Elevations

Elevation north

Elevation west

PerspectiveFrom Hjo river

PerspectiveFrom the pier