Skavsta Forest City

Team Point of View

“Skavsta Forest City“ is a multi-layered city where nature and urbanity meet and merge into a vibrant and sustainable mix of wildlife, attractions, and business. The living and innovative city is thoughtfully designed to accommodate everyone, including workers, locals, commuters, children, visitors, tourists and animals.
Existing scenic areas of forest land found throughout the site are carefully preserved and extended to form an interconnected network of green spaces that provide a framework for the city’s development as well as serving as attractions in themselves.
Interspersed and allocated between these forested parts is the built environment that is designed to have a positive impact with regard to ecology, social sustainability, energy and food production. The buildings made out of wood will provide workspace for 10,000 people.

Jury Point of View

Through strong craftmanship based on a robust diagram-driven analysis “Forest City“ convincingly, shapes a credible and flexible urban structure, with green streets and a strong, welcoming central space. The concept of urban space is built on developing urbanity in close harmony with preserved contiguous nature and important green corridors, supported by a visually powerful language that inspires a discussion of how far such a concept can be taken.