The new residence of Helsingkrona nation has been nominated for the Swedish Association of Architectures’ Architecture Award 2015. As one out of three projects nominated for the award, it is competing for the glorious prize.
Helsingkrona’s new thirteen-storey building stands in the campus of LTH. The building was inaugurated in the beginning of this autumn semester, and has given around 140 students the opportunity to move into the 69 flats.
Nominated for a prestigious award
Ever since the inauguration, the building has received a lot of attention. This is also true for this past week, since it has been nominated for the Architecture Award 2015, granted by the Swedish Association of Architects. The prize is biannual, and the nominees are assessed by experienced judges.
“Winning the award would be an honour as well, but both being nominated for it and having a building where students are happy is good enough,” the curator of Helsingkrona nation, William Blendberg, says.
Impressed by design and benevolence
When it comes to the Helsingkrona-building, the judges were impressed by how it had been designed, as well as the benevolence of the nation towards students.
As part of the reasons why the Helsingkrona-building has been nominated, the judges write that the architect as well as the nation “have put extra resources into common spaces, choice of materials, and maintaining a high standard in execution, as well as having developed a new type of living together as friends.”
“The building is unique with a one-of-a-kind layout and with a view stretching beyond Öresundsbron. When it comes to being nominated, it is a lot of fun and we are extremely proud of it. We did not have to be nominated to realise that the building is different, but it is a great honour for the nation, of course” William Blendberg says.
The prestigious prize is awarded at the Architecture Awards on 19 November, in Stockholm. The nominees are, apart from the Helsingkrona-building: Bohus 5 in Malmö, Brf O’hoj in Malmö, and the Tappen quarter in Stockholm.
Article: Miranda Gatti
Translation: Richard Helander
