Yearly Archives: 2010

In the first issue of the new magazine "Nya RUM" (new rooms in Swedish) Rahel Belatchew Lerdell is portrayed, and one of RB Arkitektur's latest villaprojects: Seahouse; en ekologisk villa på Åland (an ecological villa on Åland) is also featured. [caption id="attachment_992" align="alignnone" width="510" caption="Nya RUM nr 1"]

Rahel Belatchew Lerdell in Nya RUM

#000000;">RB Arkitektur participates at the konference "Morgondagens seniorboende" (the elderly home of tomorrow) arranged byIBC Euroforum. [caption id="attachment_977" align="alignnone" width="606" caption="IBC Euroforu Morgondagens Seniorboende RB Arkitektur"]#000000;">[/caption] #000000;">Rahel Belatchew Lerdell presenters the office's work with senior houseing and the cooperatio with Mi Casa - Mi Casa Vision 2030 - under the topic: Flexible  homes to grow old in What clever preparations can be made in housing to avoid the feeling of living in an eldery home at 52?

• The importance of color, lighting and sound
• How can the housing contribute to the creation of possibility for spontanious meetings?

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RB Arkitektur has been commissioned to develop a store concept for a new Frozen Yogurt-chain. Frozen Yogurt is a healthier alternative to ice-cream that was introduced in the US in the 1970s. After having conquered America it has grown globally. Now the time has come for Sweden, and RB Arkitektur has within the framework of RAD (Retail+Architecure+Design) – a cooperation between RB Arkitektur, Neobrand and Thurow Consulting - been commissioned to develop the new concept for the establishment of a Frozen Yogurt-chain in Sweden. The mission entails identification of strategically situated facilities, the generating of a name, visual identity and the implementation of a new store concept and other communication. RB Arkitektur's focus is on developing new store interiors where the new brand is put forward and integrated into the interior as a whole. Read the pressrelease here >> ###

Skanska who is developer and initiator to the invited competition has chosen to pursue RB Arkitektur's proposal for two eco houses in Norra Djurgårdsstaden stage 2. Norra Djurgårdsstaden in Hjorthagen is a new innovative and sustainable city area that will be built during the coming decade. The area will consist of about 5000 new housings as well as facilities for service and commercial activities. RB Arkitekur's project proposal consists of two appartment houses with a total of appr 100 appartments. The buildings are designed to fullfill the new city area’s high environmental standards. A few examples: - Walls of close to 50 cm in width garantees high thermal insulatin and balconies and shields in the cieleing create natural solarschields. - The facing’s generous balconies with integrated green houses create, together with wires on the facing, a carpet of vegetation that creates one of the facing surfaces. - Solar cells on the roofs produce 30% of the buildings’ electricity and ventilation is performed through a so called FTX system. - Generous entrances and common rooftop terraces creates meeting places for the residents. - Waste amounts are minimized through waste mills and the garbage removal is performed through a waste suction apparatus. - The building have green roofs that absorbe rain water and minimize stress on the daily water system. - Biking is encouraged through fairly sized and easily accessible bike parkings. The following citation is taken from the jury’s evaluation: “The most estethically pleasing proposal. (…) The whole proposal maintains a high architectual standard. (…) The general impression is both rich in variety and coherent. Both buildings are sculptural with well well thought-threw compositions, prioritizations and light- and shade effects. (…) [RB Arkitektur] has intentionally worked with classic qualities such axiality, acoustic feedbak and dispostion of light in the building. Most appartments have high quailities of experience in spite of the complicated preconditions. The through 4 room appartment in the core strip building distinguishes itself particularly through its spatial elegance. The generous balconies on the point block are spatially well-designed and contribute with an extra dimension to the houseing.” Read the whole pressrelease here. More pictures of the project can be found here. ###

RB Architecture has had the pleasure to welcome representatives of the Japanese housing industry, in order to present RB Architecture's production and to discuss wooden architecture in general.

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Deutsche Welle, a major German television channel, has broadcasted a profile of Rahel Belatchew Lerdell and RB Architecture's Villa RBDVD. Deutsche Welle is broadcasted worldwide and reaches 200 million viewers. Please view the feature here (about 12 min into the program). ###

RB Architecture participates in this year's University Housing project, with a lecture by Rahel Belatchew Lerdell on the theme "The Future of Senior Housing, International Trends". University Housing is arranged by BTH, KTH, SABO and Swedish Property Federation. ###

Urban planning project Börjetull has been published in swedish architecture and design magazine RUM, nr 5 2010, under the headline Sustainability in focus.

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RB Arkitektur participates in an invited competition for the design of a housing project in a new neighborhood dubbed the Stockholm Royal Seaport (swedish. Norra Djurgårdsstaden). The Stockholm Royal Seaport is Stockholm’s largest development project at present and will when it is fully developed 2025 encompass 10 000 apartments and 30 000 workplaces. The City of Stockholm has high environmental objectives for Stockholm Royal Seaport with an ambition to make Norra Djurgården an international role model.

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RB Arkitektur is part of Virserum Art Museum's exhibition WOOD 2010, an exhibition on wood, wood architecture and sustainable development. The exhibition takes place May 9th to September 19th 2010. RB Arkitektur is also part of an round table session on June 30th 2010. ###

Rahel Belatchew is one of the speakers at The Store Contractor Fair at Kistamässan, Stockholm - March 23- 24 2010 - on the theme of trademark constructing architecture within commerce. ###

RB Arkitektur is furnishing a 800 square meters office at  Grev Turegatan in Stockholm. ###