The architecture studio from Barcelona Arquitectura-G, has completed the project developed in the old Sveriges Kreditbanken bank, characterized by Greco-Roman neoclassical architecture. The store is located in the Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, capital of Sweden.

The intervention consists of emptying and cleaning the space, keeping only the essentials. At the end of one of the axes, a new colonnade creates a new background in the main hall. The furniture pieces create a new marble floor on top of the old one. As a counterpoint, the lights are technical and precise.
The place where the intervention of Arquitectura-G is implement suffered the popular robbery in 1973 in which there were hostages and from which the term Stockholm Syndrome arose. With the closure of the bank, various interventions added a series of layers over the years, covering the original architecture of the space.

The intervention consists of three rooms connected through columns and, where at the end of the main axis, a new abstract colonnade creates a new background. This new colonnade is made of real marble and provides access to the changing rooms.
 

Description of project by Arquitectura-G

This former bank suffered a robbery in which hostages were taken, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome. After the bank closed, several interventions added a series of layers over the years, masking the original neoclassic architecture.

The project cleans up the space, leaving only the essential features. Although the floors were made of real marble, many elements were faux marble, and the project plays with this duality. All the skin surfaces are monochrome within the shades of the original Ekeberg marble.

There are three rooms connected to each other through columns, and, at the end of the main axis, a new abstract colonnade creates a new background. This fake colonnade is made of real marble and provides access to the fitting rooms.

Pieces of marble furniture by Max Lamb work as podiums while creating a new marble floor on top of the old one. As a counterpoint, the light, designed by Benoit Lalloz, is technical and sharp.

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Lighting design.- Benoit Lalloz. Furniture design.- Max Lamb.
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400 sqm.
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Project.- 2019. Construction.- 2020.
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Stockholm, Sweden.
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Arquitectura-G is a studio of architecture founded in 2006 based in Barcelona, by Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes and Igor Urdampilleta, mainly dedicated to construction and teaching. They understand their work as a team, where individualities are dissolved in an addition of ways of doing. Material aspect is fundamental for the them, seing it as a field of research. Currently the office includes small projects and starts a new stage to approach larger projects.

In 2008 created ESCRITOS-G as learning tool and to improve the business, with the desire to create a critical discourse and trigger discussion about contemporary architecture. It is a serie of conversations about architecture held between members of ARCHITECTURE-G, the philosopher Ekhi Lopetegi and several young architects whose work has sparked interest in the profession, society and the media.

In 2011 launched INDOORS a section focused on reformulation and internal reorganization of urban housing adapted to living contemporary culture.

 

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