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Slussen is the cradle of Stockholm – where the capital has historically evolved from. Every 100 years or so, Slussen has taken a new form, most recently in 1935 in response to the growing number of cars. In 2009, the structure was about to collapse and Slussen had to be reinvented once again.
BIG’s proposal was a new generation evolved from the existing Slussen. Rather than being an infrastructural node for car traffic, BIG proposed turning Slussen into an urban infrastructure for public life.
The public space was surrounded by traffic, making the waterfront inaccessible for the people of Stockholm.
BIG suggested an inversion – wrapping the vehicular infrastructure in multiple layers of public programs and urban spaces and regaining the waterfront.
Bjarke Ingels Daniel Sundlin Jan Magasanik
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