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a matter of urban light is a design blog with the aim of exhibiting truly inspirational projects in landscape architecture and lighting within the urban environment. This blog will be created in tangent with my third year study of landscape architecture at Kingston University in London with the aim of hopefully moving into a career based on lighting in landscape architecture and the built environment.


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Aaron Carpenter


“Lighting design goes one step further, Setting moods and radiating aspirations.” Clare Lowther and Sarah Schultz


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Tuesday 19 April 2011

Hammarby Sjostad



Images will be uploaded soon. I took them using a analogue camera (Canon AE1) and I just need to get them developed and scan them in. The images I have uploaded are from my digital camera which don't really do Hammarby Sjostad much justice.


I recently visited Stockholm with the university to experience the feel of the city, atmosphere architecture and of course the landscape architecture. One of the locates we visited was Hammarby Sjostad (Hammarby Waterfront City) in the south of the city. This is one of the cities newest developments and occupies an existing industrial site. Hammarby Sjostad is situated on the banks of Lake Malaren a fresh water body. The new development was built with the aim that it should reflect the landscape qualities and the accessibility to the water which was considered as important as the green spaces. Not only has Hammarby Sjostad been designed with the importance of the landscape and water in mind but the buildings have been designed as eco friendly buildings. Heat produced from combustable waste, treated water, solar energy and biofuel produced from the site are all used to help heat and fuel the apartments. In 2005 Hammarby Sjostad was awarded best project of the year in Sweden. Another fact I find really exciting is that the new part of the city was designed with the aim that by 2010 80 percent would walk, cycle, or se public transport. This goal seemed to be achieved as when I was walking around there was barely a car even though there was a far few foot of snow around.


One quote I picked up in reading the Topos journal on Hammarby Sjostad is how there “have been critical voices claiming that Stockholm should add Skyscrapers to its silhouette to help it become a major tourist destination.” But this seems made as this is one of the reasons why I liked Stockholm so much. Unlike London where every tall building is a fiancee and banking office in Stockholm the tallest buildings are the churches and cathedrals. This is now a rare sight in many cities.


Anon., 2009. Hammarby Sjostad. Topos, Reuse, 69, 67-70.

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