THREE-STOREY TOWER BLOCK
PRECAST LOAD BEARING CONCRETE COLUMN
PRECAST WALL ELEMENT
PRECAST CONCRETE SLAB ELEMENT
GROUND LEVEL LINE
Västra Orminge Architect: Jöran Curman Architects, Ohlsson & Skarne construction firm Year: 1964-71 Location: Boo, Nacka municipality, Stockholm county Client: Boo municipality Contractor: HSB Stockholm, Ohlsson & Skarne
CRAWL SPACE WITH PLINTHS
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1. Axonometric drawing 2. Situation plan
Orminge is part of Boo in Nacka Municipality located about
The buildings at West Orminge are constructed accord-
16 kilometers outside of central Stockholm. The area is
ing to the Swedish Skarne System 66 which was a fre-
dominated by the residential area of West Orminge which
quently used pre-fabricated concrete panel system based
has 2600 apartments built in 1964-71 on behalf of the Boo
on ready-to-install floor sections with a standard width of
municipality, which is today Nacka municipality. West Orm-
27 M (2700 mm). The load-bearing shell consists of the out-
inge was built together with HSB Stockholm, one of the
side walls and a row of columns. Installations are grouped
biggest residential organizations in Sweden. The area has
to a ‘wet wall’. The subdivisions of the apartments consist
typical residential zoning and is divided into three zones: an
of lightweight sections and can be re-arranged in a simple
inner green-zone, a middle-zone with housing and an out-
way. The buildings rest on in-situ concrete foundations. On
er traffic-zone with roads, parking areas with a commer-
these the foundation beams of sandwich construction and
cial center on the outer border. The area is characterized
pedestals are erected. These in turn support the floor slabs
by terrain-adapted building structures, consisting of low
of the ground floor. A heated crawl space is formed in this
houses. Most of the buildings are either two-story terrace-
way in which all piping is housed and is easily accessible.
buildings (‘lamellhus’) or three-story tower blocks.
The floors consist of precast concrete slabs which contain
The goal was to maintain the landscape’s original char-
no installations.
acter, and create housing that could adapt to the existing villa developments in the surrounding areas.
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