An attempt to bring the city closer to the people has been made in a project in the neighbourhood Rosengård in Malmö called Bokalerna. The neighbourhood, which used to be a homogenous housing area with few activities and stores, is now transformed into a lively market place called Bennets Bazaar. The word bokal is a compound of the two Swedish words bo [to live] and lokal [business premises]. It refers to the fact that one rents both the flat and the business premises, connected both physically and in the rental contract.1 This means that one lives and works in the same place and no commute is needed – a future in dense cities?
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lokal 1
lokal 2 trottoar cykelväg
kundparkering miljöhus
kundparkering
In the area Rosengård most of the buildings are from the 1960’s and 1970’s and designed by the architects Jaenecke & Samuelson, Richard Weichselbaume, Allbetonghus/Skånska cementgjuteriet and H Olsson. The neighbourhood is completely car free, which creates great conditions for children to play in, but complicates the ways of access.2 Rosengård has a typical structure from that time, with big bars of housing, lawns in between and all commercial features gathered in one place; Rosengård centrum. In the early 2000’s the city-planning office of Malmö and MKB, the municipally-owned company that possesses most of the buildings in Rosengård, started working together on a new pathway throughout Rosengård. The idea was to disperse the commercial features from the centre towards the West and a train stop that is planned along the existing railway. Many investigations were made and in 2009 the buildings were ready to open. In 2013 the square in front of the shops was refurbished as well.3
bokal 2
inlastning
WC för kunder
del av miljöhus att nyttjas av bokaler
BENNETS VÄG Site plan of Bennets väg.6
SITUATIONSPLAN Plats för upplyst skyltning
SYDFASAD UT MOT GÅNG OCH CYKELSTRÅK
Bennets väg before the transformation.7
Malmö.4
1
M. Alevra, interviewed by Camilla Henricson, 2014, Malmö Stadsbyggnadskontor
2
MKB Fastighet, http://www.mkbfastighet.se/templates/AreaPage.aspx?id=2035, (accessed 14 September 2014)
3
M. Alevra
4
Google Earth
5
Google Maps
Bennets väg.5
6 MKB Fastighet, http://www.mkbfastighet.se/upload/Ritningar/Bokaler/Informationsblad-bokaler.pdf, (accessed 14 September 2014) 7
M. Alevra
8 C. Henricson, 23 September 2014 [photograph]
Bennets väg after the transformation.8
ALLMÄN INFORMATION
Rosengård
bokal 1
HUS 4
MKB Fastigheter Box 50405 202 14 Malmö
HUS 3b
tel. 040 313 300
Bokalerna