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Structural Systems of the Million Program Era

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1. SITUATION PLAN 2. AxONOMETRIC DRAWING 3. AxONOMETRIC DRAWING

Bogsätravägen Architect: Tore Forsman and Ulf Snellman Architecture office. Year: 1963-64 Location: Sätra, Stockholm municipality Client: Contractor: Bogsätravägen was part of the building project in Sätra,

ings are supported by the core which stabilizes the frame

which was finished before the Million Programme start-

and takes up lateral forces. The core consists of a staircase

ed in 1965. The architecture firm Forsman and Snellman

and installations. From each staircase two apartments can

designed several buildings in the area, among them the

be accessed on each floor. Both of these apartments span

residential buildings at Bogsätravägen in 1963. The hous-

across the width of the building and therefore have a view in

es have features typical for the 1950’s architecture and

two directions. The walls along the width of the building are

unusual in the architecture of the Million Programme, e.g.

placed in a repetitive manner with equal distance. These

adaptation to the hilly terrain, openings in the end facade,

walls carry the floor slabs and the roof. The facade consists

rendered facades and oak-wood entrances. The buildings

of light weight concrete sandwich elements. The entrance

are placed on a hill and the cellar has only been excavated

floor is slightly different than the other floors, due to en-

and built to half of the length of the building. The five-story

trance zones and other facilities, e.g. stores. 1.

buildings have eight apartments on each story. The build19


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