FABRIKSBADET

Transformation of an abandoned wool factory into baths and spa. Sixth semester, 2020.

Fabriksbadet is a project drawn in the bachelor studio Architecture in Time and Space. The studio focuses on transformations: The reshaping of the existing and the meeting between new and old.

Fabriksbadet translates to The Factory Bath. It is a suggestion to transform the old factory building in the small society of Marieholm in the south of Sweden into a swimming pool. The transformation will drastically change the buildings activity and purpose but keep its history and identity intact. Fabriksbadet offers pools for exercise, recreation and diving and a spa with an outdoor pool and saunas. The establishment also houses a coffee shop and a restaurant.

The aim is that Fabriksbadet will awaken the sleeping society that is Marieholm today.

The factory is one of many in a cluster of buildings that from the end of the 19th century until 2008 served as an industrial village. This is a part of Marieholm that historically holds great importance for the society. Nowadays it is nearly forgotten.

The train station is in a five-minute walking distance connecting Fabriksbadet with larger cities in the region. To the south are kilometers of fields that connect the area with open nature.

By reviving and activating the most central building in the complex, the wish is to make Marieholm a place to visit.

The transformation focuses on smaller adjustments to the actual structure and facade, but big perforations in the floor slabs. The carrying beam and pillar structure is left almost completely intact, letting the pillars become part of the swimming pools, standing in the water. In the drawings. The structural elements will be mainly left out to increase the readability of the project.

The outer shell is transformed through simple means. The building is separated into two creating a passage between the street and the patio, simultaneously creating two new facades. A few pieces are also removed from the facade and the roof to make room for the project.

LOCATION: Rukomo, Rwanda.

PROGRAM: Chapel. Landscape design.

COURSE: Competion YAC ”Rwanda Chapel”.

TEAM: Maria Bjurenhed, Lukas Hammarskiöld, Elsa Schröder & Gustaf Sjöblom.

Inner Chapel is a suggestion made within the guidelines of a competition. The wish was a simple chapel for a small village in Rwanda to be used both by the local community and for pilgrimage. The proposal Inner Chapel is based upon these needs while creating a calm and nurturing space on the top of a hill.

The walk up to the chapel is part of an experience. The path leading from the convent lets visitors approach in a gentle pace, creating a gradual arrival by introducing independent building elements. The elements are combined slowly, bit by bit until they meet at the altar, creating the Inner Chapel.

Visualization of the path leading up to the chapel.

Axonometric drawing showing the materials in the chapel. The walls will be made of sandstone, the pillars of pine tree and the roof weaved out of dried plants.

The roof will be Inner Chapel’s most charachteristic feature but it is not decided how it will look. It will be made through local and traditional weaving techniques. The idea is that this roof can be changed continuously, bringing the community together and involving it in the construction. Inner Chapel simultaneously creates a space for two important while different aspects of a chapel: inner reflection and gathering.