Architect (april - june 2024) - Winning proposal for the architecture competition Mellan-rummet, a 72-hour competition, calling for a spatial installation at Hedmanska gården, in Malmö. Created the project ‘Långbord’ together with architect Emma Broberg. https://formdesigncenter.com/utstallning/langbord
Entasis
Intern at the architecture office Entasis from August 2021 and June 2022 in Copenhagen.
Afry
Summer internship from June to August in 2019 at architecture department, Landscape & Plan, AFRY Solna.
Education
Nackademin
Circular building and reuse, 30 hp January – March 2024
Stockholm University
Danish basic course 1, 2. 30 hp Sep 2023 – April 2024
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
BA, MA in Architecture. 300 hp 2017 – 2023
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Orientation course in urban planning and architecture I, II. 30 hp 2016 – 2017
Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan Naturvetenskapsprogrammet, profil bild.
2013 – 2016
Experiences
Published work and interview
As a part of the winning proposal, Långbord, in the architecture competition Mellan-rummet in Malmö. Architect Emma Broberg and I was interviewed about our proposal by Form/Design Center in Malmö. This interview was later published online in Form/Design Center, and Sveriges Arkitekter website.
During the summers of 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2023 I was involved in a few small-scale renovations. Carpentry and painting of two summer houses, interior and exterior.
Graphic design
During 2016 I was part of the editorial staff for the school paper, The Rydberg Tribune, where I helped with graphic design and layout.
At the end of the fall of 2015, I showcased my final art project together with my classmates from Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan, at the Lava Library in Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
Volunteer at Shelter
Between the years of 2015 - 2019, I have volunteered for the city project “Vinternatt 2” – a shelter for EU-migrants, which was open during extra cold winter nights in Stockholm.
Skills & other information
Computer skills:
Autocad
Sketchup
Rhino
Revit
Vray
Enscape
Lumion
Adobe programs (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator)
MS Office programs
References
References will be provided on request.
Language skills: Swedish, mother tongue. English, high advanced level. Spanish, high school level. Danish, intermediate level.
Other skills:
Member in Sveriges Arkitekter, A MSA. Drivers License (B-Körkort)
I have a great interest in meeting new people, food, architecture, nature, and skiing.
LÅNGBORD
Type: Additional work, Competition entry - first prize winner
Year: 2024
Team: Collaborative work with architect, Emma Broberg
This is a competition proposal for Mellan-rummet, a 72-hour competition, calling for a spatial installation at Hedmanska gården, in Malmö, Sweden. We won the first prize and the project is set to be built in the summer of 2024 and to be demounted and rebuilt during the summer of 2025.
ABOUT THE SITE
Hedmanska gården (courtyard and the farm) has historically been an attractive place with a lot of life and activity, as the site is located next to one of Malmö’s two market squares, Lilla torg. The site today consists of five buildings that span from the 1590s to the 1890s. The oldest buildings consist of half-timbered houses in brick and plastered facade (korsvirkeshus) with an entrance towards Lilla Torg. The granary from the 19th century is built out of brick and consists of a higher and a lower building. Hedmanska gården is well-preserved with carpentry, interior design and that tells the story of the development of craftsmanship and building in Sweden. The site is still a market place today with a commercial and public program. The public programs surrounding the courtyard consists of a restaurant, a few arts and crafts stores, and Form/Design Center, in Sädesmagasinet.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
In comparison to Lilla torg, which used to be one of Malmö’s larger market squares with lots of life and activity, Hedmanska gården is smaller in scale and almost an enclosed courtyard, even though it is a public place. With its small scale and framed courtyard, Hedmanska gården can be seen as a small public living room more than a square. In order to enhance the historical identity of the site, we have chosen to furnish the public living room through our spatial installation, Långbord.
Långbord is a tribute to half-timbering technology, which should reinforce the site’s identity and history of construction and craft development. A tribute and an interpretation of craft history and the material wood, where the design of wood and the development of wooden details have been in focus. Key words for Långbord have been small scale, playfulness and circularity have also been the basis for both design and program. Långbord is “long table” in swedish and is a symbol of gathering, meetings and celebrations. With Långbord, we want to open upp for spontanous gatherings and meetings, by setting up the long table with integrated boardgames where anyone is welcome to sit down and watch a game of chess or fia with a push.
The construction principle for Långbord is inspired by the half-timbered house, Hedmanska gården, in its design language and in its material, but well adapted and reinterpreted for its purpose. Instead of a timber foundation in oak, which is used for half-timbered houses, pine is used in the form of wooden studs and angle fittings, which should simplify the production, assembly and dismantling of the structure. Circularity has been the focus – all construction components must be able to be dismantled and easily reused on site or elsewhere without affecting quality.
Photograph of Långbord at the site, Hedmanska Gården in Malmö.
photographs of the site and the courtyard, the half-timber buildings, Hedmanska gården, from 1590s and the brick buildings, Sädesmagasinet, from the 1890s.
Competition entry - Site plan 1:400 (A4)
Historical
Competition entry - Illustration of the installation on the site.
With the help of CNC technology, two different board games, chess and the boardgame, fia-med-knuff, have been milled out of separate pine boards that are puzzled together with the long tabletops.
The construction principle for Långbord is inspired by the half-timbered house, Hedmanska gården, in its design language and in its material, but well adapted and reinterpreted for its purpose. Instead of a timber foundation in oak, which is used for half-timbered houses, glulam is used in the form of wooden studs and angle fittings, which should simplify the production, assembly and dismantling of the construction. Circularity has been the focus - all construction components must be able to be dismantled and easily reused on site or elsewhere without affecting quality. As Hedmanska gården and Sädesmagasinet follow a color scale of different shades of yellow and red, Långbord is painted in a similar red linseed oil color to blend in with the site. The linseed oil paint was sponsored by Ottosson Färgmakeri AB.
Principles for construction
Långbord was produced as modules and painted in workshop by team from Form/Design Center, and later transported, built and painted on site.The wooden modules were set in place using iron fittings, which were later painted.
Photo: Daniel Engvall, Form/Design Center
The installation was inaugurated as a part of the 60th anniversary at Form/Design Center on June 5, 2024. The installation will be at the site between 5 june 2024 - 31 october 2024. The project wil be demounted and stored over the winter and rebuilt and opened in the summer of 2025.
Victoria Israelsson
Långbord ended up consisting of four different integrated boardgames to fit all ages; chess, tic-tac-toe, ludo and backgammon. All components were handmade and crafted in wood and color coordinated to blend with the structure.
The four boardgames are made in sets of two, which can be arranged and re-arranged on the long table.
Photo: Daniel Engvall, Form/Design Center
IVY
Type: Additional work, Furniture
Year: 2024
Ivy is a small stool made out of solid wood. The solid wood is recycled waste wood, that has been treated, planed and sawn to be repurposed. Ivy consists of three pieces that are held together through interlocking joints. It is designed to be easily constructed and disconstructed. The surfaces are treated with a green linseed oil paint.
Mock up model 1:1
Victoria Israelsson
ENTASIS
Type: Additional work, Internship - Involved in various projects and stages.
Year: August 2021 - June 2022
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
As an architect intern I was involved in several types of projects and stages. For example, eldery homes, offices, mixed programs with both commercial and housing programs and urban planning. As an intern I was involved in a couple of architecture competitions; from early sketching stage, illustrations, visualizations and presentation materials, as well as building several physical and digital models in Sketchup and Rhino. I also helped out project planning and drawing building permits for Nuuks plads in Nørrebro, but this project is excluded from the portfolio.
Physical model and illustrations for competition of elderly home, Ny Søndervang Plejecenter in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
Working model for office building at Scandiagade in Copenhagen.
Competition entry for Viva - grunden in Odense, Denmark.
DISPLAYING STOCKHOLM ÖSTRA
An Adaptive Reuse Project of Transforming a Train Station into an Exhibition space.
Type: Graduate work, Master thesis
School: KTH School of Architecture
Year: Master Year 2, Spring 2023
Studio: Stockholm Mania
Location: Stockholm Östra, Stockholm
This thesis project is a case study of how to work with the built environment. It is a case study investigating the themes of renovation, transformation and adaptive reuse. By gathering historical research through archives, fieldwork on site and interviews I have developed one method of working with this existing building. This transformation project is a design proposal of an existing train station building, from 1933, that is threatened to be overturned and no longer serve its primary function as a train station.
In this design proposal the existing train station will be transformed into an exhibition space for KTH.
In 2017 there was a discussion and proposal of expanding Roslagsbanan, to the central station (T-centralen) through Odenplan (see diagram). This proposal was made through the so-called Sverigeförhandlingen. Since the extension will be done through a tunnel from Universitetet to Odenplan, the train station Stockholm Östra will be shut down. The new train track is planned to be up and running in the year of 2035.
The discussion about Roslagsbanan’s extension is still an ongoing process today. As the train station, Stockholm Östra, will be closing down and no longer serve its primary function as an end station. My thesis is a design proposal of a transformation of the train station building into an exhibition space for KTH as an adaptive reuse project. This transformation project will focus on a design proposal for the train station building that could fit into a future development of the connecting train tracks.
The first train station at Stockholm Östra was made out of wood and it was located along Valhallavägen and built in 1883. It served as a train station until demolished in 1932. The wooden structure was built by the head architect for the Swedish National Railways (Statens Järnvägar), Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd.
In 1932 the existing train station, made out of stone, was built. The station building was drawn by the architect Albin Stark (1885- 1960) together with the architect Erik Lallerstedt (1864- 1955) who also is the architect behind KTH campus. The train station building was rare of its kind as it consisted of a mix of different programs; room for public transport, commercial stores, office spaces as well as housing. The building had a functionalist finish and the most modern technology of the 1930s. The entrance hall is drawn like a rotunda and consisted originally of a ticket hall, a luggage drop-off /post office and public restrooms. Upstairs of the rotunda there was a restaurant which was furnished with the latest NK furniture by Axel Einar Hjorth. The rotunda also has a ceiling painting made by the artist Ewald Dahlskog. The building has changed over the years as the technology of the railways and traveling has progressed.
The photos were taken on the opening of the train station, 1932.
Albin Stark and Erik Lallerstedt worked together as the KTH Campus area and the Stockholm Östra area were adjacent plots. The red brick was a very prominent architectural feature for the KTH Campus area. Much like the campus area, the train station Stockholm Östra followed the architecture language of red brick. Stark wanted to accentuate the ground floor of the building by rising parts of the building block but had to restrain himself as Lallerstedt thought it would compete with the buildings of KTH Campus.
Source: JvmKAFR00657, Järnvägsmuseet, Järnvägsmuseet och de transporhistoriska samlingarna, Digitalt museum.
Floor 4 - 8
Floor 3
Train station (station, office space) Office Space
Commercial Space Housing
Basement
Groundfloor
Facade:
Plinth:
Grey rendered brick facade with granite stone and wooden details around the openings.
Floor 3 - 7:
Salmon colored rendered brick facade with white painted wooden windows and balconies.
Waiting hall structure:
In situ concrete structure
Steel profiled openings
White tile cladded base
Bronze sheet detail on roof
Openings:
Pine doors and windows
Bronze detailing and granite stone around openings
Details:
Metal sheets covering exposed areas
Granite stone details
Interior:
Floors:
Granite floors in geometrical patterns.
Walls:
Red tile details
White tiles
Openings:
Doors and windows of pine
Doors and windows of steel
Details:
Grey steel details
Black marble stone
The Existing Material Palette
Victoria Israelsson
THESIS
In 2017 there was a discussion and proposal of expanding Roslagsbanan, to the central station (T-centralen) through Odenplan (see diagram). This proposal was made through the so-called Sverigeförhandlingen. Since the extension will be done through a tunnel from Universitetet to Odenplan, the train station Stockholm Östra will be shut down. The new train track is planned to be up and running in the year of 2035.
The discussion about Roslagsbanan’s extension is still an ongoing process today. As the train station, Stockholm Östra, will be closing down and no longer serve its primary function as an end station. My thesis is a design proposal of a transformation of the train station building into an exhibition space for KTH as an adaptive reuse project. This transformation project will focus on a design proposal for the train station building that could fit into a future development of the connecting train tracks.
Siteplan 1:15 000 (A3)
T-Centralen
Universitetet
KTH Campus
Stockholm Östra
Tekniska Högskolan
A NEW VENUE FOR KTH CAMPUS
Stockholm Östra served as a threshold between the city and the northern suburbs. Due to its location at the foot of KTH Campus, the former train station building can be seen as a threshold between the campus life and the city life. KTH campus is as big as the old town here in Stockholm and is one out of five different campuses in the Stockholm area. Yet the campus life is very isolated from the city. In order to make KTH campus life more accessible and visible, Stockholm Östra is to become a new venue and access point for KTH Campus. There will be exhibition space to display ongoing student work and research. These spaces can be used by all faculties of the school for displaying their work to the public but also for events such as end of year ceremonies and diploma days.
Existing main connections.
Integrating campus life and city life.
New connections.
Visible threshold and entrance to KTH Campus.
PROGRAM - REFERENCES
Project: Palais de Tokyo
Expansion
Architect: Lacaton & Vassal
Year: 1999 - 2014
Area: 16500m2
Type: Transformation, Extension
Site: Paris, France
Program:
Modern art museum that belongs to the French state and since 2002, has hosted the Palais de Tokyo / Site de création contemporaine, the largest museum in France dedicated to temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.
Project: Moderna Museet Malmö
Architect: Tham & Videgård
Arkitekter
Year: 2009
Area: 2650 m2
Type: Transformation
Site: Malmö, Sweden
Project: Art hub
Architect: Pihlmann Architects
Year: 2021
Area: 200 m2
Type: Transformation, Preservation
Site: Copenhagen, Denmark
Program:
Moderna Museet Malmö is a museum of modern and contemporary art. It’s a part of the state-owned Moderna Museet but has an independent exhibition programme.
Project: Carles Taché Art Gallery
Architect: Jorge Vidal
Year: 2016
Area: 1125 m2
Type: Adaptive reuse
Site: Barcelona, Spain
Program:
Art Hub is a private gallery space whichcollaborates with a number of artists, institutions, professionals and companies. Art Hub Copenhagen’s programmes and initiatives unfold through public events, dissimination and knowledge sharing in different formats and on a varity of platforms.
Program:
Private gallery part of the Art Barcelona Association. The gallery has regularly collaborates with other galleries, institutions, foundations and both national and international museums. Universitat de Barcelona is one of the instutitions the gallery close collaborations with currently.
Project area for adaptive reuse: 4075 sqm total (floor 3, ground floor and cellar)
Existing restaurant: 472 sqm
Existing office space: 200 sqm
Existing Commercial stores: 760 sqm
Existing storage and technique for residentials in basement: 806 sqm
New program, Exhibition space: 1637 sqm
For Exhibition space:
Entrance / Foyer: 153-200 sqm
Reception: 153 sqm
Wardrobe, WC 50 - 100 sqm
Delivery
Large exhibition space: 250 - 380 sqm
Flexible for physical and digital exhibitions
Flexible for gatherings, seminars, workshops
Medium exhibition space: 70 - 250 sqm
Flexible for physical and digital exhibitions
Flexible for gatherings, seminars, workshops
Small exhibition space: 40 - 70 sqm
Flexible for physical and digital exhibitions
Flexible for gatherings, seminars, workshops
Communication: Staircases, Elevators
Administrative office for staff: 10 people, 163 sqm
(1 Office Director, 2 Communicators, 2 Curator Exhibitions, 2 Curator Learning and Art Educator, 2 Technicians (Technician and Janitor) 1 Administrative Manager and Event Coordinator)
Office space (6 sqm/person)
Kitchen / Lunch room
Paus room / Lounge
Toilet / Changing Room
Workshop: 80 - 107 sqm
Storage: 97 - 150 sqm
PROGRAM - THE DESIGN METHOD
The approach towards this adaptive reuse project is working with surfaces and small interventions as tools for renovation and transformation.
The spaces that have historically been well preserved will be renovated spaces: the rotunda, the waiting hall and the restaurant. Each space represents a distinct era of the building, when it comes to atmosphere, spatial qualities and materials. Everything existing is renovated by being repainted surfaces or kept in its original finish.
The transformed spaces will be adapted into the new program and represent the new layer, where the meeting and the transition between the existing and the new layer becomes important. The transition is to be seen as a blend, where the old and the new are incorporated. The surfaces for everything new, the transformed spaces, are white painted surfaces that are cladded with painted wood panels or wooden details following the existing color palette.
Transformed spaces (Old train station office, waiting hall and commercial spaces)
The New Program - The New Layer:
Exhibition spaces
Reception, Wardrobe & Lockers, Public toilet, Bookshop
Workshop, Administrative Office for staff, Storage
The existing restaurant, a café
New communication (stairs and elevators)
Existing commercial stores
Existing housing
Introduced Interventions:
The transformed spaces are opened up, creating open and flexible spaces for exhibitions.
The existing communication in the building is kept and new communication is introduced, creating an internal logic for the exhibition space.
A terrazzo flooring is the bridge between the existing and the new layers of the building. Existing floor is granite and the new is terrazzo.
The Rotunda, 1932
The Restaurant, 1932
The Waiting hall, 1993
Drottning Kristinas väg
Drottning Kristinas väg
Illustration of the auditorium, the former train station waiting hall.
Illustration of exhibition space on floor 3.
Illustration of exhibition space on ground floor along Valhallavägen.
Section 1:2 (A3)
70 In situ casting, terrazzo floor, casted on existing conrete floor and the new built up floor.
Section A-A 1:25 (A3)
Section A-A 1:25 (A3)
70 In situ casting, terrazzo floor
25 Leveling compound, Reinforcing mesh in steel
730 EPS Concrete, Cellular concrete
Vapour barrier
Existing concrete slab
Material investigation - both existing and new floor can be processed and treated through differents technique to create a monolithic look and blend between the old and the new.
The exhibition space visible from the street, Valhallavägen.
The exhibition space serving as the entrance to KTH campus.
