KILEN ’S FIRST CRADLE TO CRADLE® INSPIRED NEIGHBORHOOD

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INVITATION ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION wants your help!

Gothenburg Jönköping

Växjö Kalmar Tingsryd

Karlshamn Helsingør Sölvesborg Kristianstad RONNEBY

Copenhagen Malmö

As a step in the municipality’s C2C-efforts the the chosen intentions and to summarize the ideas in a central area of Kilen will now be developed. In this master plan for the area. Much focus will be making pilot project the municipality in collaboration with sure that the goals support business development future private developers will convert a central in the area and that the project becomes attractive industrial site into a sustainable neighborhood that to possible investors. Three teams will work from leaves a positive footprint instead of just a less different starting points when they formulate the negative while strengthening municipal and regional goals, after which they will collaborate around the competitiveness. production of the master plan.

In connection to this now We now want your help to broaden our perspectives, cordially invites you to an architectural commission develop ideas and find models for the future Kilen. in the form of a workshop where ideas for how the We hope you will accept the challenge! area can be developed will be produced.

The task will be to, based on the vision for the area, formulate goals for the area’s development linked to

2 Vision The overall vision is that Kilen is to be Sweden’s first neighbourhood that leaves a positive footprint instead of a less negative one. The vision has five subcategories that are:

Inspires Innovations A Part of the Centre and a Meeting The Kilen area inspires creative Point for Everyone activities both in- and outdoors and The Kilen area is a meeting point for all ages. The technology in the area for everyone, regardless of age and allows people to live here but work background. The location between the

Innovation anywhereMötesplats in the world. KilenFörskönarInnovation attracts Mötesplats beautiful riverFörskönar Ronnebyån and the travel many visitors interested in knowing center promotes meetings between those how the municipality has succeeded who live and work in, travel through or to integrate the principles of Cradle to visit the area. It is easy to get to Kilen and Cradle® into planning, architecture on to the travel center, Brunnsparken, Innovation and construction.Mötesplats The wholeFörskönar area has Karön etc. The area contributes to a become a research centre for Cradle to richer street life, through all hours of Cradle® in Sweden and Europe. the day and throughout the whole year, Miljö Hälsa Miljö Hälsa throughout the whole town. Positive Impact on the Environment The Kilen area is planned and built in a Beautifies Ronneby way that captures and enhances the bio- Bright and modern architecture will

Miljö diversityHälsa of the area. Development of be the characteristic for buildings in the area will create a greater diversity of Kilen connecting at the same time to

flora andInnovation fauna. The areaMötesplats will generate Förskönar the older buildings in the surrounding more energy than it consumes by using areas. The beautiful and well designed Innovation Mötesplats solar, windFörskönar and hydro energy. Water outdoor environment contributes to the leaving the area will be cleaner than feeling that the central area of the town water flowing into the area. extends from Brunnsparken through the Kilen area and travel center into Contributes to Human Health the town center. The close proximity Kilen creates conditions for a good to Ronnebyån is seen as a great asset living environmentMiljö for bothHälsa inhabitants and the riverside will be frequently Miljö Hälsa and visitors. Besides houses and flats used for walking and recreation. This there will also be places for recreation will strengthen the attractiveness of and other outdoor activities. Building Ronneby as a place for new residents, materials are positive for human health new businesses and tourists. by contributing to good air quality, clean 3 water and a pleasant environment. The Kilen Area

The Kilen area is centrally located in Ronneby and railway and Kilen is noticeable. consists of a ca 5,5 ha area between the travel center and Ronnebyån (the workshop area is 9 ha). The natural environment primarily consists of the green area with trees and scrubland that stretches along the Within Kilen there is no existing housing. Most parts are river. Through the green corridor along the river banks remnants of a buildings suppliers company that previously the Kilen area has contact with the spa park and the green had a shop in the area. The buildings are mainly simple environment there. and made of wood or steel. Car traffic at Kilen today arrives via Fridhemsvägen, which Within the area is the transportation hub with bus and rail is the only local road in the area. The railroad and river is a services. The closeness to the railroad demands a safety major limiting factor for accessibility for vehicular traffic buffer of 30 meters, which calls for innovative solutions. at the moment. In east-west direction, the lack of connection over both the

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Soft Center a business park that today houses a number of different types of organizations and companies

Brunnsparken the spa park with a wonderful landscape and old buildings that was chosen as Sweden’s most beautiful 5 park

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Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) is a revolutionary design concept Everything is a nutrient for something else (eliminate developed by chemist Michael Braungart and architect the concept of waste) William McDonough. The philosophy is about maximizing Items must be health-wise safe and designed to return to economic, ecological and social values by tackling and ecosystems or re-use. Materials are seen as belonging to solving environmental problems, rather than simply one of two cycles – the biological cycle and the technical reducing negative effects. It is about eco-effectiveness cycle – where they are either biodegraded or circulated that is more far-reaching than eco-efficiency. C2C opposes into new products. This puts demands on the selection of the hypothesis that growth and welfare necessarily affect materials, design of products, usage, etc. nature negatively. Use current solar income A starting point for C2C is well thought out, intelligent Maximizing the use of renewable energy is a prerequisite design at all stages that takes its inspiration from nature. for sustainable growth over time. C2C involves the use Braungart and McDonough have defined three main of renewable energy (current solar income) which for principles: example can be solar cells, solar panels, natural light, wave and wind energy and heat exchangers.

Celebrate Diversity Nature is based on complexity and diversity. C2C accept that local conditions vary and that solutions need to be adapted. Social and natural environments characterized by variation and differences are sought after. It is also about diversity of architecture and diversity of uses.

From a C2C viewpoint materials are seen as belonging to one of two cycles – the biological or the technical – where they either degrade biologically or are recycled and recirculated into new products.

6 About the Workshop

Process Timeplan The workshop process will be implemented in three stages Last day to hand in tender 11 December 2013 - first a prequalification phase where three teams will be The workshop 17-20 March 2014 selected to participate in the workshop, then the workshop Hand-in of reports 11 April 2014 and lastly a report phase in which the teams put a final touch Exhibition and dialogue May/june 2014 to the material and compile it into reports and material for an exhibition. The purpose of the workshop format is to encourage an interdisciplinary work form of cooperation, dialogue and exchange of information.

Who are We Looking for? How to qualify We are looking for teams that show they have a good Do you want to join? Then it’s time to take the next step understanding of urban planning, development and building and get the detailed specifications. They can be reached with holistic approaches in mixed developments and via www.opic.com/en/tendsign from the 8th of November housing projects. We expect the teams to have knowledge 2013 or via the qr code below. of sustainability concerning environmental, social and economical issues, preferably with a special focus on Cradle to Cradle. We want teams that can show experience in context-driven projects and innovative solutions. The teams should be interested in discussing the municipality’s vision and goals for the Kilen project through trying a new innovative way to work – the workshop format – and be possitive about working openly and in a collaborative fashion with the other participants.

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