the danish archi­tects at BIG (bjarke ingels group) have tea­med up with the swedish land­s­cape firm NOD for their latest pro­ject in stoc­kholm. the pro­ject is a revam­ping of slus­sen, one of the busiest inter­secti­ons in down­town stoc­kholm. one of the city’s key goals for the pro­ject was recon­necting the his­to­ric gamla stan dis­t­rict with söder­malm. however the pro­ject wasn’t as sim­ple as buil­ding a bridge because the slus­sen is used by cyclists, pedestrians and dri­vers as well as housing the subway, train and con­necti­ons to boat lines. the archi­tects nee­ded to find a uni­fy­ing structure, which could house all these faci­li­ties in a laye­red appro­ach. despite heavy traf­fic, the new slus­sen will house rest areas and cre­ate a pub­lic space on the upper most level. all the levels are con­nec­ted through ascen­ding a descen­ding ramps, allowing peo­ple to move fre­ely between the levels. 

http://www.big.dk

zdroj: design­boom