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Bruksgården

Petra Gipp Arkitektur’s design for the Bruksgården renovation is a coherent sculptural structure in brick and cast concrete, with obvious impressed and protruding sections.

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Bruksgården is located in an area that is classified as being of national interest, where the main building and its wings are considered to be of the highest cultural value. With the extensive conversion and addition, great care and consideration has been given to this historically valuable environment, both in terms of the building itself and its surroundings – the town, the square, and the garden.

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Img.1 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

Img.2 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

Img.3 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

Img.4 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

Img.5 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, site plan

Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, section

Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, section

Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, scale model. Photo Mattias Lindbäck

The extension, an interpretation of the Skanian longhouse, has been deliberately designed for a contemporary impression. The addition is a coherent sculptural structure in brick and cast concrete, with obvious impressed and protruding sections. The project is based on tactile materials that are possible to work with in a sculptural way. The dark brick is used for both the walls and roof.

Img.6 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

A central aspect of the project is the art, which integrates the inner and outer sequence of the rooms, floorplan and organisation in a conscious way. Art can, like another layer, define a place, a room, a connection, as well as it can program and organize it in a way that corresponds to the human act of laying claim to a place, or inhabiting a space.

Img. 7 Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden, 2016

Bruksgården, Höganäs, Sweden
Architect: Petra Gipp Arkitektur
Design team: Petra Gipp, Jonas Hesse, Maria Videgård, Malin Heyman, Kalle Hjalmarsson, Maria Cagnoli and Marco Nathansohn.
Area: 1,700 sqm
Completion: 2016

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