Creating A Clear, Harmonious Architectural Synthesis

Project: Mälardalens Högskola, Eskilstuna, Sweden Architects: 3XN architects, Copenhagen

- Stig Vesterager Gothelf

Copenhagen-based architectural firm 3XN has completed the Mälardalen University in Eskilstuna– a unifying house which offers educational facilities and workplaces for 4,000 students and 350 employees.

“The vision is to create an open and inspiring learning environment that encourages interaction between students and staff– across disciplines. We have strongly emphasized that the new educational building should have a gentle, but strong visual connection to the neighbouring public bath by Paul Hedquist. By giving the new building a clean geometry and uniform surfaces, we have created clear references to the Scandinavian functionalist architecture of the public bath,” explains Kim Herforth Nielsen,Principal and Partner of 3XN.