tham & videgård arkitekter studio visit

tham & videgård arkitekter’s studio in stockholm, sweden image © designboom

the designboom team visited the studio of stockholm-based architecture practice tham & videgård arkitekter. the open layout of the office creates a pleasant atmosphere with a series of workstations arranged along a glass storefront providing ambient light throughout the entire space. an impromptu pinup wall is formed by string hung on the wall with binder clips to secure process images and photos in place. the opposite end has a library and table used for meetings and group collaboration on current projects. study and final building models are lined along a low profile bookcase to mediate and separate desks from the communal area.

workstations image © designboom

founded in 1999 and led by architects martin videgård + bolle tham, their delivered projects strike a balance between theory and relevance in today’s society. design techniques of peripheral transparency seek to visually unify the landscape with an autonomous form creating an experiential rather than physical connection to the immediate surroundings. the work of the practice has been awarded many prizes including ‘best new building’ for the garden house, of sodertalje, sweden in 2008 and the firm was shortlisted for the mies van der rohe award in 2009.

library and conference area image © designboom

work station image © designboom

studio space image © designboom

martin videgård + bolle tham image © designboom

photos of the moderna museet malmoe on display in the pin-up space image © designboomsee more about this project on designboom here

moderna museet malmoz image courtesy of the city of malmo

study models of residential projects on display image © designboom

study models image © designboom

model of vallingby parkstad project image © designboom

vallingby parkstad project images courtesy of tham & videgard arkitekter

model of the garden house, viksberg, sodertalje image © designboomsee more about this project on designboom here

(left) garden house, viksberg, sodertalje (right) latticed facade detail images courtesy of tham & videgard arkitekter

model of the vertical village for hasselby, stockholm image © designboomsee more about this project on designboom here

working models image © designboom

process models of västra kajen housing block located in jönköping, sweden image © designboom

(left) rendering of västra kajen housing block (right) model of västra kajen housing block images courtesy of tham & videgard arkitekter

process models image © designboom

study model image © designboom

street entrance to the studio image © designboom