site development competition

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Table of contents
Norra hamnen and Henry Dunkers plats.
Norra hamnen and present-day ferry terminal.
Invitation
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Background
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The City meets the Sound
Vision
History in brief
H99 – background and planning
H+ competition and development site
Helsingborg’s identity
The competition site
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The Competition Assignment
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Functions
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Competition rules
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Ångfärjestationen – the former terminal building
Hamntorget
Boundaries of the competition site
View of Helsingborg’s city centre, with Tropical Beach and Parapeten in the foreground.
Spatial structure at city quarter level
A rich and varied urban spatial structure
Lines of sight and axes
Diversity and multiple functions
A vital urban environment
Open, accessible and inviting
The character of the buildings
Sustainable travel and building
Ground and water levels
Ångfärjestationen to be preserved
A new role for Hamntorget
Kungsgatan becomes Kungsparken
Transport, arrival and parking
Economic conditions and implementation
Environmental policy
Congress centre
Hotel
Areas for shops, displays, cafés, restaurants and entertainment
Dwellings and premises for other activities
This programme has been
produced by the City of Helsingborg.
City Executive Board, Land and Development Department in
collaboration with the Urban Planning Office 2009-05-11
Photo: The City of Helsingborg photo archives , Bertil Hagberg and Lizzan Wiberg.
Schedule
Language
Anonymity
Programme documents
Competition Official
Competition enquiries
The Competition Proposal
Submission of proposals
Assessment
Supplementary information
Jury
Display and publication
Remuneration
Procurement
Rights of ownership, copyright and rights of use
Promoter
Invitation
Ångfärjan competition site, view from south.
The City of Helsingborg invites expressions of
interest in a site development competition for
proposals for new building development on the
Ångfärjan site in central Helsingborg.
The aim of the site development competition is to
find a long-term financier/property developer and
property manager of new, high-quality commercial and residential buildings whose architectural
character strongly confirms the central site’s significance in the city’s urban plan.
The development shall include congress and hotel
buildings. It will also include shops, restaurants/
cafés, and should also include dwellings and office
premises. The design competition also includes
design of the surrounding urban space. The new
building development must enrich the urban
centre and provide attractive space for functionally
diverse and vital urban life.
Stortorget with Kärnan and Terasstrapporna in the background.
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P rog ra m me for site development compet it ion – Å ng f ä r ja n Helsi ngborg
Tropical Beach with Dunkers kulturhus in the background.
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Background
Outdoor café, city centre.
Öresund Strait with Elsinore in the background.
Boating lifestyle in Norra hamnen.
Sundstorget.
The City meets the Sound
Helsingborg
Elsinore
Copenhagen
Malmö
Helsingborg is a centre within the dynamic Öresund
region. Communications with Malmö, Copenhagen
and Copenhagen Airport, as well as with Gothenburg and Oslo, are well developed. A future rapidtransit rail link from Stockholm via Helsingborg to
the continent is under investigation. A future fixed
link between Helsingborg and Elsinore will further
strengthen Helsingborg’s position as an important
hub in the region and broaden the city’s role as
regional, national and international meeting place.
Helsingborg has been in a phase of strong expansion
since the 1990s. This has entailed revitalization of the
city core and development of the waterfront. With the
international housing exhibition H99, Norra hamnen
was opened and the city gained contact with the
Sound in a new way. Since then, Strandpromenaden
leading north from Gröningen has been redefined
and now constitutes an attractive stretch for leisure
and exercise in the immediate vicinity of the city
core.
Now, Södra hamnen is next in line for renewal. As
part of the H+ project, the cut-and-cover method will
be used to reroute the railway, thereby freeing land
and enabling southward extension of a dense urban
core near the waterfront.
New building development on the central Ångfärjan
site, with its quayside location, will further inten-
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sify the contact between city centre and the water
and strengthen Helsingborg’s role as a national and
international meeting place. Ångfärjan, so-named for
its former function as a ferry and rail-ferry terminal
building, occupies a central place in the hearts of
local residents. The future of this site has long been
debated. Local residents were invited to participate
in public dialogue in 2007. It became apparent that
public opinion favoured preservation of the terminal
building and that the site, with new building development, should be public.
In autumn 2008 a study concerning hotel and congress facilities within the Ångfärjan area was initiated by the City of Helsingborg. The study shows that
the location – in the city centre, with a waterfront
view and close to various local transit and travel
modes, as well as cultural, entertainment and service offerings – is ideally suited to congress and hotel
facilities. As part of a strategy to concentrate culture
venues near the city core, the arts centre, Dunkers
kulturhus, which opened in 2001, was sited at Sundstorget, close to Stadsteatern, dating from 1975, and
the functionalist Konserhuset, designed by Sven
Markelius and dating from 1932. A congress centre in
this location will enrich the site and the city, as well
as complementing the cultural institutions. The facility should be open and inviting, with outward-facing
cafés and exhibit spaces, forming an integral part of
Helsingborg’s public space.
Kajpromenaden, Norra hamnen.
Vision
The City of Helsingborg’s ambition is to create, in a
superb location, a high-quality, multifunctional urban
development complex that includes hotel and congress
facilities of international calibre.
The new building development, together with the
surrounding urban space, must form a well-integrated
context that is architecturally perfect and realizes the
full potential of the location.
The interesting history and beautiful prospect must be
highlighted through carefully planned and well-executed architecture that ties past and future together,
repairs gaps in the urban fabric, and establishes new
and attractive meeting places. In terms of form and
content, the new building development will enrich and
enhance the life of the city, while introducing landmark buildings that symbolize Helsingborg’s image as
a centre of communications, culture and commerce.
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H55 exhibition, Parapeten, 1955.
The old ferry terminal, 1983.
Norra hamnen with Ångfärjestationen, 1900.
Medieval Helsingborg, 1580.
Map of Helsingborg, 1866.
History in brief
Helsingborg is one of Sweden’s oldest cities. There was
settlement on the heights above Helsingborg as early
as the 11th century. From about the 1200s onward the
town expanded down towards the shoreline. Today,
the topography is still a characteristic feature city:
The defence tower Kärnan, dating from the 1300s,
rises above the brink of the coastal cliff. Below lies
the medieval town, with Mariakyrkan, the church
of St Mary, dating from the same century, and Stortorget, a central town square that is a well-defined
urban space with an east-west orientation. Below
Stortorget lies the harbour, with its long tradition of
busy traffic to and from Denmark. During the 1800s,
the town grew mainly along the shoreline, and in the
1900s, settlement expanded landward. However, the
actual urban core, which extends from the Sound up
to the heights, is what gives central Helsingborg its
unique spatial character and specific atmosphere.
Since early times, Helsingborg’s strategic position
on the Öresund Strait has made it an important port
and mercantile centre. The port long consisted of a
single dock, which projected out into the water, but
was from the early-1800s successively expanded to
become one of Sweden’s biggest ports. Earth from the
harbour basin and railway construction was used to
fill out the shoreline westward. Centralhamnen, the
central harbour, was completed in 1832; Inre hamnen, the inner harbour, in1868, and Södra hamnen,
the south harbour, in 1879. By the time Norra hamnen
opened in1891, Helsingborg was a burgeoning harbour town. The town’s role as a centre of travel and
shipping was strengthened with the opening of the
railway in 1865, and the ferry terminal building, dating from 1898, served traffic from the north as well as
to and from Elsinore.
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Hamntorget and Sundstorget, to the west, were
built on reclaimed land in the late-1800s. Bordering
and between these squares, tall, grand houses with
stately apartments were built for the city’s growing
upper class. Around the turn of the century, Stortorget was opened westward towards Drottninggatan
and was bordered by urban buildings including the
magnificent town hall from 1898, designed by city
architect Alfred Hellerström. Stortorget’s east side
was given its present appearance when the nationalromantic terrace steps leading up to Kärnan and
drawn by Gustaf Améen were added in 1903.
In the 20th century, Norra Hamnen hosted two major
exhibitions. In 1955 the international housing and
design exhibition H55 was held, mainly on Parapeten,
a breakwater. In 1999, at housing exhibition H99, a
new, central residential quarter on the waterfront to
the northwest o Sundstorget was inaugurated.
H99 – background and planning
For H99, multi-storey dwellings in a neo-modern style
were built on the Norra hamnen site. This set the
trend for harbourfront redevelopment in Sweden.
Since the 1970s, Norra hamnen had been the object
of a long development process with a series of alternative site development proposals. Among other
projects, the City of Helsingborg commissioned
Riksbyggen to present a proposal for building development based on enclosed quarters. The proposal
was rejected. Instead, an open competition was held
in 1985. Three winning proposals were modified into
one proposal which included an island in the harbour basin. This proposal was also rejected. In the
Vandkunsten’s concept for Norra Hamnen, with narrow multi-storey blocks.
early-1990s a new process began, whereby the urban
development office, together with HSB, Riksbyggen
and Helsingborgshem, each with three architecture
firms, ‘competed’ in workshops to find a sustainable
solution. The Danish firm Vandkunsten presented a
concept for placing narrow multi-storey buildings in
an east-west orientation to preserve the view of the
Sound from existing structures. After several years of
planning and studies of the street milieu and design
of the surrounding spaces, this concept formed the
basis for the realization of the new buildings in Norra
hamnen, which were completed in 1999.
In connection with the construction of the Kvickbron
bridge in exhibition year 1999, the former industrial
harbour was transformed into a harbour for utility
vessels and a carefully planned marina. The name
Kvickbron derives from Kvick, the ferry that once
linked Centralhamnen and Parapeten.
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Kungstrappan.
Strandpromenaden and Gröningen.
Ångfärjan
competition site
Sjöfartsgudinnan, Dunkers kulturhus and Norra Hamnen.
The Sound, viewed from Terasstrapporna.
H+ competition and development site
In 2008 the City of Helsingborg announced an international competition for development of the southern
harbour area of central Helsingborg. H+, the largest
renewal project in the history of Helsingborg, was
thereby initiated. Rerouting the railway in a tunnel
to the south of Knutpunkten will eliminate a barrier
between the city centre and the water. With H+, the
southern and northern districts of the city centre –
which are now separated by Stadsparken – will be
linked. Over a twenty-year period, the area will be
developed into an attractive city district for some
20,000 residents. Importantly, the existing Campus
Helsingborg, which is part of Lund University, will
then adjoin the city centre, and the presence of students and a student culture will add vitality to the
urban core.
Helsingborg’s identity
Helsingborg’s lively city centre today consists of the
historic urban core at the base of Landborgen, the
coastal cliff. The setting is characterized by densely
concentrated and architecturally varied urban structures close to the city’s central functions, commercial
and cultural premises, services and communications.
Running north to south are the meandering, medieval
Kullagatan, the city’s main commercial street, and the
broad, tree-lined avenue Drottninggatan/Järnvägs-
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gatan. Perpendicular to them are the many narrow
streets and elongated open spaces that intersect the
dense blocks of buildings stretching from the base of
the coastal cliff down towards the shoreline, creating
lines of vision and enabling visual contact with the
Sound under varying light and weather conditions.
Kärnan and Slottshagen.
In the central parts of the city, many buildings are
characterized by the red Helsingborg brick: the medieval Kärnan and Mariakyrkan; the early 19th century’s
imposing brick architecture of Carl Georg Brunius’s
school building from 1845, on Södra Storgatan; Stortorget’s magnificent fin de siècle banks and hotels,
and the cleverly conceived arcade by Carl Nyrén from
1970s. The urban scene also features small-scale buildings from the early-1800s clad in classical stucco,
and the decorative stone buildings from the turn of
the century. Along the waterfront, the functionalist
Konserthuset has inspired a white neo-modernism in
H99’s residential blocks and Dunkers kulturhus.
Nearest to the water, running northward from Hamntorget is an attractive promenade, which first passes
along the stone pier by Dunkers kulturhus, then
along H99’s wood-decked quay, Gröningen’s grassy
parkland, and past the sandy beach’s jetties and sea
baths towards Pålsjö Wood and Sofiero Castle. The
promenade is a unique pathway that is popular all year
round.
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Competition site
Helsingörskajen.
Hamntorget with Ångfärjestationen.
The competition site comprises about 40,000 square
metres. Ångfärjan’s two quarters, as well as parts
of Hamntorget, Kungsgatan and Kajpromenaden
are included. The competition site is bordered to the
north by Brogatan, to the east by Kungsgatan’s east
side, to the south by the Inner harbour basin, and to
the west by the North harbour basin. Of the competition area, about 10,000 square metres will be offered
for building site development. The former terminal
building is on the competition site.
Ångfärjan and the adjacent urban space are at the
centre of Helsingborg. The area lies between the city
centre and the Sound at the junction of two thoroughfares. The east-west thoroughfare runs from the
Sound via Hamntorget and Stortorget up to Kärnan
and illustrates Helsingborg’s topography. The northsouth street runs parallel to the park, quayside and
parking areas established in connection with H99
and marks the city’s location on the Öresund Strait.
Across the Sound lies the Danish town of Elsinore.
On a promontory near its harbour stands Kronborg
Castle, the scene of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Kronborg
is a key element of Elsinore’s urban scene and identity. From the competition site, Kronborg’s silhouette
is clearly visible. Ångfärjan is one of the places that
travellers encounter first as they approach the city
via the water, and there can scarcely be a more ideal
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location in which to express, in architecture, Helsingborg’s genius loci.
Ångfärjestationen – the
former terminal building
The former terminal building for trains from the
north and for train ferries to and from Elsinore
stands on the competition site. The building was
drawn by Folke Zettervall and dates from 1898. Its
western extension was built somewhat later. Exemplifying the picturesque wooden architecture typical
of the era, it is richly adorned with ornamental woodwork and mouldings on the gables and around the
windows. The station has two wooden platform roofs
which indicate the former position of the railway
track. The former ferry berths on Helsingörskajen (the
Elsinore quay) are marked with cobblestones.
Originally, the station building was intended to be
a temporary structure that would be replaced by a
larger central station, but the building remained even
after 1991, when terminal operations were relocated
to the combined bus, rail and ferry terminal, Knutpunkten. Today, the building houses Tivoli, a wellestablished and popular music venue and youth club.
In connection with pre-studies concerning a congress centre on the site, lively debate as to the fate of
the building ensued. Not only the building, but also
its content – music and youth recreation – has been
considered an important part of the identity of the
place. It was decided that the future of Ångfärjan
would be subject to public dialogue. In several open
workshops, local residents expressed preferences for
making Ångfärjan a park with water, greenhouses,
playgrounds and skateboard ramps. Other suggestions included an open-air stage, a museum, a music
club, a creative workshop and a tourist information
office. A covered market under the glazed-in platform
roofs, and a hostel in railway cars along the platform were proposed. Appendices to this programme
include a selection of the suggestions put forward by
residents.
As a result of this dialogue, it has been decided that
the Ångfärjestation building should be preserved in
its original condition on the competition site. It is
hoped that, within the framework of the competition
project, it may be possible to allow space for entertainment and youth recreation activities.
Hamntorget
Surrounded on two sides by water and directly adjacent to Stortorget/Kärnan, Hamntorget constitutes a
fantastic urban space. Since the railway was rerouted
underground in 1990, Hamntorget has gradually been
transformed according to guidelines by landscape
architect Sven Ingvar Andersson, who wished to
achieve an architectural holism. Among other things,
he wished to clarify Hamntorget’s relation to Stortorget/Kärnan, and even proposed a granite-paved
avenue from Drottningtrappan to Rådhuset. These
plans emphasize the historical significance of the
area. Hamntorget is adorned by Carl Milles’s 1923
sculpture Sjöfartsgudinnan, which is placed on a tall
column aligned with Stortorget’s Magnus Stenbock
statue beside Rådhuset. As a continuation of this
line up towards Kärnan, the City will again place Ivar
Johansson’s sculpture David on Stortorget at the base
of the terrace steps. With its unique situation, Hamntorget has the prerequisites to become one of Helsingborg’s most attractive meeting places. Preservation of
the unobstructed views and openness of this site is a
priority objective.
Hamntorget comprises about 50 x 200 metres, of
which about half lies within the competition area.
As with all other land designated as street space, the
City of Helsingborg will retain ownership of Hamntorget. Today, Hamntorget is used largely as a car
park and as a dock for the ferry terminal, which is
housed in Gamla Tullhuset, built originally as a bathhouse in 1833 and subsequently used as a customs
building from the 1850s.
Part of Sven Ingvar Andersson’s
Proposal for Hamntorget. Lines of
sight and placement of sculptures.
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Ångfärjestationen,
originally.
Helsingborg’s harbour entrance
and Ångfärjan site.
Competition site boundaries.
Site boundaries
To the north, the competition site borders on Brogatan and Dunkers kulturhus. Dunkers kulturhus,
an arts centre, harmonizes with HPP’s white neomodernism, though it has a more sculpted style with
gable volutes and buttresses in white concrete. The
decision to build Dunkers kulturhus was preceded
by a lengthy debate and a referendum concerning
the location of the building. A competition was held
and 140 proposals were submitted. Kim Utzon won
after the second round of the competition, and the
building was completed in 2001. Dunkers kulturhus
houses an art gallery, city museum, music school,
restaurant/café and the offices of the municipal culture department. The building has an open character
and has become a much-frequented culture venue for
Helsingborg resdients.
The extension of Brogatan adjoins the Kvickbron
bridge, the main link with Parapeten and one of the
many east-west streets that run through the city
core. At the opposite end of the Kvickbron bridge
an outlook point faces the Sound and Kronborg.
Nearby, Helsingborg’s “Tropical Beach”, a sandy
beach with palm trees, invites many urban bathers in
summertime.
To the northeast, the competition site borders on
Sundstorget. Sundstorget is bounded on the north
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and south by fine brick architecture from about 1900.
In connection with the construction of Dunkers
kulturhus the square was redefined by Sven Ingvar
Andersson and given a new covered market building,
drawn by Erik Wikerståhl, on the south side. Beneath
the square is a two-level underground car park
with 386 parking spaces. The car park is accessed
by pedestrians via lifts and stairways in two glazed
kiosks, while the vehicle exit, which is behind the
market building, runs onto a street that is an extension of Brogatan. This street may be serve as a traffic
access to the hotel and congress complex.
Sundstorget’s east side borders on Drottninggatan
– a magnificent tree-lined esplanade that is due for
a renewal, which will improve convenience for pedestrians and cyclists and will enhance the experience of
an attractive urban space.
On Kungsgatan, a wide street that runs along an
older shoreline, two quarters border the competition site’s east side. Kungsgatan, which to the north
of Dunkers kulturhus has been transformed into
a stretch of park, is bordered to the east by brick
buildings dating from about 1900. These 5-7 storey
buildings are in predominantly dark red and yellow
brick, are arranged in continuous blocks and feature
decorative articulations around portals, on founda-
tion walls, eaves and more. During the past decade,
these quarters have been complemented with buildings
in light stucco and concrete. Between these blocks runs
Badhusgatan, which today has the character of a backstreet but has great value in the urban landscape, since
it is a line of sight and a link from Helsingörskajen (the
Elsinore quay) to Rådhustorget and Kullagatan. Badhusgatan is a street with great potential for retail and
restaurant locations.
To the south the competition site borders on the Inner
harbour basin and Köpenhamnskajen (the Copenhagen
quay). In the southeast corner of this area stands Gamla
Tullhuset, ACE link’s terminal for passenger ferries to
and from Elsinore in Denmark. The ferry services will
be maintained at least until they are replaced by a fixed
link across the Öresund Strait between Helsingborg and
Elsinore. Thereafter, it is expected that only the ferry
service operating from the Gamla Tullhuset terminal
will remain, since it is the only one that serves pedestrian and cycle passengers exclusively. ACE link now
berths one ferry nightly at Köpenhamnskajen.
Helsingörskajen was redeveloped in 2002 by Sven
Ingvar Andersson to become today’s vital pedestrian
thoroughfare by the water. Stone and simple, long elegant lines give the quay a solid and distinctive character. Here, Drottningtrappan (the Queen’s Stairs),
is a mooring place for smaller cruise vessels on the
occasion of state visits, etc. A monument from1843,
by architect Fredrik Blom, recalls the historic significance of the site. Here, Carl Johan Bernadotte landed
in 1810 to become king of Sweden.
To the west of Helsingörskajen lies the southern
part of the North harbour basin, where coastguard,
maritime rescue, pilot and tug vessels are moored.
Since these functions require access to the Kvickbron
bridge, possibilities for exploiting the competition
site for residential buildings are to a degree limited.
In connection with the H+ project, the City of Helsingborg has analyzed the prevailing conditions and
the suitability of the current safety zone.
To the west the competition site borders on the North
harbour basin and Helsingörskajen (the Elsinore quay).
The quay is used for mooring smaller cruise ships,
which restricts the possibility to build docks and decks
in this location.
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Ferry traffic across the Sound, with Kronborg in the background.
Helsingörskajen.
Sundstorget.
Kullagatan.
View of the competition site from the H55 pavilion.
Himmelriksgränden.
Gamla Tullhuset with ACE link.
Terasstrapporna.
The Bernadottemonument.
Mariakyrkan.
Helsingborg Festival, Gröningen.
The competition assignment
Hamntorget during Helsingborg Festival.
Diversity and multiple functions
As a part of Helsingborg’s urban core, the new development must offer a diversity of functions that is
characteristic of vital and culturally, socially and
economically robust urban milieus. In addition to
the hotel and congress functions, this may also imply
some blend of workplaces, commercial premises,
services and even dwellings.
Contestants must give an account of the disposition of
such a blend of functions.
A vital urban environment
Based on a clear analysis of the unique location
and Helsingborg’s specific conditions, contestants
will propose placement and designs for hotel and
congress buildings as well as for buildings for shops
and services. Contestants can also propose residential and office buildings if they are able to present
convincing solutions that harmonize well with the
public-oriented functions of the congress and hotel
businesses and the representative values of the place.
Contestants will also propose designs for the spaces,
squares, park sections, streets and quays included
within the competition site.
Considering the competition site’s central role in the
urban landscape and heritage of the city, the task
is not only to create new buildings but also to order
an entire situation that embodies and enhances the
image of Helsingborg.
The proposal must also state how the hotel and congress centre will be built, the form of ownership and
management, and how the complex will contribute
to the city’s competitive advantage. The City will not
conduct business operations within the competition
site. All buildings on the building site land will be
erected and financed by the winning team. Redefinition of public areas will be financed by the City of
Helsingborg. For more information, see the section on
economic conditions and implementation.
Spatial structure at city quarter level
The competition site borders on city quarters structured on the grid pattern that is imposed by the
orientation of Drottninggatan/Järnvägsgatan and
Hamntorget. Competitors are expected to take this
quarter structure into consideration and to strive to
create an urban scene that is continuous and interconnected. In contemporary discourse on urban
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planning, the need for short blocks/quarters, so as
to create human scale, stimulate urban vitality and
promote pedestrianism, is often emphasized.
A rich and varied urban
spatial structure
The new buildings must create and define an urban
space that is functional, attractive and varied.
Adjoining the new building development, Hamntorget and the open quayside spaces and places must be
designed so as to stimulate the senses and promote
human interaction, as has been accomplished, for
example, in the case of Dunkers kulturhus. The public
spaces must have features that also attract visitors
who have no connection with the hotel and congress
centre. Meeting places will be designed to use to
advantage the unique location in the city and by the
water, and will serve as inviting venues for different
activities and events.
The long-term strategy in Helsingborg is to concentrate urban life towards the waterfront and harbours.
The new Ångfärjan development must enrich the
urban space in the vicinity of the waterfront and
harbour entrance. Ångfärjan’s popularity and central
location enable conditions for an urban space with
great potential to become an important meeting
place. Many people will move through an area that
will form one of the links between the city core and
Norra hamnen. In this context, an attractive stretch
of waterfront is a self-evident component. There must
be room for interaction between visitors to the area
and those who work here. One should be able to sit
and enjoy the view across the harbour and the Sound,
and there must be space for activities and events near
and around the new buildings.
A well-functioning and inviting entrance to the
hotel and congress complex is essential. The urban
space must speak a visual language that attracts and
challenges.
Contestants must account for how the arrangement of
various functions contributes to the creation of new
buildings that bring life to the urban space.
Contestants must present a structure for an attractive
urban space that promotes human interaction.
Lines of sight and axes
Helsingborg’s characteristic east-west lines of sight
include Brogatan, Badhusgatan and Hamntorget.
North-south lines of sight include Helsingörskajen
and Kungsgatan. This pattern should be respected
and preserved. A sequential, screen-stage approach,
visual guidelines and focal points are important elements of the desired urban spatial dramaturgy.
Contestants must clearly define and create lines of
sight that connect with existing lines and enhance the
viewer’s experience of the place.
Lines of sight and axes.
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The towers of Rådhuset and Kärnan viewed from the harbour entrance.
Kvickbron bridge and Dunkers kulturhus (right).
Open, accessible and inviting
Because of the central location of Ångfärjan, the buildings must be arranged in a way that makes the place
open and accessible to the residents of Helsingborg.
The congress and hotel buildings must not appear as
uninviting, closed volumes that exclude access. They
must be arranged so as to allow a high degree of openness during most times of the day and night. Great
emphasis is placed on making the ground levels of the
buildings a part of the public space. Even other, higher
levels of the buildings may, to advantage, be made
accessible to a Helsingborg public.
Coordination of the building entrances and lobbies with adjacent exhibition premises, galleries,
boutiques, cafés and restaurants is essential if the
congress and hotel buildings are to function in a way
that stimulates interaction with the life of the city.
Possibilities for outdoor cafés and occasional outdoor
activities that enrich and complement the primary
functions of the site and nearlying area must also be
presented. The buildings must be arranged so that
they are not perceived as having a ‘rear side’. Vehicle
accesses for delivery and parking must be given particularly careful attention. Entrances and interiors must
comply with Swedish standards for accessibility.
Contestants must give an account of natural flows,
whereby the relations between arrival, entrance and
lobby are attractive and distinct.
The character of the buildings
The city core is characterized by buildings of high
quality with significant cultural historic values that
must be preserved. Discussions have been lively in
connection with proposals to build high-rise structures in central Helsingborg, since the relation to
the medieval defence tower Kärnan, located on the
coastal cliff some 20 metres above sea level, must
be respected. Today, the tallest buildings in central
Helsingborg, located in the quarter Torpet, just north
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Railway platform, Knutpunkten.
of Norra hamnen, are 13 storeys. Several years ago, a
proposal to build a 22-storey building in the quarter
Bastionen, southeast of Stadsparken in the city core,
was rejected, since it was reasoned that the high-rise
block would conflict with Kärnan.
New buildings on the competition site must be architecturally superior and embody a strong sense of the
significance of the place while manifesting the city’s
belief in the future of a sustainable society. Building volumes must be adapted to the surroundings
in such a way that the structures are perceived as
moderately dimensioned and adequately separated.
Great emphasis will be placed on the exterior design
and the architectural impact. The congress complex
is expected to strengthen Helsingborg’s competitive
advantage in business and tourism, not only due to
the attractiveness of its primary function but also
that of its architecture. However, the importance of
good function cannot be emphasized enough. For a
winning concept, good architecture and functionality go hand in hand.
Considering the central location of the competition
site, contestants are encouraged to interpret and
express a Helsingborg identity in the new buildings.
related to local transit. This has great significance for
the city’s effort to meet environmental requirements,
not least where air quality is concerned. Today, nitrogen oxide emission levels are excessive in the region
of Drottninggatan, among other areas, and the need
to reduce motor vehicle traffic is strongly emphasized in city planning. The appended traffic analysis
describes important qualities for enabling sustainable travel to and from Ångfärjan.
Consideration must be given with respect to the
economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability in the design and realization of the new
development. The vision is for the site to be designed
according to the concept of ‘the sustainable city’ and
based on human needs and conditions. The urban
space and architecture must be characterized by
humanity, social interaction, multiple functions,
architectural innovation and high quality. The design
of the site and facilities must be adapted according to
environmental requirements, energy efficiency and
the coastal climate of Helsingborg.
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lers. Contestants are expected to design buildings that Färja Cykel
are at the forefront of development in terms of energy
efficiency, environmentally friendly operation and
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Knutpunkten
Sustainable travel and building
The convenient location of the congress and hotel
complex, close to Knutpunkten, makes it easy to
reach the place by environmentally friendly means,
i.e. via local transit, by bicycle or on foot.Knutpunkten, situated about 300 metres south of Ångfärjan, is
the city’s major transportation hub and an important
intermodal terminal for bus, rail, ferry, cycle and
pedestrian traffic.
It is essential to develop pedestrian and bicycle communication between the Ångfärjan site and Knutpunkten, since these modes of transport are closely
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Ground and water levels
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Considering possible future increases in sea level, the
ground floors of the new buildings should be placed
at level + 3.20 m; i.e., about 1 metre above the present
quay level.
Contestants must manage differences in levels in a
way that does not detract from the visual impression
or impair accessibility.
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Future main bicycle-path network
Main local bicycle junction
Bus route
Major street, vehicle traffic
Nearby local street
pedestrian thoroughfare
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Viktig lokal cykelförbindelse
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Ångfärjestationen to be preserved
Ångfärjestationen.
Ångfärjestationen,
originally.
By a city council decision, Ångfärjestationen (the old
ferry terminal building) must be preserved and transferred to a future property manager. The building will
be included as an element of the overall concept presented in the competition proposal. Contestants must
decide whether the station building should remain in
its present location, with or without the extension and
platforms, or whether it should be relocated within the
competition site. Here, an assessment must be made
as to whether the building’s authenticity depends on
it preservation in the present location or whether its
historical value can be retained in the event of relocation. It is up to contestants to propose a function for
the building. Ångfärjestationen will be transferred,
including applicable rental agreement, at a current
book value amounting to MSEK 4.8. (The figure has
been revised since the invitation to this competition,
owing to the fact that a fire safety review is due in July
in 2009).
Contestants will decide the way in which Ång färjestationen, the old terminal building, will be preserved
within the competition site.
A new role for Hamntorget
Within the competition site, Hamntorget has the
potential to become an important meeting place and
must be defined in such a way that it harmonizes with
the new building development. The location must be an
attractive and inviting venue for activities and events.
Hamntorget’s size necessitates redefinition and structuring. Here, contestants must refer to the proposal by
Sven Ingvar Andersson, which has been partially realized. As far as possible, the square must be considered
a car-free zone.
Contestants must redefine Hamntorget in harmony with
the new buildings and in such a way that it corresponds
to the place’s role in the urban fabric.
Kungsgatan becomes Kungsparken
Kungsparken, Norra Hamnen.
Stortorget, Kullagatan
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According to the municipal plan, future development
southward along Kungsgatan, within the competition site, will complete realization of the concept of a
continuous park and street corridor that begins north
of Sundstorget and is referred to as Kungsparken.
According to plan, all of Kungsgatan will be redefined
as ‘street in park’. Kungsgatan will be designed for a
slower tempo of vehicle traffic and for the safety of
pedestrians and cyclists, but will nonetheless enable
good accessibility for traffic to and from the harbour.
Cityhamnen includes important functions that are
of national interest. These include moorings for pilot
boats, tugboats and maritime rescue vessels. Street
parking will be eliminated, while ‘parking in park’,
similar to what is in place north of Dunkers kulturhus,
may be considered. The east side of Kungsgatan has
attractive locations for restaurants and shops.
Contestants will redefine Kungsgatan as a functioning city street/park street in harmony with the older
buildings to the east and with the new buildings to the
west.
Transport, arrival and parking
The congress centre, hotel and other functions will
require delivery zones as well as zones for arrival/
departure and visitor traffic, and parking will
be required. Goods deliveries to a congress and
hotel complex are at times intensive. Provision for
adequate space for this should be made in proposal
submissions.
Conditions for new building development on the
Ångfärjan site have been studied in a traffic analysis.
The analysis includes data for assessment of parking
needs and traffic generation and describes how arrivals/departures, vehicle access, and travel and transport to the complex should be managed.
Arrival and departure zones for vehicle traffic, as well
as bicycle parking, will be at ground level, while all
other parking will be underground. New buildings
will include underground parking for residents, workers and visitors. Adequate and attractive facilities for
bicycle parking should be placed close to entrances.
As a part of the competition task, provisions should
be made to meet the entire parking demand arising
as a result of the new building development. If possible, additional parking spaces in underground car
parks should be created to compensate for the loss
of ground-level parking spaces. Contestants should
consider this a request rather a requirement on the
part of the City of Helsingborg.
Contestants must design traffic structures, urban
spaces and building structures as part of an overall
concept that functions well for all types of traffic and
allows easy orientation.
Economic conditions and
implementation
Proposals shall include:
• A description of how the hotel and congress centre, with parking facilities, will be built, financed,
owned and managed.
• A description of realization of the project including
phases, a main schedule and more.
the building site (approx. 10,000 sq. m.). The City of
Helsingborg reserves the right to capitalize the siteleasehold rent for a 10-year or a 20-year period, to be
paid when an agreement is reached. The City of Helsingborg’s site leasehold interest is 4%.
The offered annual site-leasehold rent shall be based
on the following conditions:
• Ångfärjestationen is preserved in at least original
condition within the competition site, but may be
relocated within the site. The winning team will
assume responsibility and costs for demolition and
relocation.
• The City of Helsingborg will ensure that the building site is transferred free of tenancy agreements.
• The City of Helsingborg will provide for, and
assume the cost of, necessary pipeline relocation to
enable realization of the project.
• The City of Helsingborg will decide on, and assume
the cost of, development of municipal public spaces
within the competition site, according to the
municipal plan under revision. The winning team
will plan, procure and realize at its own cost the
completion of work on building site land within the
competition site, according to the municipal plan
under revision. It is up to the contestants to propose the demarcation of municipal public spaces
and building site land. This demarcation shall,
however, harmonize with the surrounding building
structures and with the proposed boundaries of
the competition site as presented on page 16 of this
programme.
• No geotechnical surveys or environmental site
assessment/ground surveys have been conducted
within the competition site. However, surveys have
been conducted for neighbouring quarters. The
Ångfärjan site is reclaimed land consisting of fill.
Contestants must assess and take note of ground
conditions on the site. The winning team will also
assume the costs of requisite geotechnical and
environmental/ground surveys, requisite ground
reinforcement and foundation work for new buildings within the building site, and provide for any
ground remediation that may be deemed necessary
upon the decision of supervisory authorities.
• All measures for development and construction
for the project on the building site land, with the
exceptions indicated above, will be realized and
funded by the winning team.
• Presentation of financiers.
Environmental policy
Building site land within the competition area will
be transferred on a site leasehold basis. The proposal
will also state offered annual site-leasehold rent, in
Swedish kronor per square metre gross area, distributed according to the proposed modes of use within
Contestants are expected to provide, for their proposals, statements of certified environmental policy and
quality and environmental management systems.
These must be presented in the submitted proposals.
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Functions
The new building complex will serve the following functions:
Kungstorget and Knutpunkten.
Congress centre
The congress facility will have a large auditorium
with 1000-1400 seats. The auditorium will be divisible and will be equipped so as to accommodate both
ballroom and amphitheatre seating.
Adjacent to the auditorium there will be at least 16
meeting rooms, all of which may be used for meetings at the same time. Preferably, these areas should
be placed on one level; alternatively, they may be
accessed via ramps or half-flights of stairs.
Directly adjacent to the meeting rooms, relevant
areas must be reserved for relaxation and refreshments. The facility must also include areas for
restaurants and service, spaces for utilities and
administration, storage and more. Access for delivery
and removal of furniture and materials must be separate from public access/entrances. With respect to
safety and security, it must be possible to divide areas
in order to accommodate events that are subject to
special safety requirements. Collaboration with the
hotel operation must be possible.
Hotel
Hotel facilities with capacity for 200-250 rooms,
reception area, breakfast diningroom, relaxation
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area, office space, and service and storage areas.
Hotel rooms must, on average, meet criteria for fourstar classification according to the voluntary system
of classification that is applied in Sweden. There must
be several suites and several double rooms with connecting doors, which will enable flexibility over time.
Climate systems must be certified allergy-friendly.
For the hotel’s own use, smaller meeting rooms seating up to 20 must be planned. Interaction between
these meeting rooms and the congress facility must
be possible. Compliance with current fire and personal safety requirements is mandatory.
Areas for shops, displays, cafés,
restaurants and entertainment
Dwellings and premises
for other activities
To create a lively and open place both in and around
the hotel and congress facility, public activity is
essential. It is important that these functions are able
to interact with each other and with the main operations (hotel and congress centre).
In contemporary discourse on the socially and
economically sustainable city, the need for multifunctionalism is emphasized. By mixing dwellings,
workplaces and commercial premises, we create
robust city districts and secure urban spaces.
Contestants must study alternatives for incorporating dwellings, offices and shops into the congress and
hotel buildings. Premises for shops and other public
activity must be placed at street level in order to
vitalize the urban environment around the congress
centre.
Explanations for the chosen functions and the extent
of these in the submitted competition proposals, preferably in the form of a needs analysis, must accord
with the appended HÅP study.
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Competition rules
Schedule
First competition meeting
Final date for enquiries concerning competition
Final date for submission of proposals
Announcement of competition results
2009-05-19
2009-09-28
2009-10-19
2009-12-04
Language
All competition documentation, in addition to appendices, will be produced
by the City of Helsingborg in Swedish and English. The Swedish versions will
take precedence in matters of interpretation. Expressions of interest and
proposals may be in Swedish of English. Swedish or English may be used in
enquiries and other correspondence.
Anonymity
Competition proposals will be treated with anonymity.
Programme documents
Note that the competition programme replaces earlier documents produced
by the City of Helsingborg for the Ångfärjan site development competition
(Invitation).
In addition to the competition programme, the competition documents
consist of the following appendices in digital form:
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Appendix 6
• Appendix 7
• Appendix 8
• Appendix 9
• Appendix 10
• Appendix 11
• Appendix 12
HÅP Congress and Hotel study.
Traffic analysis, Ångfärjan.
Public dialogue/workshop 2007.
Safety zones for activities within H+.
Hamntorget Sven Ingvar Andersson.
Drawings of existing buildings.
Buildings and places within central Helsingborg.
Vehicular and pedestrian thoroughfares and meeting places.
Criteria of the urban spaces.
Ångfärjan, pipeline work.
Geotechnics and groundwater.
Basic maps.
Competition Official
All enquiries and correspondence during the competition will be directed to
the competition official.
Contestants may not contact jury members directly.
Competition Official, Christel Stenqvist
”Ångfärjan”/Mark- och exploateringsavdelningen
Supplementary information
In connection with the assessment of proposals, certain supplementary
information/revision of proposals, including financial information, may
be requested if the proposals are considered incomplete. This is to enable
objective comparison of proposals. No remuneration for these supplements
will be forthcoming.
Upon completion of the competition and before municipal detail planning
of the site has commenced, a framework agreement between the winner and
the City of Helsingborg will be signed. Planning costs will be regulated in
the framework agreement.
Jury
Peter Danielsson (jury chairman), Municipal Board Chairman
Birgitta Södertun, Municipal Commissioner
Inger Nilsson, Municipal Commissioner
Joakim Andersson, Urban Development Committee Chairman
Bengt Larsén, Urban Development Committee Vice Chairman
Stellan Folkesson, Executive Director, City of Helsingborg
Karin Sterte, Manager, Municipal Land Development, City of Helsingborg
Agneta Hammer, Director of Planning & Development, City of Helsingborg
Renée Mohlkert, Director of Business Development, City of Helsingborg
Konrad Ek, Chief Architect, City of Helsingborg
Ole Andersson, Parks Director, City of Helsingborg
Johan Celsing, Architect SAR
Submission of proposals
Display and publication
The proposal must be delivered by mail or courier no later than 2009-10-19.
The proposal must be addressed to the Competition Official (see instructions in left column).
For general delivery, a receipt indicating the proposal motto and date of
submission for posting or courier delivery must be sent under separate cover
to the Competition Official. The proposal may also be delivered directly to
the competition official at the visiting address no later than 17.00 hrs. on the
final date for submissions.
Competition enquiries
Proposals will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria, which are
not listed in order of priority:
• Urban structural approach to the place and the buildings
• Architectural definition and character
• Functionality, content, use and interaction between congress and hotel
operations.
• Sustainability
• Concepts for activities with respect to organization, vision, events and
operations of the congress and hotel business operations
• Conditions for the implementation process, ownership and management
• Offered annual site-leasehold rent, in Swedish kronor per square metre
gross area (site-leasehold rent with an interest rate of 4%)
The winning proposal will be considered a binding tender. The tender validity period is 12 months from the date of submission. Land allocation may
be revoked if building construction has not commenced within 12 months
of the municipal plan (local detailed plan) gaining legal force and an agreement being established. Land allocation may also be revoked if it is apparent
that the property developer lacks the capacity, or does not intend, to realize
the project according to the schedule and in the way specified under the
terms of the land allocation. Extension may be granted if the delay is due to
circumstances beyond the control of the property developer. Revocation of
land allocation does not entail entitlement to compensation.
Rights of ownership, copyright and rights of use
The promoter retains ownership of premiated competitions entry material.
Other competition proposals will be returned to the contestants. The
contestants hold the copyright and maintain the usufruct of their proposals.
The City of Helsingborg reserves the right, however, to utilize, in whole or in
part, the submitted proposals with respect to the design of public spaces.
This applies to both original and revised proposals. The costs for this will be
considered to be covered by the remuneration paid to competitors. Preliminarily, the City of Helsingborg will plan and develop the public spaces within
the competition site according to the future local detailed plan.
Promoter
The City of Helsingborg via:
Municipal Board/ Land and Development Department
Karin Sterte, Manager, Municipal Land Development
E-mail: karin.sterte@helsingborg.se
Helsingborg 2009-05-11
Maja Gullmo, (jury secretary) Chief Civil Engineer, City of Helsingborg
The jury proposed above will be subject to approval by the municipal
board in August 2009. The jury may consult expert advisors from the City
of Helsingborg. The jury’s decisions may not be contested. Assessment criteria
www.helsingborg.se/angfarjan
The City of Helsingborg reserves the right to approve changes in the
composition of teams for continued participation in the competition. Until
such time as an agreement has been signed, the City of Helsingborg must be
informed in writing of such changes. The City of Helsingborg will thereafter
inform the contestant in writing as to whether the changes in team composition have been approved.
The proposal must also be submitted in A3 format in 10 copies and in digital
form on a CD.
Stadsbyggnadshuset, Järnvägsgatan 22
SE-251 89 HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN
Tel: +46-(0)42 - 10 53 14
Questions and complementary information relating to competition documents may be directed anonymously, in an envelope marked “Competition
enquiry”, to the competition official. Written enquiries must reach the
competition official no later than 2009-09-28. Competition enquiries and
replies will be published on the project website on 2009-10-05.
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The Competition Proposal
• Anonymity will be maintained during the assessment of the proposals.
Each proposal must be given a motto. In addition to what has been
stated in this programme, the following competition documents must be
submitted:
• Site layout and sections of the area, including ground planning, access and
parking, in 1:400 scale.
• Facades, plans/elevations and sections in scale 1:200.
• “Serial vision” of urban space and buildings; i.e., one or several sequences
of perspective views.
• Architectural scale model depicting designed volume for the competition
site in scale 1:400, on a model base provided by the City of Helsingborg.
• Illustrations of the principal interior spaces.
• Urban silhouette as viewed from the Sound.
• Accompanying text, including:
a) Use and definition of the urban spaces.
b) Description of the new buildings specifying area functions; preferably
in the form of a needs analysis with explanations for the proposed
functions, possibly with reference objects from which inspiration has
been gathered.
c) Brief technical description and principles of sustainable energy
systems.
d) Brief description of how the hotel and congress complex will be built,
owned and managed.
e) Brief description of how parking and arrival/departure/access for cars,
buses, bicycles, goods transports, etc. is to be managed.
• A sealed opaque envelope, marked “Name slip”, containing a slip with the
proposal motto and name of the author and names of any co-authors of
the proposal should attached.
• A sealed opaque envelope, marked “Address slip” and with the proposal
motto, containing an address at which the contestant can be reached
anonymously.
Drawings must be mounted on cardboard in A1 format.
Competition proposals will be exhibited during the assessment period, i.e.,
after the final date for submissions, 2009-10-19. Proposals must therefore
be submitted according to the instructions under “The Competition
Proposal”, above.
Remuneration
After submitting complete proposals, firms invited to compete in the
site design and development competition will each receive remuneration
amounting to 350,000 kronor.
Procurement
The site development competition is not subject to the Public Procurement
Act (LOU 2007:1091). The City of Helsingborg reserves the exclusive right to
allocate land for development to the firm/consortium that submits the best
proposal according to the established criteria.
The City of Helsingborg reserves the right to appoint a winner and to
transfer land within the competition site. The City of Helsingborg reserves
the right to reject all expressions of interest and proposals and to discontinue the competition. If a competition proposal is completed, the offered
remuneration will be forthcoming even if the competition is discontinued.
Amendment/elaboration of the winning proposal, based on the jury’s
recommendations, will be made in consultation with the promoter and will
be regulated by agreement.
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Programme for site development competition
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site development competition

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