C3DIZ

Categories

  • ARCHITECTURE
  • Call for Entries
  • COMPETITIONS
  • KOREAN ARCHITECTURE
  • LATEST
  • NEWS
  • Plans
  • Result
  • Uncategorized
Social Links
Facebook 0 Likes
Twitter 0 Followers
Instagram 0 Followers
Instagram
  • About C3
  • Advertising
C3DIZ
C3DIZ
  • LATEST
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • COMPETITIONS
    • Result
    • Call for Entries
    • Plans
  • NEWS
  • :
  • C3MAGAZINE
  • COMPETITIONS
  • Result

Water tower makes waves in Varberg

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Share 0

VÅGA

White Arkitekter

White Arkitekter’s “VÅGA” is the winning proposal in the architecture competition for a new water tower in Varberg, Sweden. Visible from afar, “VÅGA” contains water in a structure shaped like a stylized and elongated wave. “The creative and bold design will contribute to Varberg’s vision of being the west coast’s creative hub,” states the jury.
City-owned waste and water management company Vivab organized the competition, asking for a water tower that could contain 10,000 cubic meters of water as well as provide a landmark for the city.
Water towers are traditionally round and vertical, but White turned tradition on its head by creating a structure that stretches out across the flat landscape. The elongated shape for a water tower is unique in this context and gives Varberg a strong new symbol for the city.
Two narrow cisterns, placed one after the other horizontally, create the stretched profile. The shape illustrates fluidity, synonymous with the tower’s task of storing water. The bold geometry is instantly recognizable from great distances across the region.
The tower’s placement achieves a dramatic and sculptural silhouette; viewed from the side, the tower is long and wide, while appearing very narrow when viewed from the front. As light and shadow play across the concrete, passersby can perceive the smooth horizontal curvature of the façade.

“We are very happy that Varberg dared to go with our radical design,” says Mattias Lind, Lead Architect for White’s competition team. “Varberg exposes this life-essential resource in such a way that it becomes a symbol for the city’s innovative thinking.”
Varberg has several landmarks including a 16th Century fort, a classic cold water bathhouse, the UNESCO World Heritage site Grimeton Radio Station and Sweden’s first windfarm. The new horizontal water tower adds to Varberg’s future image.
“The jury is united in its verdict that White has managed to create a unique symbol for Varberg. The elongated shape demonstrates fresh thinking without compromising the facility’s function and ensuring that it’s easy to maintain”, writes the jury in its statement.

Project: Wavy water tower in Varberg / Location: Varberg, Sweden / Architect: White Arkitekter / Project team: Lars Zackrisson, Mattias Lind, Daniel Hultman, Per Hultcrantz / Structural engineer: Magnus Kollén at ELU

 
Related Topics
  • watertower
  • WhiteArkitekter
Previous Article
  • ARCHITECTURE

A tower-like house intelligentially inserted into a tight urban plot

View Post
Next Article
  • ARCHITECTURE

A sensitive crematorium giving form to ritual

View Post
You May Also Like
View Post
  • Call for Entries
  • LATEST

International Design Competition for Pedestrianizing Jamsu Bridge in Seoul

  • c3editor
  • 2023-08-03
View Post
  • Call for Entries
  • LATEST

LA+ EXOTIQUE International Design Ideas Competition

  • c3editor
  • 2023-07-26
View Post
  • Call for Entries

Gwanggyo Central Plaza International Design Competition

  • c3editor
  • 2023-05-05
View Post
  • Call for Entries

International Design Competition to Relocate the Jinju National Museum

  • c3editor
  • 2023-05-02
View Post
  • NEWS
  • Result

Seoul unveils 7 designs for the future of Nodeul Island

  • c3editor
  • 2023-04-21
View Post
  • COMPETITIONS
  • Result

UN Village fulfills all UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • c3editor
  • 2022-11-15
View Post
  • Plans
  • Result

Büro Ole Scheeren wins International Design Competition for major Cultural-Tourism Complex in Yibin, China

  • c3editor
  • 2022-10-27
View Post
  • Call for Entries

ARCASIA Student Architectural Design Competition 2022

  • c3editor
  • 2022-06-22
C3DIZ
C3 세계건축 온라인 플랫폼

© All rights reserved. ARCHBAN | 18 GongHangDaeRo 2Gil GangSeo-gu Seoul 07622 Korea | Tel_+82 2 2661 1513 | Email_info@archban.com

Input your search keywords and press Enter.