Legacy
Legacy
Location
Nälsta, Stockholm
Client
NREP
Status
Public consultation, 2025
Program
Mixed housing in mass timber construction
Size
97 apartments, 9120 m2
Project team
Kayrokh Moattar
Frantisek Orth
Niels Pettersson Sandmark
Legacy’s design creates a connection between the open, recreational landscape and the wild, and densely forested hill, enhancing their interaction through integrated spaces and pathways. Instead of separating these environments, the architecture strengthens their relationship, balancing nature and urban life.
Legacy is situated in a tricky location, restricted by the natural hill on one side, and the underground power line on the other. This leaves little wiggle room for placement and orientation of the buildings. Our idea is to circle the hill and the pocket of forest as a “green public courtyard” for our project. With our four buildings carefully arrayed around this natural oasis, we unleash the sight lines and movements to and from the hill. The unbuildable area on top of the power line is used to give car, bike, and pedestrian access to the buildings – leaving a safe and traffic free courtyards toward the hill.
An important design approach in Legacy was to let nature overflow through the spaces between the buildings. Apart from visual and physical continuity, we allow the greenery to extend over the gardens and connect to the street level. Two elevated gardens meet the hilly landscape behind and enable access to it. On the other side, the courtyards are also connected to the street and public space through steps and plant beds. In this way we enable humans and other species to move freely to and from the pocket of forest behind the project – our green public courtyard.
Legacy was designed with high ambitions regarding sustainability and projected to reach BREEAM “Excellent”. Flat rooftops discreetly house solar panels, maintaining a modest building height and reflecting the modernist architecture of nearby Vällingby. Materials are chosen to minimize the climate footprint: everything above the base level is built using timber construction.
Location
Nälsta, Stockholm
Client
NREP
Status
Public consultation, 2025
Program
Mixed housing in mass timber construction
Size
97 apartments, 9120 m2
Project team
Kayrokh Moattar
Frantisek Orth
Niels Pettersson Sandmark
Legacy’s design creates a connection between the open, recreational landscape and the wild, and densely forested hill, enhancing their interaction through integrated spaces and pathways. Instead of separating these environments, the architecture strengthens their relationship, balancing nature and urban life.
Legacy is situated in a tricky location, restricted by the natural hill on one side, and the underground power line on the other. This leaves little wiggle room for placement and orientation of the buildings. Our idea is to circle the hill and the pocket of forest as a “green public courtyard” for our project. With our four buildings carefully arrayed around this natural oasis, we unleash the sight lines and movements to and from the hill. The unbuildable area on top of the power line is used to give car, bike, and pedestrian access to the buildings – leaving a safe and traffic free courtyards toward the hill.
An important design approach in Legacy was to let nature overflow through the spaces between the buildings. Apart from visual and physical continuity, we allow the greenery to extend over the gardens and connect to the street level. Two elevated gardens meet the hilly landscape behind and enable access to it. On the other side, the courtyards are also connected to the street and public space through steps and plant beds. In this way we enable humans and other species to move freely to and from the pocket of forest behind the project – our green public courtyard.
Legacy was designed with high ambitions regarding sustainability and projected to reach BREEAM “Excellent”. Flat rooftops discreetly house solar panels, maintaining a modest building height and reflecting the modernist architecture of nearby Vällingby. Materials are chosen to minimize the climate footprint: everything above the base level is built using timber construction.