Works2006-2012 2

Works 2006-2012Selected architectural works by Magnus Svensson

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2012, Genk (BE) | M. Svensson, L. Christiaens, A.V. de Mûelenaere, J. Beerten, T. Louwette

Dual sports hall

Along the apex of the vaults skylights provide uniform daylight in the hall. The building is currently in tendering. Construction is estimated to start in 2013.

The dual sports hall is the winning entry for a competition to build an extension to the monumental

sports complex in Genk by the late Isia Isgour. Central to the original design is the olympic swimming hall with its hyperbolic roof structure. Largely due to this structure the the building was recently given the status as a protected monument. In the brief of the competition the commissioner asked for an extension to the existing building. In the design this part of the brief was ignored in favour

of a new structure at a respectful distance to the building by Isgour. In between the two structures a new forum becomes the new central point to the complex. The new building is not a “classical” sports hall, but a dual hall. Two parallel sport fields flank a central volume containing the entrance hall, cafeteria, changing rooms and storage. A steel canopy of three barrel vaults spans the whole width of the hall. The vaults are parabolic in shape and approach the catenary curve in order to minimize the bending forces in the structure.

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2011, Gent (BE) | M. Svensson, L. Christiaens, J. Beerten, T. Louwette

Elevated school

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This design was conceived for a competition for a new school building for

the campus of Hogeschool Gent. The campus terrain is split in a northern and a southern part. Due to unlucky urban planning the two parts are very segmented, with little opportunity to connect the two. In the brief the commissioner asked for a new volume for the faculty of social works in the southern campus, an extension to the gymnasium in the north. Our response to the brief was to tackle

all of the requests by the commissioner with a single multifunctional building at the heart of a new campus square at the northern campus. The building is located on the axis of the main entrance to the campus. Underneath the building the parking garage is connected to that of the existing gymnasium, effectively solving a lot of the logistical problems on the site. On the ground level you will find a glazed sports field, a coffee bar and the necessary

stairs and elevators to the volume above.

The main volume is elevated above the sports field. A rational bearing structure in combination with a modular system of light system walls allow for classrooms in different sizes to be adapted and re-arranged to meet future needs of the faculty. A central circulation route of wide staircases and ramps cuts through this modular structure, creating informal meeting places as well as locales for art, music and drama.

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Football field under the classrooms

Coffee bar located under the main stair case

2012, Zeebrugge (BE) | Collage for a competition entry for a new cruise terminal in Zeebrugge

Isometric drawings of four different proposals on the site and corresponding collages

2012 | M. Svensson, L. Christiaens, J. Beerten, T. Louwette

De Oudaan

In the winter of 2011 BEL architecten were invited to make an exhibition for the International Art Centre deSingel in

Antwerpen. In the halls of the building we presented future scenario’s for the site “de Oudaan en de Wilde Zee” in Antwerpen. While the site is small in scale, it’s a multilayered piece of urban fabric that represents many different time periods of the city. Remnants a 17th century monastery now host a music hall, a hexagonal shopping centre takes up the eastern

part of the site, and a handful of smaller

buildings flank the main shopping street, but the site is dominated by the imposing modernist tower by Flamish architect Renaat Braem. This tower, now occupied by the city’s police force, was initially part of a much grander plan to house the municipality of Antwerpen. A plan that was abandoned during construction of the first tower as the municipality moved to offices by the ring road. For the exhibition we proposed seven wildly different potential scenario’s for the

site: an extensive new square, a romantic hill, a monument, a market hall, dwellings and rooftop gardens, a hidden courtyard and a massive shopping centre with a public rooftop swimming pool overlooking the city. A proposal was intended to unearth specific questions about the about the urban policies of Antwerpen in general, and about the site in particular. Each proposal was presented in the same format, with an isometric drawing and a collage.

A new public swimming on the roof of a massive shopping mall offers an unique view of the city

2011, Kabul (AF) | The end product of a historical research into the urban growth of Kabul: a map depicting the growth over 3500 years

Camane Qal’eh Hasmatkhan

Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

Maranjan 1 850

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Bala Hesar

Babur Shah garden

Mausoleum of Timur Shah

pul-e Khishti Mosque

Mausoleum of Mohammad Telai

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Mausoleum of Rahman Khan

Id Gah Mosque

Shah-e Doh Shamshira Mosque

Darul Aman

Ghazi Stadium

Kolola Pushta

Mausoleum of Nadir Shah

Russian Cultural Center

Olympic swimming pool

1989 - 2011Contemporary Kabul

Wazirabad Lake


Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

Maranjan 1 850

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Bala Hesar

1 500 BC - 987 ADOrigins

Wazirabad Lake


Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

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Wazirabad Lake


Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

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1776 - 1919Unification

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Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

Maranjan 1 850

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Babur Shah garden




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Id Gah Mosque


Darul Aman

Ghazi Stadium

Kolola Pushta


1919 - 1945Independence

Wazirabad Lake


Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

Maranjan 1 850

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Darul Aman

Ghazi Stadium

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1945 - 1964Formalized Urbanization


Asamai 2 110

Aliabad 2 130

Bebe Mahro 1 860

Sher Darwaza 2 320

Maranjan 1 850

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1989 - 2011Contemporary Kabul

Tepe Maranjan and the urban plan

2011, Kabul (AF) | M. Svensson

Fort Europe

Fort Europe was born out of a research into the morphological effects of fear I conducted in the

spring of 2010. It is my way to formulate my own position on the issues while offering an alternative to the concrete corridors of the diplomatic neighbourhood in Kabul: a part of the city where the security policies of the embassies have turned the public streets into claustrophobic narrow passages, flanked by high concrete walls decorated in barbed wire and intersected by barriers, bollards and checkpoints. The project proposes an alternative where

the security concerns are tackled on a broader scale without destroying the liveability of the city. In Fort Europe all countries of the European Union are brought together in one elevated circular structure. Within the main structure building can grow and shrink by addition and removal of building units: in this way adapting to the (relatively slow) changes of the union. Every consideration in Fort Europe has been tackled with the mindset of finding (flexible) solutions that simultaneously tackle specific security concerns and

creates qualitative places accessible for a varied public. From the vertical setback that opens up the valley to further development and creates a suspended garden spanning between the hilltops of Tepe Maranjan, to the passive climatization systems that allow the building to operate autonomously under a potential siege while significantly reducing energy demands.

Floor plans

Passive climatization provides autarchy for the embassy

Urban model

Principle of the photography and the geometry of the dome

2010, Borsele (NL) | M. Svensson, W. Verstraeten, D. Kričković, I. Wennekes

Stralend Zeeland

In the fall of 2009 I had the opportunity to work together with the Middelburg-based artist William Verstraeten on

this large-scale art project commissioned by Delta BV. Based on an original idea by W. Verstraeten the final design envisions a complete urban plan for the industrial area near Borsele: the location of one of the two nuclear reactors in the Netherlands. Central to the project is the discourse of nuclear power: a highly technical discourse that is becoming increasingly more relevant in the face of raising oil prices and limited

resources. Stralend Zeeland does away with the idea that this discourse should be kept at a detached technical level and aims to make the discussion accessible for a wider public by the means of something everyone can relate to: emotion. The project envisions multiple interventions over time (among other the addition of rabbit ears on the reactor) but the most immediate is the dome-shaped pavilion. The pavilion houses but a single piece of art: an inner dome of wooden slats clad by paper. This eight-meter tall paper

lantern is in fact a spherical panorama, a magic bubble. Constructed by 540 photographs taken from the top of the coal plant chimney the panorama offers a view unlike any other. As the visitor enters the dome a chasm opens up beneath his feet. Through the mirror floor he gets elevated 180m above the sea floor, overlooking the whole province.

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Model photo from exhibition in Dick de Bruijn contemporary art gallery in Middelburg 2011

Graph representing modes of transportation in Bangladesh

2009, Dhaka, Chittagong, Kuakata (BD) | M. Svensson, D. de Koning, L. van Santen

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Visibility graph of a small community in the Lata Chapli union

Urban Emergencies is a research studio initiated to investigate the role of architects in post-disaster

redevelopment, a field defined by urgency where architects traditionally have a very marginalized role. During the spring of 2009 the pilot project of the studio was launched with six groups of three students each going on three-month field researches in six different countries. Together with D. de Koning and L. van Santen I travelled to Bangladesh to research the effects of recurrent cyclones on the coastal regions. In our research we were faced with

the immense complexities of the redevelopment processes in Bangladesh, its vast effects on the urbanization processes of the country and its impact on local economies on different scales. During the course of the project we made it our priority to visualize these complexities and provide the groundwork for a platform to discuss the issue on a wide cross-discipline level. This resulted in a variety of products in a variety of different media; a series of graphs and maps, four urban sections and a board game. In addition to these tangible products we organized

a workshop for students of architecture, urban planning and water management in Dhaka, followed by a symposium in Delft. The results of this project will be widely available in a publication scheduled to be released in the fall of 2011.

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2006, Delft (NL) | M. Svensson, M. Copper, D. Kričković, D. Thijs

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Paradiso: Stad van de Toekomst was a theatre show threading the border between theatre and architecture

at various locations in the Netherlands during the summer of 2006. Students of architecture in Delft, together with theatre group MAX, had created a vision of a utopian future that ignores traditional boundaries in theatre as the audience was invited to take part in the vision. Baby, which deals with the notion of love, is one out of the four pavilions based on emotional states that made up Paradiso. The architectural form of the pavilion is

directly related to the name of building, baby. From love to sex to a new human being, a human being to live and love... and so life goes on. One of the most loving images we could conjure was the image of a pregnant woman, protectively stroking her belly and the life within. The building aims to approach the simplicity of this image: soft, protective and caring. The pavilion is a single-layered pneumatic construction reminiscent of utopian experiments from the seventies. Four ventilators inflate the baby with life,

transforming the formless sheets of fabric into a breathing being. The audience enter the pavilion through two entrances, so called “lip-doors”. These doors are made of the same fabric as the pavilion and automatically close due to the pressure difference between the inside and outside. Baby has been deployed outside of Paradiso on a number of occasions: among other the Architectuurcentrum in Haarlem.

Baby on the set in the NDSM Werf in Amsterdam

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