Swedbank's new Headquarters will be one of Sweden's most modern and innovative office buildings - focusing on transparency, Scandinavian simplicity and dynamic social environments. Behind the project is the Danish Architect 3XN in collaboration with Humlegarden Fastigheter, representing the property owner Lansförsakringar Liv.
"The building is conceived and designed from the inside out," explained Kim Herforth Nielsen, 3XN's Principal. "We have literally translated Swedbank's core values into the creation of a modern and groundbreaking head office. Swedbank has conveyed the importance it places on creating an open social environment, which happens to coincide with 3XNs design beliefs and ideology. It has been a very interesting process and we look forward to getting to work on the project."
With its innovative and transparent expression formed in an unconventional triple-v structure the building will become a landmark among Swedish office buildings. The large volume is broken up to create spaces on a human scale. This makes the building inviting on the inside as well as on the outside.
The new head office is situated at Sundbyberg; a rapidly developing and dynamic traffic centre five kilometers outside the centre of Stockholm.
3XN is currently working on a number of other projects in and around Stockholm. "At the moment there is a really good energy in the Swedish building industry," said Kim Herforth Nielsen of 3XN. "We can also feel a great interest for Danish architecture as we are building a high rise residential building in Vallingby and we have other exciting projects on the way."
The construction of Swedbank's new head office is expected to be finished by the end of 2013.