Långbrodalskolan is a beautiful building from the 20s in the romanticism style typical of the time. A hundred years later, the population increase demanded an expansion. NIRAS Arkitekter was tasked with creating a second school building next to the original one.

© Anders Fredriksen

Architects: NIRAS Arkitekter

Location: Sländvägen 1, 125 58 Älvsjö, Sweden

Lead Architects: Tomas Skoglund, Irene Westman, Steven Müdd, Martin Kjerrulf, Pernilla Fjellestad

Other Participants : Joanna Oleksak, Dorota Walus, Ami Holmgren, Malin Westin, Otto Enberg, Svante Wagenius, Hanna Palavicini, Malin Laakso, Ulrika Tjernström, Ulf Edgren

Area: 4430.0 m2

Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Anders Fredriksen

© Anders Fredriksen

Text description provided by the architects. Långbrodalskolan is a beautiful building from the 20s in the romanticism style typical of the time. A hundred years later, the population increase demanded an expansion. NIRAS Arkitekter was tasked with creating a second school building next to the original one.

© Anders Fredriksen

?It was important to us that the building wouldn?t feel like a cold metal box. The titanium-zinc plating we used on the roof and facades is warm and simple, yet also feels exclusive,? says one of the lead architects. ?We could have chosen regular steel plates but it wouldn?t? have the same longevity. Titanium-zinc comes with a 50-year g...