Architectural City Tours: The Förskolan Paletten Stockholm. Organically curved Timber Facades by Michael Nguyen

Architectural City Tours: The Förskolan Paletten Stockholm. Organically curved Timber Facades

Stockholm, Sweden, Europe

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May 7, 2024

A preschool next to the site of the old LM Ericsson telephone factory in the south of Stockholm. Paletten was built according to the Reggio Emilia pedagogy. The architect was Tham & Videgård Arkitekter and the developer is Vasakronan. Paletten preschool was one of the five finalists for Stockholm Building of the Year 2011. The preschool is located in an area north of LM Ericsson's old main factory. The Paletten preschool was built in 2009 north of the old ‘snickeriet’, right on the edge of the forest. The name is derived from the floor plan of the building, the outer contour of which is reminiscent of a painter's palette. It is a two-storey building with organically curved facades clad with yellow-painted cladding made of 50x50 mm sawn timber bars. The windows vary in size and are freely positioned both vertically and laterally; some are partially concealed behind the external cladding.

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