Ting 1 | AGROB BUCHTAL

In Örnsköldsvik on the Gulf of Bothnia in northern Sweden, architect Gert Wingårdh has developed a soaring residential complex in the town. Wingårdh is regarded as one of the most interesting architects Sweden has to offer, arranging a playful building with birdhouses on the outside and windows facing in three directions on top of the old town hall, originally a rough concrete block. The façade features bright green, red, yellow and white KeraTwin tiles mounted on a metal substructure. The colour range is inspired by the Swedish expressionist painter Bengt Lindström of international renown. The "birdhouses" project at various lengths from the main building and create a shadow effect similar to the reliefs in Lindström's paintings. The sculptural and dramatic residential complex in the otherwise low-rise architecture on the Gulf of Bothnia is a colourful example of everyday architecture.