10 "SUPERBENCHES" in the Stockholm Suburb of Järfälla

In a satellite suburb of Stockholm, an innovative two-year-long initiative is attempting to challenge the status quo through intelligent competition and design briefs. The Kalejdohill project—located in Järfälla, led by creative director Andreas Angelidakis and developed in public-private partnership with three Swedish developers (HSB, Norra, and Stor-Stockholm)—has completed a series of open international competitions and local interventions in and around Kvarnbacken Park, a small patch of green surrounded by homes and businesses. Once-neglected, it now finds itself at the heart of a rapidly expanding urban conurbation with somewhere between 600 and 800 housing units posited for its immediate vicinity. As the latest in a string of supra-spatial projects to take on Kvarnbacken—including “Desire Lines” and “Lights”—"SUPERBENCHES" has pooled together a collection of world-renowned designers in the spirit of experimentation. The design and construction of ten park benches, conceived by ten design practices, has been overseen by US-based creative director and writer Felix Burrichter. For Burrichter, this project is primarily a “community incubator” for “a new, diverse neighborhood,” which isn’t yet built. Learn more: English: http://www.archdaily.com/870362/in-sw... Mandarin: http://www.archdaily.cn/cn/870775/rui... Portuguese: http://www.archdaily.com.br/br/871127...