Masterplan
Frihamnen, Göteborg, Sweden
Connecting Göteborg, Sweden’s dense 17th century Centrum with the less dense, more contemporary Backaplan on the northern banks of the Göta älv, This proposal redevelops the old port of Frihamnen using a series of increasingly intense urban experiences that welcome the river into everyday life.
Moving from leisure greenspace on the western tip to 20-story high rises on the eastern tip, the new neighborhood creates a contemporary counterweight to the old city. The tip is surmounted by a Museum of Industrial History, a nod to the site’s past that creates a dialog with the opera house across the river. Filling in one of the old docks allows for more active engagement with the water’s edge and central greenspace in the densest section. A variety of urban conditions are created throughout, from informal to formal, land-based to water-based, and public to private.
Completed for ARCH463: Options Studio I/Scandinavia Study Abroad, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Summer 2023.
Critics: Carrie Bobo and Charlie Firestone.
Jacob Swanson 