Kotten - A Modern trail Center

© Ulf Celander

Architects: Tengbom

Location: Kungälv, Sweden

Architect In Charge: Christofer Ă–dmark

Design Team: Christofer Ödmark, Hans Lindgren, Hannu Kettunen, Karin Zetterberg, Yara Karkouh, Ulrika Pålsson, Malin Forsberg, Åsa Erkman, Kajsa Åström, Malin Ljungblad, Annette Johannesson, Lukas Toll, Fredrik Simu, Emelie Berndtsson.

Client: Kungälv municipality

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Ulf Celander

Location: Kungälv, Sweden

© Ulf Celander

From the architect. Kotten - A Modern trail CenterFollowing the total destruction of the old trail centre in a fire in 2013, Kungälv municipality arranged an architectural competition for a new, modern trail centre in the Fontin area of Kungälv municipality. Tengbom's Kotten (the Pine Cone) proposal won first prize in the architectural competition for the new building.
© Ulf Celander

The new, modern trail centre includes a café, lockers and dressing rooms. The outside environment has also been given a facelift with a new playground, outdoor gym and a handicapped-accessible pier at the lake.

Plan

Kotten is oval in shape with an expressive facade and sedum roof, which blends in with the surroundings. The building is mainly constructed of wood, with a pine fa...