Magasin 113, Gothenburg Warehouse, Cultural Development, Swedish Architecture Renewal
Magasin 113, Gothenburg
Gothenburg Warehouse Renovation, South West Sweden – design by MVRDV
6 Sep 2017
Gothenburg Warehouse – Magasin 113
Design: MVRDV and BSK Arkitekter
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
MVRDV and BSK Arkitekter to transform warehouse in the port of Gothenburg, Sweden
Images: MVRDV

MVRDV and co-architects BSK Arkitekter reveal its vision for Magasin 113, a former warehouse that will be transformed into a 16,500m2 mixed use building located in Frihamnen RiverCity. It is one of the few remaining multi-story warehouses and will become a lively cultural development with both private and public functions.
MVRDV and BSK Arkitekter reveal their design for Magasin 113, located in Gothenburg’s Frihamnen RiverCity – the largest urban development project in Scandinavia. The proposed 16,500 sqm transformation and extension of the existing warehouse located on the riverfront will create a more inclusive and vibrant area of the city. The entire site occupies the edge of an existing public square while Magasin 113 itself located in an existing historical warehouse structure which will offer flexible offices, an art centre, pop-up spaces, a café, tourist information, shops, a restaurant and studios. Gothenburg-based advertising agency Forsman and Bodenfors and Göteborgs Konsthall have plans to establish their offices in the building.

The current brick façade an...