Nya Hovås Apartment Building, Gothenburg Real Estate Development, Swedish Housing Architecture Images
Nya Hovås Apartment Building in Gothenburg
16 Dec 2021
Architects: Unit Arkitektur
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

Photos © Erik Lefvander
Like many growing cities, Gothenburg has had a chronic housing shortage since at least the beginning of the 21st century. Due to legal complexities and nimbyism slowing down permitting procedures in central locations, developers have started searching for more peripheral plots. This is exemplified by Nya Hovås, fifteen minutes by car from Gothenburg, neighboring a prosperous suburb.

Nya Hovås
Nya Hovås was proposed in 2006 by the real estate the developer Next Step Group after they acquired a property containing Kodakhuset. The red brick building, built in 1982 next to the exit of the local trunk road, had been made obsolete by the digitalization of the photography industry.
A proposal was made for a neighborhood modeled on the European city center and Next Step Group joined with other developers including HSB, Skanska and Veidekke to realize their plans.

In the fall of 2017 Skanska invited Unit Arkitektur to a design competition for three apartment buildings in Nya Hovås. The design by Unit Arkitektur, containing 131 apartments and one commercial space, was chosen among proposals from White Architects, Arkitekterna Krok & Tjäder and Skanska Teknik. On adjacent plots, HSB and Veidekke are also developing housing making a...