Östermalm?s Square was home to a thriving market trade until the municipality banned the sale of fresh produce outdoors in order to reduce health risks. In 1888 market trade moved in to the newly completed Market Hall on an adjacent site and the square lost its original function. With the erection of a temporary Market Hall directly on the square we are able to contemplate an alternative urban reality that could have been the result of a decision to retain the market?s central location in this busy thorough fare.

© Felix Gerlach

Architects: Tengbom

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Team: Mark Humphreys, Johan Cederlöf and Karin Löfgren

Client: Stockholm City Real Estate Department
Area: 1970.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Felix Gerlach

© Felix Gerlach

Plan

Östermalm?s Square was home to a thriving market trade until the municipality banned the sale of fresh produce outdoors in order to reduce health risks. In 1888 market trade moved in to the newly completed Market Hall on an adjacent site and the square lost its original function. With the erection of a temporary Market Hall directly on the square we are able to contemplate an alternative urban reality that could have been the result of a decision to retain the market?s central location in this busy thorou...