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Gothenberg is opening new doors for the future of urban public transport. Chosen as the competition winner, UNStudio was selected for designing a 3-kilometer cable car in Gothenburg. The cable car will cause a major shift in the transportation routes of the city as it will connect the southern and northern areas of the major Swedish city. Changing the way the residents move around the city, the cable car will link the old city on the south of the river to three areas in the north.
Expected to open by 2021, this cable car system will mark Gothenburg’s 400 anniversary.
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Other than the architectural firm UNStudio, Kjellgren Kaminsky architects are taking part in the project as the local architects, while Knippers Helbig is the structure and engineering advisors who helped produce this impressive structure. Additionally, Licht & Soehne worked on the lighting design of the cable car. The winning UNStudio has prior experience in cable car designs, as it previously worked on a design for the Portland Aerial Tramway in Oregon (USA). Other proposals for this competition included entries by BIG, Wilkinson Eyre and White Arkitekter with Diller, Scofidio+Renfro.
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The cable car system will save a lot of time for the people in Gothenburg while causing minimum impact on the environment. Interestingly, this cable car is going to be the first new method of public transportation in S...