NOMINATION FOR ARCHITECTS SWEDEN'S CRITIC AWARD
2024
NYA LÖVHOLMEN nominated to the Critic Award!
Bitsch Pedersen, Sjaastad Huse and Fager began collaborating in 2022 with the art and architect project NYA LÖVHOLMEN, which included semi-utopian architectural plans for an entire new neighborhood officially submitted as a citizen proposal; an absurd elevator pitch for an inverted skyscraper – a subterranean earth scraper – that could house all of mankind; handsewn site specific and locally distributed magazines; and a radio show about city planning, voiced in part by an enthusiastic bird.
NYA LÖVHOLMEN was nominated for the Architects Sweden’s 2023 Critics Award.
Excerpt from the jury statement:
"Nya Lövholmen" is a rare example of architects and artists who initiate a public debate about urban development, not least when architectural criticism has almost completely been neglected from the cultural pages of the daily newspapers. The project aims to reclaim power over the city, from short-term business interests and perfunctory populism, by discussing the elusive content of a city, in the form of, for example, sounds, smells and tactile qualities.
By inviting the public and considering Lövholmen's existing history just outside Stockholm's inner city, a future is outlined with a common vision that allows the city to take back the initiative in its transformation."