Kultur & Kongress : Ett gestaltningsförslag till ett nytt Kulturhus i Eskilstuna utifrån möjligheter för samnyttjande av lokaler

Sammanfattning: As the population increases, the pressure on urban development is increasing. One of the strategies to meet this challenge, is by densification. But in order to provide the city sufficient community service, the municipality has to try innovative solutions. A potential solution is the utilization of premises and resources, and flexible use. Considering this, the municipality in Eskilstuna has recently launched a project to investigate opportunities for a Culture House in combination with a Congress Hall. The idea is that the needs will be co-located and utilized. The purpose of this work is to develop a program plan for the project in Eskilstuna, based on a given location and providing activities. The program plan should be partly based on an investigation of which activities that are able to share premises. The frames for the real project are not yet set, which means that this work is to be considered as a hypothesis. The methodology for the work can be described as a qualitative and combined methodology. The main structure consists of the literature Idea Work, supported by complementary methods for data collection and site analysis. Based on the investigation, the central location and its extensive content, a large volume was created that should be integrated and illustrative at the same time. The internal structure should satisfy the individual needs of the business, the need for shared utilization, and the existing movement in the neighborhood. The entrances and the passage on the first floor of the building consists of a high-ceiling atrium, which will give a public and transparent feeling. The organic form will contribute to the visualization in the rectilinear city and the verticality will give height in the façade. The vertical divisions have a rhythm that will reflect the musical content inside the building. The program schedule is preliminary and not detailed, but gives an initial picture of how a cultural house in combination with Congress can take place at the chosen site. Further studies need to be done, both in the study of utilization and the design. The conclusion is that opportunities for shared exploitation exist within the framework studied. However, the project has been complex. The study of shared exploitation combined with the extensive content of the cultural center makes the detail level low. There is also a general limitation in the form of support and strategies in the field of program work in co- operation projects with shared premises, which would be interesting to look at in continued work.