THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
The Bromma shopping destination is growing in stages and will eventually consist of over 100,000 square metres of lettable space divided into 150 shops, workplaces and hotels. The last expansion stage consists of two parts, H4 and H5, with bridges over Ulvsundavägen to integrate into the emerging district in Ulvsunda and comply with Stockholm’s promenadstaden (walking city) initiative. In addition to retail stores, plans have been made for services, offices, hotels and district authority services.
In ICA Fastigheter’s project H5 there were plans for a larger ICA store that would have had unique access possibilities, with its own airport and access to public transport and a subway station on its doorstep. In addition some 30 other shops and restaurants that were to be integrated with H4 and H3 (today’s shopping centre in the former Hangar 3) would have made this one of Stockholm’s largest retail destinations.
Bromma Block’s H5 is part of the larger development work that Wester+Elsner did through the detailed plan for the area that we helped to develop, together with the projects for the retail space in Hangar 3 and the planned project H4.
In H5 we designed a hotel for 250 rooms with an associated bar, restaurant and gym, with a fantastic communication location at the cross-country railway and the airport. In addition to retail and hotels, the building complex was also planned for service, offices and district functions.
ICA Fastigheter sold the project to NCC Property Development in 2018, which under the new name Hangar 5 partially changed the content with a greater emphasis on offices. However, much of the design language and design remains, managed by BAU Arkitekter during the implementation phase and not least the new ICA store has become an important part of the new whole at the old airport.
