Kuggen - Lindholmsplatsen

“Kuggen” – a showcase for sustainable development

Campus Lindholmen is expanding. A new building for innovation and entrepreneurship, called Kuggen, is built on Lindholmsplatsen. Designed by architect Gert Wingårdh, the five-storey building is round and reminiscent of a sprocket. Construction started in October 2010 and was finished in March 2011.

Kuggen has already won awards. The international real estate summit  MIPIM arranged annually in Cannes, gave Kuggen an award in the Sustainable Buildings class, and the project was selected as one of two out of 300 to receive Future Projects Awards. 

Kuggen was also one of the nominated contestants in the World Architecture Festival, 2-4 November in Barcelona, category "Learning". 

- Kuggen is like a magnet, attracting students, business people and the public, says Niklas Wahlberg, CEO of Lindholmen Science Park. On the second floor there is a walkway to the buildings on Lindholmspiren in one direction and to the Jupiter building on Campus Lindholmen in the other. The building grows outward the higher you go, and will house facilities for business and research.

The goal is to create an innovative environment with new meeting places for students, teachers, researchers and the business community. The building will also show new advances in building materials and how to save energy.
- There are many new technical solutions, says Lennart Hedström, managing director of Chalmersfastigheter. For example, the top floors have rasters on the outside creating shade, and this screen will follow the sun using solar-powered motors.

More information
Lars Mauritzson, Chalmersfastigheter
Phone number: +46 (0)31-772 62 27
E-mail lars [dot] mauritzsoncfab [dot] chalmers [dot] se