November 21, 2010

Hammarby Sjöstad

15th November, afternoon, Hammarby Sjöstad

Hammarby Sjöstad is located in south of Stockholm. It's a new developing district surrounding Hammarby Lake.The environment of the lake shaped the infrastructure, urban planning and design of the buildings.

Limited building depths, requirement of views, recessed penthouse flats, large balconies, big windows, flat roofs and so on are a few features to reach the aim of focusing on ecology. Traffic and sevices are concentrated along a three-kilometre avenue linking Hammarby Sjöstad together. Parks, quays and walkways in different styles are eco-friendly around Hammarby Sjöstad.

Since Stockholm's bid for the 2004 Olympic Games, the core area of Hammarby Sjöstad was served as an Olympic Village, which focus on ecology and environmental sustainability. People has developed a common eco-cycle model designed to ensure organic recycling throughout Hammarby Sjöstad, known as "The Hammarby Model".

The model shows how energy, waste and water treatment can be integrated. Combustible waste, biofuel from nature, the heat from the treated wastewater and solar energy are converted into district heating and electrictiy. Facilities have been built to deal with water and sewage. As for waste, there are three-level waste management, building-based separating at source, block-based recycling rooms, area-based hazardous waste collection point and automated waste disposal system.

pictures are from google

futher information:
http://www.hammarbysjostad.se, http://www.stockholm.se/hammarbysjostad

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