SAS Frösundavik Office Building
59°22′18″N 18°01′26″E / 59.3717°N 18.0239°E
The SAS Frösundavik Office Building
In 2000 Jurian van Meel, author of The European Office: Office Design and National Context, wrote that the former SAS head office "is probably Sweden's best known 'groundscraper'"; Meel stated that Sweden's groundscrapers are more well known compared to high-rise buildings, which according to Meel are not common in Sweden.[8]
The building also houses offices of E. Merck AB, the Swedish representation of
History
The head office was built from 1985 through 1987 by the
Around 2010, SAS had reduced its space in the building due to reductions in staffing. Therefore, portions of the building were leased to other companies. Around 2010 the building owner,
In 2013 SAS announced that it once again would relocate to Frösundavik,[13] partly because it was hard to find another user of the large custom made office building.
Features
The building has seven separate building blocks with a street, covered by a glass roof, connecting the corridors. The street is lined with shops and cafes.
The Frösundavik Aquifer is the building's source for cool groundwater used in summer months and warm groundwater in winter months.[15]
See also
- Waterside (building), the head-office for British Airways. It was designed by Niels Torp and shares substantial design elements with Frösundavik.
- Cathay City (Cathay Pacific head office in Hong Kong)
- CAL Park (China Airlines head office in Taoyuan, Taiwan)
- Trafikflyget 4 (previous SAS head office)
References
- ^ Zimmermann, Mark and Johnny Andersson (editors). Low Energy Cooling Case Study Buildings. International Energy Agency Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme, 1 December 1998. p. 4/159. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. "16 Aquifer Cooling and Heating The SAS Frösundavik Office Building, Stockholm, Sweden"
- ^ a b "SAS head office in Sweden." Scandinavian Airlines. Retrieved on 8 June 2009. "Mailling address SAS Head Office Frösundaviks Allé 1 SE-195 87 Stockholm "
- Solna Municipality. Retrieved on 12 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "SAS to relocate Swedish head office, to axe 350 jobs." Airline Industry Information. M2 Communications. 15 February 2010. Retrieved on 28 January 2012.
- ^ "The SAS story / 1987." Scandinavian Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2012.
- ^ "SAS’ Annual Report 2013/2014." Scandinavian Airlines. January 20, 2015. Retrieved on July 24, 2015. " The annual general meeting in SAS AB will take place on 19 February 2015 at 3.00pm at SAS head office, Frösundaviks allé 1, Solna." Swedish: "SAS årsredovisning 2013/2014." - "SAS huvudkontor, Frösundaviks, alle 1, Solna."
- ^ "SAS Head Office in Sweden." Scandinavian Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2012. "SAS Head Office Stockholm-Arlanda Kabinvägen 5 SE-195 87 Stockholm"
- ^ ISBN 978-90-6450-382-5.
- ^ "Sweden" (Archive). Merck KGaA Germany. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. "Visiting address: Frösundaviks allé 1 SE-169 70 Solna"
- ^ "Stockholm" (Archive). Computer Sciences Corporation. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. "CSC Sverige AB SE-195 87 Stockholm Visiting address: Frösundavik allé 1 Delivery address: Frösundavik allé 1, SE-169 70 Solna"
- ^ "CSC in Stockholm" (Archive). Computer Sciences Corporation. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. "Stockholm Frösundaviks allé 1 195 87 Stockholm"
- Solna Municipality. Retrieved on 12 February 2010.
- ^ "SAS flyttar åter till Frösunda – nära 14000 kvm aktuellt - Fastighetsvärlden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-22. ()
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7190-6729-7.
- ^ Zimmermann, Mark and Johnny Andersson (editors). Low Energy Cooling Case Study Buildings. International Energy Agency Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme, 1 December 1998. p. 138/159. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
Further reading
- Johansson, Sam. SAS Frösundavik : an office heated and cooled by groundwater. ).
External links
- (in Swedish) SAS flyttar åter till Frösunda – nära 14000 kvm aktuellt" (Archive). Fastighetsvärlden . 24 May 2013.