Kvicksunds Marine Community House

Abstract: Kvicksund's marine biological community house is located in northern Eskilstuna right by Lake Mälaren. At the first design, I added a ferry connection and a promenade that connects the north side of Kvicksund with the south. In the "center" is a train station for the Mälaren train that runs through all major cities around Lake Mälaren. Thanks to the accessibility, we angled Kvicksund to a student city and developed student housing next to the station.The house has been inspired by the culture house and Fiskebäckskil's "Kristineberg". Kulturhuset gives passers-by the opportunity to see all the activity through the large windows. I think it is suitable for a house with life and chose to lay many of the active rooms against the facade. At the same time, the upper floor became a place for experience. The vision is that there should be life and movement on the lower level and the quiet calm on the upper.The research that is conducted is focused on Lake Mälaren and marine biology. To include the residents, the plus program has niched itself in citizen research. This means that researchers take help from the public and school classes to get help with large-scale sampling, which can otherwise be difficult for a small team. Citizen research also helps to inform outsiders about research and why it is important. In this case, it is an attempt to teach children, school classes and residents about the importance of taking care of Lake Mälaren and how to do it.Apart from the fact that Lake Mälaren is in need of environmental improvement, there are also invasive species, including the Mussel. Research showed that it and many of our own mussels thrive in the area around Kvicksund. Therefore, the project has also had as a side track to mark zones for where these different mussels are located and where the researchers were sold can go by boat to look more at the mussels.At the same time, it was important that the house could offer students and residents something more than just research. The house therefore has a library, a restaurant and large areas for exhibitions. These surfaces are also used for the aquariums required to take care of the samples from the marine environment. The house is therefore filled with an aquarium that school classes / researchers can use and visitors can look at. You can also get involved in research by following out on field studies and learning more about Lake Mälaren.