Kontorsbyggnad för Riksarkivet i Marieberg

The National Archive i Stockholm needs additional office space in con­nection to its existing building in Marieberg. This project tries to solve the task of adding a small office build­ing, with around thirty cell office rooms and two conference rooms, next to the existing one.The National Archives is one of the oldest public agencies in Sweden and the main duty of the agency is to receive and preserve the archives of the Swedish Parliament and the various departments and authorities of the State. They are also to supervise man­agement of archives throughout Sweden and are also required to make the material available for research.The main focus of the project have been the relationship to the National Archive and its surroundings, both volumetrically and regarding the facades. The project has also dealt with the question of how program, construction and materials can be put together into a coherent whole. The project also deals with the question of how to deal with already built and its surroundings. The internal layout of the new building and the organization of the program tries to respond to and speak the same language as the existing one.