Malmö Mässan is located in Hyllie in the south of Malmö, this new hub for mixed development is ideally linked by the train in the city centre, in Copenhagen and its international airport. The project’s exterior faceted envelope was designed to create a dynamic urban landscape and a volumetric variation. The building is perceived differently depending on the viewer’s movement and position. It gives visitors a diverse space and creates an aspect that falls in line with the building’s public function.
In order to establish the project according to the local constructive tradition, we chose an original and unexpected Finnish white kaolin brick, so as to stand out among the yellow and red colors used in Malmö. Brick is a material that is characteristic of Malmö and that has proven its durability and resistance to climatic conditions and the marine environment. The use of a double wall made up of a concrete structure, as well as an exterior insulation and a brick wall gives the building a very high thermal inertia.
The building’s architecture is based on the conjunction of the exterior creased facade and the internal orthogonal matrix. This matrix serves as an answer to the convention centre’s flexibility and modularity needs. Malmö Mässan is also covered by a 17 000 m² green roof, one of Sweden’s biggest; the project involves an ambitious ecological aspect that has received the Green Building certification according to Swedish norms.
