Architect Måns Tham
Torsgatan 63
113 37 Stockholm
mans.tham(at)gmail.com
+46 (0)8 668 25 50
+46 (0)704 80 76 17
about Måns
Projects:
Solar Serpents in Paradise (2010)
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Driving in the Solar Serpent |
| The Los Angeles freeway system have become a symbol of an aged and fading motopia.
With solar-technology and an efficient narrative design, the freeways will re-emerge as structures for the future. Urban oil wells have made the link between energy and daily life unusually appearent in Los Angeles. The Solar Serpents introduce a new level of site specific urban energy production. The project will be exhibited during the Toward a Just metropolis conference at UC Berkeley, June 16-20 2010 |
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Part of the solar converted Santa Monica Freeway |
| Due to the low areal energy generation of solar cells, allocation of land use is a central issue for any solar proposal.
The Los Angeles Solar Program focus on roofs on private and public buildings within the city and a gigantic solar plant in the Mohave desert.
With Los Angeles County having 800 km of freeways – public land with existing points of access for maintenance –
why not use some of them for the location of a large scale solar installation? |
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Exemple: National Blvd/I-10 overpass |
| Under main road overpasses electric cars can be filled at the “Power Place” charging stations! |
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Diagram 1-3 |
| 1. Solar panels need unshaded sun away from neighbours and palmtrees. 2-3. The Solar Serpent will shade the roads and reduce the need of air-condition. The energy production peaks mid-day when energy consumption for air-condition peaks. Comparison: The Ivanpah Solar Complex in the Mohave Desert (the worlds largest solar steam plant) Goal: 500 MW peak capacity by 2020 Santa Monica Freeway (downtown to the beach): 24 km avarage 40 m width = 960.000 m2 Peak effect for domestic panel (1,6 m2): 315 W 315 W multiplied with 600.000 panels= Peak effect: 189 MW |
The Fifth Ecology- Los Angeles Beyond Desire (2009)
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| Design Strategy for the area around the Los Angeles River in Downtown Los Angeles in a near future with little or no oil.
Produced as a group project at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, post graduate program, Stockholm. |
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Gallery 727 on South Spring Street, Los Angeles |
| Read the catalogue or see images from the exhibition at Gallery 727 in Downtown Los Angeles and video from the reception hosted by Councilman Ed Reyes. |
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Excerpt from catalogue: "Paradise City" |
| The project was supported by The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, The Consulate General of Sweden and The Swedish Institute. Read an interview with Måns Tham about the project in Byggindustrin 01/2010 (in Swedish). The project was also published in The Architects Newspaper CA edition 9/2009 and will be presented at the Toward a Just metropolis conference at UC Berkeley, June 16-20 2010 by Måns Tham, Björn Berglund and Karl Landin. |
Slussen (2006)
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Section Södermalm-Old Town Larger image! |
| Slussen is the historical heart of Stockholm and the most important traffic hub with locks, subway and roads.The proposal for Slussen "Öppna Slussen/Field Operaton" was first presented as a master thesis at Lund University 2006. It was later presented and advocated for by the Chair of the Swedish Royal Art Academy Olle Granath together with members Jöran Lindvall och Mats Edblom. The proposal is widely published in both news and architectural media as well as presented to the City Architect and the City Planning Office of Stockholm, The Mayors office (Stadsbyggnadsborgarrådet) and the Stockholm Beauty Council(Skönhetsrådet). Press! |
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The curved fold reveals the subwaw underneath. Whats going on under the skin of Slussen?? Larger image! |
| A skin is stretched between Södermalm and Old Town. The skin folds over the subway and connects and reveals the hardware of the site. Its sweeping surface is generated by topographpy and infrastructure. The surface explains the site, simplify movement and accentuates the beauty of Stockholm. You can roam freely, eat a herring burger on the way home or celebrate Swedens first gold medal in the World Cup. Vehicular traffic is on pedestrians premises according to the principles of ”shared spaces”. Steel ramps and bridges mark the entrance to the Slussen surface. Horizontal security fences follow the edges like eyebrows. |
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100.000 Stockholmers celebrate Swedens first World Cup gold medal in 2014. Larger image! |
| Through geels in the surface and ramps from the Subway the pedestrian reaches the room below the surface. Under the deck the power of the infrastructure is fully exposed and celebrated. Subway and road behind concave glass and the historical rough textures of the site create the urban stage design for shopping in pavilions. |
| Below and above the surface |
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Details: Horizontal fence Detail: Bus stops mark the outline of the road Detail: Steel ramps take cars and traffic onto the Slussen surface |
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Plan |
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King Karl XIV Johan on horse but without the pedistal on level with his fellow citizens |
F-series, monument for commuters (2003)
Architecture Pavillion, Helsingborg (2001)
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Måns Tham
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Måns is an architect and urban strategist based in Stockholm. Born 1979 Awards: Stiftelsen August Palmérs minne 2009 Anders Mortners Stipendium 2009 Bo Edblad och Maureen Wells Stipendium 2008 Top Ten Scandinavian Design Graduates 2006, Forum AID #3/06 Education: Royal University College of Fine Arts, Sweden, Post graduate course 2008-2009 Lund School of Architecture, Sweden 1999-2006 University of California Berkeley, USA 2003-2004 NTNU, Norway 2001 Employments: Kjellander + Sjöberg,Stockholm 2006-2010, reference projects: -Rinkebyterrassen, housing, urban planning -Vallentuna centrum, apartment building -Flemingsbergs torg, nursing home, mixed-use -Building Blocks, exhibition at Färgfabriken -Sommarnöjen, prefabricated summer homes White Arkitekter, Malmö 2005 BT Architects, San Francisco 2004-2005 |