
Hammarby Sjöstad is a part of the inner city of
Stockholm
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, currently undergoing major
urban redevelopment
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as a new residential area.
It is located on both sides of lake
Hammarby Sjö, bordering
Nacka Municipality
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to the east. The area is part of the districts
Södermalm
Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is the southern district of Stockholm City Centre.
Overview
The Södermalm district covers the island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''), which, however, is not fully separated from th ...
and
Södra Hammarbyhamnen.
Before the current redevelopment began, the area was known as Norra Hammarbyhamnen and Södra Hammarbyhamnen, a mainly industrial zone centered on the Lumafabriken works, a piece of
functionalist architecture designed by Eskil Sundahl and Arthur von Schmalensee, which now houses a library, restaurants, and offices. The neighbouring Lugnet was a run-down light industrial area, not intended to be permanent, housing an impromptu
trailer park
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.
On the north side of the lake, the Norra Hammarbyhamnen area was used as a harbour area, with a railway connecting the area.
New plans for most of the Södermalm area Norra Hammarbyhamnen in the early 1990s opened the door for a redevelopment of the entire area around the water expanse Hammarby Sjö. A general plan, featuring an extension of the
Tvärbanan
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light rail
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link from
Gullmarsplan
Gullmarsplan () is a place in Johanneshov, Stockholm. The Town square, square there was built at the same time the new city area was developed in the 1940s. The business area around the square was inaugurated in 1946. It was named after Gullmarn, ...
through the area was presented.
Although the south and east part of Hammarby Sjöstad is located outside what is traditionally considered to be the perimeter of inner-city Stockholm, the design is intentionally semi-urban rather than suburban, with boulevards, somewhat defined and architecturally varied
city block
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In a city with a grid system, the block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are th ...
s, and commercial spaces in the ground floor of some buildings. The location, next to the lake Hammarby Sjö and a canal, Sickla Kanal, has allowed for plenty of quays and walkways along the water.
The area also included the 1940s area
Danviksklippan that remains unchanged of the ongoing development. Neighbourhoods includes most of Norra Hammarbyhamnen, Tegelviksgatan, Sickla Udde, Sickla Kaj, Luma and Sickla Kanal.
Administratively, Hammarby Sjöstad is a part of
Hammarby in the
Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality () or the City of Stockholm () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most ...
borough of
Södermalm
Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is the southern district of Stockholm City Centre.
Overview
The Södermalm district covers the island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''), which, however, is not fully separated from th ...
. It belonged to the former borough of
Katarina-Sofia, which merged with
Maria-Gamla Stan borough into Södermalm borough on January 1, 2007.
References
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Stockholm Municipality
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