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Happy to see some of the latest work displayed like this!

"Could you live here?" is an exhibition exploring new ways of approaching transformation of existing buildings, combining analytical and visual aspects.

Well done @almquisthenrik for arranging the exhibition, and looking forward to continuing the collaboration! taken in SPARK by @sparkmalmo

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6 days ago

Welcome to SPARK during Malmö Gallerihelg. The exhibition ”Could You Live Here?” explores the latent potential of buildings that are no longer considered viable within current models and practices. Through an inventory, generative AI, plans, regulations, and evaluations of cost and climate impact, the project develops feasible scenarios within existing space and structure. A deeper case study of Instrumentet 17 in Örnsberg investigates how a 1950s and 1960s building once planned for demolition could support new ways of living and working. Led by Henrik Almquist, Agency for Adaptive Architecture.
http://www.a-a-a.se/

SPARK
Båstadsgatan 4
Open Gallerihelgen: Friday evening, Sat, Sun 13-16

Artist talk Saturday 14-15

#architecture #transformation #reuse #adaptation #sustainablethinking taken in SPARK by @sparkmalmo

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--- Could You Live Here? ---
Started with the end question, from the notion that we have a hard time seeing what an existing space and structure offers us and what it could become. After an inventory of the building, the project shows the design universe of the scenarios that fits within the existing framework. Ideated and visualised with image diffusion (generative AI), cost and climate impact evaluated with LLM and pure engineering, understood through plan and regulations – the quality and richness is taking form in possible and feasible futures.

After following the development of several office, industrial and hospital properties, a deeper case study of Instrumentet 17 in Örnsberg, Stockholm, was carried out in collaboration with Riksbyggen. The future of the building, built in stages during the 1950s and 1960s and once planned for demolition, changed course as the planning process increasingly recognised the need for preservation. Potential renovation scenarios explore the way forward and how the building could support new ways of use.

Read more and place your vote at
>>> www.couldyoulivehere.dev <<<

Exhibition at SPARK Gallery Malmö 4/9 - 26/9 2026.

Doors open during @formdesigncenter Malmö Open Architecture Studio Thursday 24/9 16-19.

Discussion with Åsa Bjerndell @evigheten_studio & Anna Laven during Malmö Gallery Weekend Saturday 26/9 14-15.

Modell with @hugooskarsson & @zahradasoki 🔥And a special thanks to @martina.hopfner for helping out and supporting the project all along ❤️

Financial support from Riksbyggen, Ivar & Anders Tengboms fond, Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse and Längmanska kulturfonden. taken in SPARK by @sparkmalmo

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10 days ago

An update from the SPARK residency 2026 with Paul Chung (HK). ✨

Paul is now busy doing material driven experiments with local findings, combined with geological materials like raw clay and agricultural fibers.

Paul is a multidisciplinary practitioner operating at the intersection of architecture, digital fabrication, and ecological restoration. His work is driven by a fascination with the ’latent potential’ within industrial leftovers—transforming what is discarded into structures that foster life. ”Can industrial legacy can serve as a catalyst for ecological restoration?”

The residency is taking place in Aug-Sept in collaboration with @ifocenter. ”What If Nature Comes First?” is the theme of OAT and is a satellite contribution to the triennale.

@ifocenter @dojo_hk_studio @sparkmalmo @oslotriennale

#architecturalresidency #ecologicalrestoration #naturalresilience #whatifnaturecomesfirst #residency by @sparkmalmo

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21 days ago

Thank you everyone who came to the opening last night of ”Could You Live Here?”. ✨

Could You Live Here? started with the end question from the notion that we no longer can see what an existing space and structure offers us and what it could become. After an inventory of a building, the project shows the design universe of the scenarios that fits within the existing framework. Ideated and visualised with image diffusion (generative AI), cost and climate impact evaluated with LLM and pure engineering, understood through plan and regulations – the quality and richness is taking form in possible and feasible futures.

Henrik Almquist is an architect SAR/MSA and founder of Agency for Adaptive Architecture. His work spans practice, research and teaching at Lund University, with a focus on unlocking the possibilities of the existing built environment.

/Could You Live Here? / Agency for Adaptive Architecture
2026.09.04–2026.09.27
SPARK
Båstadsgatan 4, Malmö

SPARK is open Sat 13-16 and by appt.

www.a-a-a.se

#regenerativefuture #repurposing #architecture #adaptation #agencyforadaptivearchitecture by @sparkmalmo

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New exhibition opening ✨ Agency for Adaptive Architecture
/Could You Live Here?/
SPARK
2026.09.04—2026.09.27
Opening Friday 4 Sept, 17-20⭐️
Båstadsgatan 4, Malmö

The way we live and work in the city is rapidly changing. Some buildings are not agile enough to respond to – new needs, the expectations from the surrounding city or solving its own technical problems. Within our current models and practices, they are ruled out, but if we take a closer look, could they be hiding a latent potential?

Could You Live Here? started with the end question from the notion that we no longer can see what an existing space and structure offers us and what it could become. After an inventory of a building, the project shows the design universe of the scenarios that fits within the existing framework. Ideated and visualised with image diffusion (generative AI), cost and climate impact evaluated with LLM and pure engineering, understood through plan and regulations – the quality and richness is taking form in possible and feasible futures.

After following the development of several office, industrial and hospital properties, a deeper case study of Instrumentet 17 in Örnsberg, Stockholm, was carried out in collaboration with Riksbyggen. The future of the building, built in stages during the 1950s and 1960s and once planned for demolition, changed course as the planning process increasingly recognised the need for preservation.
Potential renovation scenarios explore the way forward and how the building could support new ways of use.

Henrik Almquist is an architect SAR/MSA and founder of Agency for Adaptive Architecture. His work spans practice, research and teaching at Lund University, with a focus on unlocking the possibilities of the existing built environment.

Credits: Agency for Adaptive Architecture  Web: www.a-a-a.se  Instagram: @almquisthenrik  Linkedin: Henrik Almquist

#architecture #transformation #reuse #adaptation #sustainablethinking by @sparkmalmo

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a month ago

SPARK RESIDENCY ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
We’re delighted to announce that the SPARK residency 2026 ”What If Nature Comes First?” has been given to Paul Chung (HK).

Paul is a multidisciplinary practitioner operating at the intersection of architecture, digital fabrication, and ecological restoration. His work is driven by a fascination with the ’latent potential’ within industrial leftovers—transforming what is discarded into structures that foster life.

During the residency Paul aims to translate the conflict between industrial output and natural resilience into a coherent, field-tested architectural proposal. He will perform material driven experiments with local industrial remnants at the Ifö Center, combined with geological materials like raw clay and agricultural fibers. ”Can industrial legacy serve as a catalyst for ecological restoration?”

The residency will take place in Aug-Sept in collaboration with @ifocenter. ”What If Nature Comes First?” is the theme of OAT and is a satellite contribution to the triennale. Thank you @regionskane for the support.

Welcome Paul! We are looking forward to collaborating with you.

@ifocenter @oslotriennale
@dojo_hk_studio @sparkmalmo

#architecturalresidency #ecologicalrestoration #naturalresilience #whatifnaturecomesfirst #residency by @sparkmalmo

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2 months ago

OPEN CALL for RESIDENCY ⭐️

Starting this September, SPARK is launching a new residency programme open for architects, artists and others working in the field of spatial research and/ or exploration. The residency is taking place in September 2026 and will be hosted in collaboration with Ifö Center, a creative hub with studios and facilities located in Skåne, southern Sweden.

Residency
The SPARK residence offers a four week period at the Ifö Center from August 26 to September 20, 2026, dedicated to research and artistic work. After the residency period, we offer the opportunity to present the outcome as a work-in-progress exhibition at the SPARK Gallery in Malmö.

Application period 📆
From June 21 to July 19, 2026
Apply at www.sparkmalmo.org

Theme
The theme of the Residence is “What If Nature Comes First?”. We invite architects and artists to openly explore and interpretate this question in their residency work. The field of work should be connected locally (Skåne) and have relevance to the Skåne county. The theme is also part of the Oslo Biennale 2026 and will be a satellite contribution through the exhibition at SPARK.

Eligibility
The residency is open to architects, professional artists or other working the field of spatial exploration and research.

Stipend
The selected resident receives a stipend of 15,000 SEK. Travel and production costs will be covered up to 10,000 SEK.

The SPARK residency programme 2026 is funded by Region Skåne.

#architecture #residency #residency2026 #spatialart #research by @sparkmalmo

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3 months ago

VÄLKOMMEN PÅ BOKSAMTAL
29 MAJ KL 17.15 –18.00 på FORM/DESIGN CENTER.

Tillsammans med Form/Design Center bjuder SPARK in till ett boksamtal om The Architecture of Peter Celsing tillsammans med fotografen John Håkansson och arkitekten Staffan Henriksson – följt av sommarmingel med Sveriges Arkitekter Skåne på Hedmanska gården.

Kvällen kretsar kring den nyutgivna boken ”The Architecture of Peter Celsing photographed by John Håkansson” (Park Books 2026), som också är utgångspunkten för utställningen på SPARK. Konstnären och fotografen John Håkansson har dokumenterat Celsings byggnader i en serie svartvita fotografier från mitten av 90-talet. Bilderna utgör idag ett ovärderligt historiskt dokument över miljöer som förändrats sedan de fotograferades.

Genom 103 fotografier och essäer av arkitekten Staffan Henriksson och konstnären Maria Lantz, blottlägger boken Peter Celsings metod. Vi diskuterar hur han behöll sin hantverksmässiga och konstnärliga integritet i en tid då byggbranschen skiftade mot storskalighet och prefabricering – oavsett om uppdraget rörde en tunnelbanestation, en kyrka eller Riksbanken.

Samtalet modereras av Anna Laven och Max Gerthel från SPARK. Tillsammans med John Håkansson och Staffan Henriksson utforskar de bokens tillkomst och Celsings förmåga att skapa arkitektur som håller över tiden. Efter samtalet flyttar vi ut på Hedmanska gården för att skåla in sommaren.

Medverkande:
John Håkansson, arkitekt Staffan Henriksson, Anna Laven och Max Gerthel (SPARK).
Plats: Form/Design Center, Plan 1 + Gården
Arrangör: Form/Design Center, SPARK, Konst-ig och Sveriges Arkitekter Skåne

Architecture by Peter Celsing
Photographed by John Håkansson
Storlek: 240 x 310 mm
Sidor: 168
Format: bunden
Illustrationer: 103 svartvita fotografier
Språk: Engelska
Redaktörer: John Håkansson, Agneta Eriksson, Weronica Ronnefalk
Förord: John Håkansson
Essäer: Staffan Henriksson, Maria Lantz
Formgivning: John Håkansson
Förlag: Park Books @park_books
År: 2026
Vikt: 1469 g
ISBN: 9783038604655

Evenemanget är gratis och ingen anmälan krävs.
Boken kommer att finnas till försäljning under kvällen.

Välkommen! by @sparkmalmo

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4 months ago

John Håkansson
Peter Celsing’s Architecture
Photographs, Book and Objects
2026.04.10–2026.05.24
SPARK

Peter Celsing (1920–74) developed an architecture that combines functionalism with artistic rigor. His approach to assignments shows a deep understanding of architecture as an art form where function and economy are balanced. Even when the construction industry changed from the more small-scale and artisanal to the large-scale and prefabricated, Celsing still managed to run his projects with a high artistic integrity, regardless of whether they were purely utility projects such as metro stations, sacred spaces such as churches or prestigious buildings such as the Kulturhuset or the Sveriges Riksbank.

In the exhibition at SPARK, artist John Håkansson shows black and white photographs of Peter Celsing’s architecture. The images, which were taken in the mid-1990s, constitute a valuable document of the time, as some buildings have changed over time. A large selection is published in a newly published book, published by the Swiss publisher Park Books. In addition to John’s images, it contains essays by architect Staffan Henriksson and artist Maria Lantz. The book is also presented at the exhibition in the form of a special edition, with a handmade box and attached silver gelatin photograph. In the exhibition, John also shows a new building-like object in recycled wood and wool yarn.

John Håkansson is a Swedish artist who primarily works with photography. He studied photography at the University of Gothenburg’s School of Photography, the Konstfacket School of Photography in Stockholm and the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. He often works in series, with repetition and sequences over varying periods of time. He has participated in several exhibitions, received scholarships and published four books: Architecture by Peter Celsing, Photographed by John Håkansson at Park Books, Liten: Berg at Bam Boom Books, Nearby at Trema förlag and Vita husen at Trema förlag. #celsing #architecture #photography #blackandwhite #parkbooks taken in SPARK by @sparkmalmo

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5 months ago

Thank you everyone who joined us for the opening yesterday of Peter Celsing architecture photographed by John Håkansson. The exhibition runs until May 24. Also keep an eye out for our artist talk in May, more info about that later! And please dm us if you are interested in the special edition publication of the book with selected silver gelatine prints. (See picture in post).

John Håkansson
Peter Celsing’s Architecture
Photographs, Book and Objects
2026.04.10–2026.05.24
SPARK

In the exhibition at SPARK, artist John Håkansson shows black and white photographs of Peter Celsing’s architecture. The images, which were taken in the mid-1990s, constitute a valuable document of the time, as some buildings have changed over time. A large selection is published in a newly published book, published by the Swiss publisher Park Books. In addition to John’s images, it contains essays by architect Staffan Henriksson and artist Maria Lantz. The book is also presented at the exhibition in the form of a special edition, with a handmade box and attached silver gelatin photograph. In the exhibition, John also shows a new building-like object in recycled wood and wool yarn.

Peter Celsing (1920–74) developed an architecture that combines functionalism with artistic rigor. His approach to assignments shows a deep understanding of architecture as an art form where function and economy are balanced. Even when the construction industry changed from the more small-scale and artisanal to the large-scale and prefabricated, Celsing still managed to run his projects with a high artistic integrity, regardless of whether they were purely utility projects such as metro stations, sacred spaces such as churches or prestigious buildings such as the Kulturhuset or the Sveriges Riksbank.

John Håkansson is a Swedish artist who primarily works with photography. He studied photography at the University of Gothenburg’s School of Photography, the Konstfacket School of Photography in Stockholm and the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.

@hakansson_john @park_books #celsing #architecture #photography #exhibition taken in SPARK by @sparkmalmo

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6 months ago

John Håkansson
Peter Celsings arkitektur
Fotografier, bok och objekt
2026.04.10–2026.05.24
SPARK

Vernissage 10 april kl 17–20. Välkommen!

I utställningen på SPARK visar konstnären John Håkansson svartvita fotografier av Peter Celsings arkitektur. Bilderna som fotograferades i mitten av 1990-talet utgör ett värdefullt tidsdokument, då en del byggnader förändrats under den tid som förflutit. Ett stort urval är publicerade i en nyutkommen bok, utgiven på schweiziska förlaget Park Books. Den innehåller förutom Johns bilder essäer av arkitekten Staffan Henriksson och konstnären Maria Lantz. Boken presenteras på utställningen även i form av en specialutgåva, med handgjord box och bifogat silvergelatin fotografi. Iutställningen visar John också ett nytt byggnadslikt objekt i återvunnet trä och ullgarn.

Peter Celsing (1920–74) utvecklade en arkitektur som förenar funktionalism med konstnärlig stringens. Hans förhållningssätt till uppdrag visar en djup förståelse för arkitektur som konstform där funktion och ekonomi balanseras. Även när byggbranschen förändrades från det mer småskalig och hantverksmässiga till det storskaliga och prefabricerade lyckades Celsing ändå med konststycket att driva sina projekt med en hög konstnärlig integritet, oavsett det handlade om rena nyttoprojekt som tunnelbanestationer, sakrala rum som kyrkor eller prestigebyggnader som Kulturhuset eller Sveriges Riksbank.

John Håkansson är en svensk konstnär som främst arbetar med fotografi. Han studerade fotografi vid Göteborgs universitets fotografiska högskola, Konstfack och KKH i Stockholm. Han arbetar ofta i serier, med upprepning och sekvenser över varierande tidsperioder. Landskap och arkitektur är vanliga motiv, och förorter är återkommande ämnen.

Architecture by Peter Celsing
Photographed by John Håkansson
Storlek: 240 x 310 mm
Sidor: 168
Format: bunden
Illustrationer: 103 svartvita fotografier
Språk: Engelska
Redaktörer: John Håkansson, Agneta Eriksson, Weronica Ronnefalk
Förord: John Håkansson
Essäer: Staffan Henriksson, Maria Lantz
Formgivning: John Håkansson
Förlag: Park Books
År: 2026
ISBN: 9783038604655

#celsing #swedishphotography #architecture #exhibition taken in SPARK by @sparkmalmo

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