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Activating Beijerskajen

Helander, Erik LU (2026) IDEL01 20261
Industrial Design
Abstract
For the summer of 2026 Malmö stad has a project called
“Sommarkaj”, which aims to temporarily activate two piers in
Nyhamnen, a neighborhood being redeveloped.
The goal with this bachelor project was to suggest a contribution
to project sommarkaj, within the skillset of an industrial designer.
In order to get a result suited for the space, field research was
done on the docks, which lead to some insights about the history
of the place, how it is being used today and its strengths and
weaknesses. The core take away from this research was the spaces
strong nautical environment, and its underdeveloped nature. A
couple of themes based on the nautical nature were defined, and
used as a tool of inspiration in the design process.
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For the summer of 2026 Malmö stad has a project called
“Sommarkaj”, which aims to temporarily activate two piers in
Nyhamnen, a neighborhood being redeveloped.
The goal with this bachelor project was to suggest a contribution
to project sommarkaj, within the skillset of an industrial designer.
In order to get a result suited for the space, field research was
done on the docks, which lead to some insights about the history
of the place, how it is being used today and its strengths and
weaknesses. The core take away from this research was the spaces
strong nautical environment, and its underdeveloped nature. A
couple of themes based on the nautical nature were defined, and
used as a tool of inspiration in the design process.
To understand the subject of activating spaces, similar projects
were explored, which lead to an identification of three categories
of parameters that created public interest in a space. These were
atmosphere, activity and awareness, and they were used as guides
for decision making throughout the entire process.
Several ideas to activate the space were explored, but in
communication with the project sommarkaj team, the decision was
made to develop one of them further. The concept was a modular
system of concrete foundations with leaning poles, which were
inspired by the angles objects by the ocean tend start having as
a result of the natural forces they are subjected to. To the poles
there were attachments like roofs, lights and planks.
To further understand the needs of the system, all the design
requirements were defined, after which the concept was properly
developed into a fully functioning system. It was given form inspired
by the themes, and in the end a scale model of the system, as
well as a full scale model of one section was built to communicate
the design and to test if it actually worked as intended
In the end the result was a fun, easily installable, reusable, trans-
portable modular room creation system, with a lot of value for the
cost. (Less)
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author
Helander, Erik LU
supervisor
organization
course
IDEL01 20261
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Beijerskajen, Public space, space activation, industrial design, buoys
language
English
id
9247707
date added to LUP
2026-08-05 11:02:47
date last changed
2026-08-05 11:02:47
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  abstract     = {{For the summer of 2026 Malmö stad has a project called
“Sommarkaj”, which aims to temporarily activate two piers in
Nyhamnen, a neighborhood being redeveloped.
The goal with this bachelor project was to suggest a contribution
to project sommarkaj, within the skillset of an industrial designer.
In order to get a result suited for the space, field research was
done on the docks, which lead to some insights about the history
of the place, how it is being used today and its strengths and
weaknesses. The core take away from this research was the spaces
strong nautical environment, and its underdeveloped nature. A
couple of themes based on the nautical nature were defined, and
used as a tool of inspiration in the design process.
To understand the subject of activating spaces, similar projects
were explored, which lead to an identification of three categories
of parameters that created public interest in a space. These were
atmosphere, activity and awareness, and they were used as guides
for decision making throughout the entire process.
Several ideas to activate the space were explored, but in
communication with the project sommarkaj team, the decision was
made to develop one of them further. The concept was a modular
system of concrete foundations with leaning poles, which were
inspired by the angles objects by the ocean tend start having as
a result of the natural forces they are subjected to. To the poles
there were attachments like roofs, lights and planks.
To further understand the needs of the system, all the design
requirements were defined, after which the concept was properly
developed into a fully functioning system. It was given form inspired
by the themes, and in the end a scale model of the system, as
well as a full scale model of one section was built to communicate
the design and to test if it actually worked as intended
In the end the result was a fun, easily installable, reusable, trans-
portable modular room creation system, with a lot of value for the
cost.}},
  author       = {{Helander, Erik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Activating Beijerskajen}},
  year         = {{2026}},
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