From historical dockland to dockside neighborhood Varvsstaden with care

Where the sea breeze meets the city pulse Peab is throwing a new light on territory with a rich ancestry in its most climate-adapted residential project so far. Peab is building the neighborhood Brf Fyrskeppet, which gets its name from Kockum’s lightship, in historical Varvsstaden in Malmö.

Next to the docklands in Malmö what was previously a shipyard is going through a complete transformation. A new city borough is emerging, Varvsstaden, containing everything from homes and offices to restaurants and parks. The premise of the project is building sustainably – like saving the industrial architecture, building within the old shipyard buildings and reusing as much of existing material as possible.

Peab is building its most sustainable living environment up to now in the neighborhood Brf Fyrskeppet. Building components with the greatest climate impact are being replaced with prefabricated ECO-Stomme (ECO-Frame) and ECO-Betong (ECO-Concrete), which generates the maximum reduction in emissions and saves around 1,300 tons carbon dioxide. Climate consideration permeates the entire project in everything from sedum roofs, solar panels, plant and cultivation areas to recycled energy from waste water and reused material like cast iron plates and bricks from the old shipyard. In addition to demands on the actual construction Peab puts demands on subcontractors concerning their choice of fuel for machines and transportation.

“We’ve really taken the climate into consideration in every aspect of this project. Fyrskeppet is our guide in the development towards more sustainable construction,” says Embla Winge, Head of Peab’s climate concept.

Just like all of Peab’s own housing developments in Sweden and Norway Brf Fyrskeppet will be Swan eco-labeled.