Campus Solna
Widerströmska

Quick facts
- Year Built: 2012
- Architect: KOD Arkitekter AB
- Address: Solna
- Facility ID: A0095061
- Property Designation: Haga 4:35
General information
The Widerströmska house consists of two building bodies and contains offices and teaching premises for the Karolinska Institutet and the Institute of Infectious Diseases. The lower part of Widerströmska consists of seven floors and is similar in scale to the older buildings within Campus Solna. The higher part, consisting of ten floors, is in turn related in scale to the rest of the new buildings that are emerging along Solnavägen.
The building consists of pointed gables and non-right angles, which gives the house a more dynamic shape. It is further enhanced by a horizontal facade division with clear window bands that sweep around the entire building. The older buildings within Campus Solna consist largely of brick buildings, and this follows in the Widerström house, but in a new style – with brick cast in light concrete. The pattern that forms is striped from a distance and like a pattern knit cardigan up close, adding further dynamism. The foyer is closest to the street on two levels with a glazed facade facing Solnavägen and the entrance area. The entrance and foyer are shared by the entire building and create opportunities for meetings between students and researchers.