Östermalm Hall Padel / Tengbom

With “steel socks” and a more open interior volume, the temporary market hall from Östermalmstorg in Stockholm has been transformed into a sustainable padel hall in Mölnlycke, east of Gothenburg. Over the course of a four-year renovation, the market traders inside Östermalm Market Hall were moved to a temporary hall out on the square. The largely pre-fabricated building, designed by Tengbom to be easily assembled and disassembled, was constructed with a frame made of glulam columns and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beams, as a lightweight construction was necessary due to the underground station below the square. Passers-by and visitors alike could still cross the levels of the square on the market hall’s sloping floors.