Illustration av den kommande nya byggnaden på Vasagatan — The new building is planned to be completed in 2027.

Photo: Johannes Norlander Arkitektur

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The School is getting a new building

A new building will replace the 1950s brick buildings in the School of Business, Economics and Law quarter at Vasagatan 1. The new building is scheduled for completion in 2027 and will include a reception desk for students and visitors, study spaces, lecture halls and offices.

An attractive place for studies, research and meetings.

With the new building, the School will get an international cutting-edge learning environment on the international forefront, where research and education can be developed to meet the needs of society, and where faculty, staff and students will flourish and enjoy working, studying and spending time. The new building also makes it possible to gather all departments at one address.

There will be an entrance to the Västlänken Station Haga integrated in the building, which makes the School and the University an even clearer part of the city.

The new building is planned to be completed in 2027. Peab is building on behalf of the property owner Akademiska Hus. The University of Gothenburg (School of Business, Economics and Law) then rents the premises

Planned and ongoing construction work

During the construction period, the operations at the School will continue largely as usual. The construction work will cause disruptions in our work environment, but every effort is made to minimize these.

Working hours: 07:00-23:00
The project has permission to carry out weekend work, but this is only used when necessary.

Removal of site cabins

The temporary site cabins need to be cleared from the courtyard while the large crane is still in place. Most of the cabins have been removed. The remaining ones will be removed in the autumn of 2026..The walkway across the courtyard will be closed intermittently. Activities previously carried out in the cabins have now been relocated to the lower level of the existing high-rise building (Building J).

Temporary windows

To allow interior work to start as quickly as possible, temporary windows have been fitted.

Interior Works

Inside, work is progressing at a rapid pace on installing partition walls across the office floors. The structural frames for the two large tiered lecture theatres are now in place. In May, work will begin on installing cabling for electricity, IT, and security systems.

Plant room on the roof

The two large air handling units required are now in place – one in the rooftop plant room and one at basement level.

Facade Installation

The walls of the new building consist of two layers. On top of the inner grey concrete layer, the outer facade will be installed – panels featuring various cast patterns,. Installation of the outer facade will begin in January and is expected to continue until August 2026.

Actions for limiting disturbances

It is not possible to build a new house without affecting the ongoing operations or the surroundings. The work at the School must follow the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines for noise, NFS 2004:15 (link in Swedish). In most parts of the School, disturbance impact is estimated to be low. Building J and the part of building E, which is closest to the building area, will be more affected. Most affected are the parts of the School that are closest to the construction site. School accessibility will be adequate during construction.

Timeline

In the spring of 2020, the brick buildings at Vasagatan 1 were demolished. Prior to that, operations located in the buildings had been given new premises. Campus Service and IT moved to rebuilt, appropriate premises on floor D3. The student union HHGS moved its office premises to floor L2, and floor L3 was rebuilt into a pub.
In the summer of 2020, the noisy work with sheet piling was carried out, and the excavation work began.
In the beginning of 2024, the construction work started.
In the beginning of 2026, the structural frame was complete.
The School of Business, Economics and Law will take possession of the building in summer 2027. Teaching will be delivered in the new building from the start of the autumn term.

Architect competition in 2014

The property owner, Akademiska Hus, called for an architect competition in June 2014. The first step attracted 73 contributions from all over Europe. Of these 73, six architect teams were chosen to move on to step two.

In March 2015 “Annex” by Johannes Norlander Arkitektur + Arup was announced as the winner.