Client — Tullgatan 40 care home, Borgholm Municipality
Project facts
Quality becomes sustainability
In Öland, among the oaks and fruit trees in the Ekbacka park area in Borgholm, you can now find a brand new care home. Since the inauguration in February 2024, the 80 spacious apartments at Tullgatan 40 have begun to fill with residents with cognitive impairment or dementia. Kinnarps was given the opportunity to help realise the vision of an indoor environment where the needs of those being cared for are at the centre.
In order to cope with the increasing needs for elderly care, it was a necessity to build this new care home in Borgholm Municipality. The accommodation was built with the vision of caring for residents in their home. When it came to furnishing the accommodation, Borgholm Municipality turned to Kinnarps.
Quality was already a major factor in the planning phase. From early on, both Borgholm Municipality and property manager BJC Group understood the importance of not compromising on quality in such a large investment as Tullgatan 40. Fredrik Lundgren, project manager at BJC Group, explains: “We wanted to create an environment that stands the test of time from every possible perspective. As a property manager, I prefer to invest in an interior design solution that has long-term sustainability from the outset to avoid future costs and burdening the environment when it fails or needs to be replaced. That’s why Kinnarps was the obvious choice – I see their brand as being synonymous with quality and sustainability.”
- Client
- Tullgatan 40 care home, Borgholm Municipality
- Sector
- Care
- Location
- Borgholm, Sweden
- Property manager
- BJC Group
- Number of care units
- 8
- Number of apartments
- 80
- Area
- 5760 m2
- Completed
- February 2024
Design with a purpose
Warm, cosy and functional
Tullgatan 40 is home to people with cognitive impairment and dementia. When a reference group from Borgholm Municipality reviewed which interior design solutions would support the newly built housing, there was a lot to consider — from how patterns and contrasts are perceived to colours that remain clear as we age. At Kinnarps’ showroom in Kalmar, they received guidance on interior design, materials and colours to realise the vision of caring for the resident in their home environment. Based on that vision, Kinnarps developed a proposal in natural materials and tactile surfaces, with removable and washable upholstery and clear contrasts to make navigation easier. Monika Krantz, unit manager at Tullgatan 40, says the interior is not only nice, but functional — a change that staff, residents and visitors absolutely love.
