There are ongoing densification process and Stockholm’s municipality is pursuing an urban planning agenda to connect the neighborhoods to create a coherent inclusive area. A few dedicated pure industrial areas will remain within the city boundaries and coexist with the densifying residential areas.Considering the site, there’s the need to rethink its role as a workplace and as a place of critical infrastructure which is vital for Stockholm’s inhabitants. In addition to that, there’s a challenge to rethink our food consumption for a more environmentally friendly and socially just future. 

In the project, food is used as a catalyst to connect people, to bridge social and spatial gaps in Söder om Söder. Årsta wholesale market will become a cultural magnet for the surrounding neighborhoods and the core of a network of redistribution of surplus food. The network will be a cooperation of the retailers, the local food processors, the redistribution units and the individuals. The goal is a socially and environmentally sustainable approach through and to food.