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Niels Bohr car park

A new mobility hub opened in late 2025 in Brunnshög, a developing district in Lund, southern Sweden. It gives decommissioned industrial components a second life. The six-story Niels Bohr car park provides 265 parking spaces. What makes it special is its curtain wall, which incorporates 57 disused wind turbine rotor blades. With this approach, the project team demonstrates how hard-to-recycle composite materials can be successfully integrated into urban infrastructure.

Completion

December 2025

Developer

Lunds kommunala parkeringsbolag (LKP)

Architecture
LLOYD’S ARKITEKTKONTOR AB
Construction company

Wästbygg

ZAB
ZAB
Durability
Durability
Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency
Re-Use
Re-Use

The repurposed rotors originally came from the Nørre Økse Sø wind farm. They are made mostly of fiberglass and thermoset plastics. These highly durable materials are notoriously hard to recycle, which is why they often end up in landfills or incinerators. Now, they serve as robust, non-load-bearing facade elements in Lund, giving the building a dynamic look. An intelligent energy system complements this circular material approach. Rooftop solar panels charge a local battery system. Its storage capacity is twice that of the developer's other mobility hubs. This stored solar energy reliably powers the facility's 40 EV charging stations, even at night.

Finally, green planter boxes with climbing plants soften the hard edges of the rotor blades. These plants capture local CO2 and help manage the site's stormwater

Text: ZAB | Sources: Vattenfall, IOM3, Lunds kommunala parkeringsbolag (LKP), Lloyd's arkitektkontor