Tomteboda postterminal, Former postal terminal in Solna, Sweden
Tomteboda is a postal terminal in Solna comprising five separate structures built with prefabricated concrete and yellow wooden cladding elements. The entire complex spans more than 100,000 square meters and serves as a mail sorting and distribution hub.
Tomteboda postterminal was built from 1980 to 1983 for Byggnadsstyrelsen after designs by Rosenbergs Arkitekter, at a cost of 650 million kronor, about 900 million with fittings. In 1984 Gustaf Rosenberg received the Tengbom Prize for its design. Posten's restructuring in 2000 closed much of the sorting; the last mail trains left in April 2015, and since then premises have been rented out, with Storstockholms Lokaltrafik taking 30,000 m².
The interior design was made by Juliette Ciliberto together with artist Åke Pallarp, who contributed art to the building. In 1984 architect Gustaf Rosenberg received the Tengbom Prize for the design of Tomteboda postterminal.
The site lies along the railway yard east of Pampaslänken and north of Essingeleden, with a direct rail link and four tracks into the track hall. Since postal operations ended in 2015 the premises are rented out, and Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has taken over 30,000 of the roughly 100,000 m², partly for a bus depot. The building is not a public attraction.
The track hall, one of the complex's five units, has a roof of glued laminated timber arches and gets daylight through eight roof lanterns. Four railway tracks run into it from Tomteboda yard. The hall covers 7,020 m², and its gable ends are clad in yellow wood panel.
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