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Culture Casbah is an urban development project designed to transform Rosengård into a safer and greener part of Malmö where more people want to live.

There is a shared drive and ambition to develop the area between the station and Rosengård Centrum as a new hub that will create uplift for the entire area.

With Casbah, Rosengård will gain a stock of new homes, offices and meeting spaces, day care centres and shops – as well as venues for services, sports and culture.

We firmly believe that Casbah will increase Rosengård’s appeal and become a place that makes everyone in Malmö proud.

No new homes have been built in Rosengård since the 1970s. It is high time to change that!

We will build more units to improve density and diversity. We will also create new squares and cafés, as well as more workplaces close to the station.

There will be no demolitions: all existing buildings will remain in place.

Casbah will also connect Rosengård with the rest of Malmö. For example, Culture Sound Zone (Kulturljudzonen) in Sofielund will be developed to create more space for arts and entertainment. The NGBG culture organisation will create a music garden in Annelundsgården (between Norra Grängesbergsgatan and the bicycle tunnel with the Zlatan’s smile mural).

Developing Rosengård will be a catalyst for bringing more people together more often. It’s a way of learning new ways of thinking so we can gain new insights and build a society where everyone feels they have a part to play.

An urban development project involves many people working together to improve an area, for instance by making it safer, more modern or more attractive to businesses.

Culture Casbah will inject more life into Rosengård and improve the living environment. We also hope it will make you feel safer and more secure.

Urban development is ongoing across Malmö and it has been a long time since any major modernisation took place in Rosengård. The current project is the result of plans that have been in place for 10 years.

In 2013, Culture Casbah won a real estate development award in France. It was then that policymakers in Malmö decided to make the project a reality.

Four property companies – Heimstaden, Balder, MKB and Victoriahem – established Rosengård fastigheter as a joint venture. We at Rosengård fastigheter are the ones in charge of the Culture Casbah project.

Culture Casbah won the “Best Futura Project” award at the MIPIM international property event in Cannes in 2013 for its emphasis on sustainability, human scale and diversity. We took these values with us as the project has developed and grown. The design is the work of Danish architects Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, who were succeeded in 2020 by Kjellander Sjöberg.

The jury’s citation was: “Public and private collaboration to redevelop an area and create long-term value through integration, sustainability and renewal. An urban development project with the ambition to combine quality, aesthetic design and social responsibility.”

Depending on what part of the world you’re in, a casbah is the central part of a city inside the old citadel where people gather to talk, shop, drink tea and go about their daily business.

In Malmö, Culture Casbah is the zone connecting Malmö Rosengård Station with Rosengård Centrum. New buildings will improve density and a range of collaborative projects will connect the area with the rest of Malmö.

Plans for a high-rise building in Culture Casbah have attracted a lot of interest. A decision has been taken to build the high-rise on Amiralsgatan.

Work on the exact design forms part of the zoning plan, which is subject to multiple decisions by the city authorities. This type of process often takes a long time.

We don’t want to sit and wait, so we are now conducting small-scale tests on some of our ideas for Culture Casbah.

At Rosengård fastigheter we believe cities develop best by involving the people who live and work there. That’s why we want to work together with the people who live and work in Rosengård, as well as other parties.

Our aim is for Casbah to be a sustainable long-term project that promotes true integration and that works for everyone. Making this happen takes time, which is why efforts are ongoing in multiple forums at the same time.

This is where Culture Casbah starts. We’re making it easier for people to get together and enjoy life in Rosengård. We’re making it easier for children to play. And we’re making it easier to stage musical and cultural events. Initially we’re focusing on two locations: Bennets Väg 13 and the amphitheatre.

On the site of the former retail property at Bennets Väg 13 we’re creating new seating areas to make it easier for people to meet, eat and enjoy the outdoor space.

We are building boules courts to provide an activity for people to enjoy when getting together by day or at night.

We will also be redeveloping the playground and building new sandpits where children can play with new toys. In addition, we are planting new trees and bushes to make the area more inviting.

The amphitheatre will once again become a stage for live events once we have upgraded the stonework. A new playground will be built next door, with mounds for children to explore and enjoy.

The locations were finished in October 2022 and our tenants and staff were invited to the official opening.