Malmö University is building Amphitrite on campus between Niagara and Nereus. Occupancy is planned for early 2028.

Malmö University is creating a more efficient and effective campus by concentrating its activities into fewer buildings. The new Amphitrite building will replace current premises in Nereus and Klerken. The project is expected to completed in 2028.

Amphitrite level 0 – 8

  • Entrance level: service center, classroom for 300 people, study area, café
  • Level 1: student unions' offices, meeting rooms and storage, student centre with waiting area, meeting rooms and nurse reception
  • Level 2 and 3: learning environments with classrooms and study area
  • Level 4 and 5: University Dental Clinic
  • Level 6: University Dental Clinic and workspaces
  • Level 7: workspaces
  • Level 8: common open space for staff and students

Time schedule (preliminary)

What's on in the project?

Times are provisional and may change during the project.

March – April 2025

  • Local plan gains legal force
  • Premises programmes finalised

May – August

  • Demolition of the old building

September – November

  • Decontamination of the site, foundation works

November

  • Building start (planned)

January 2028

  • Amphitrite ready for move-in

Facts about Amphitrite

Why building Amphitrite?

Strategies for future space utilisation (financial)

  • Fewer buildings for efficient use of space
  • We want to leave expensive and inappropriate buildings (Gäddan, Scylla, Nereus, Klerken)
  • In the long term, the University's costs will decrease

Strategy 2025

  • Meet the University's future needs and create a modern and appropriate campus for students, staff and patients
  • A creative and sustainable workplace and learning environment

Our vision for Amphitrite

  • welcoming and accessible to all, regardless of disability, background and identity
  • characterised by a vibrant, energetic and playful atmosphere that facilitates and supports creativity, engagement, participation and collaboration
  • quiet spaces for focused work and study, as well as clinical waiting rooms characterised by calm, security and privacy
  • reflects a modern institution, which also rests on academic traditions
  • signals that the future is ours – while preserving the history of the city, the site and the University
  • incorporates art and design, vegetation and organic forms and materials

Five fast facts

  • The building will have eight floors and a roof terrace
  • Almost 20,000 square metres of space
  • Will be home to about 300 staff
  • University Dental Clinic with over 10 000 patients
  • Named after the Greek goddess and queen of the sea, married to Poseidon

Architects' sketches

Amphitrite sedd från Neptunigatan.

View from Neptunigatan.

Niagara, Amphitrite och Nereus.

View from the wharf basin with Niagara to the left and Nereus to the right.

Designing Amphitrite

Architects CF Möller and Förstberg Ling, together with urban planning firm Softer, have been commissioned to design Amphitrite. Parts of the existing warehouse building will be preserved to highlight traces of the area's harbour history. The new building will have welcoming entrances and a vibrant interior to create inviting living environments for students and residents alike.

Amphitrite is based on a circular approach with the aim of reusing or recycling the existing buildings and structures as much as possible. Health and well-being will be promoted through natural daylight, views, accessible outdoor environments and pleasant working environments.

What the competition jury said

The winning entry shows sensitivity to the specificity of the site and is designed in fine interaction with the surroundings and its closest University neighbour, Niagara. The building invites and connects all floors of the building and offers a variety of meeting places and environments to spend time in, both within the building and where it meets the surroundings, creating the conditions for a vibrant campus that also becomes part of the city. The team's empathy for the task is reflected in an approach to architecture that, with respect for cultural history and with innovative ideas, becomes a worthy representative of the socially engaged academy that Malmö University represents.

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