How can we investigate and represent a place that no longer exists?

In this degree project in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design at Konstfack, Stockholm (Spring 2025), I explore Stora Bollhuset, a lost building that once served as Stockholm’s main stage for theatre, dance, and opera. Demolished in 1792, with few physical traces remaining, the project is based on interpretations of texts, architectural drawings, financial records, and conversations with individuals who hold specific knowledge of the building.

Guided by two main tools — drawing and text — I approach Stora Bollhuset as both a stage and a memory, a space where history is both reconstructed and reimagined. Through an investigative method where text becomes material and translation becomes activation, the project unfolds into seven fragments. Each fragment is based on historical traces and interpretations. These were exhibited at the Konstfack Spring Exhibition 2025 as both a proposal for an exhibition and a spatial choreography of Stora Bollhuset, not necessarily what it once was, but what it could be.

The work raises questions about how lost places can be spatially reimagined today, how interpretation shapes our understanding of history, and what happens in the translation from text to space.