Architecture design firms Terroir and Kim Utzon Arkitekter have created a new building for the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden, featuring a jagged facade of glass and aluminium.

The project involved the renovation and extension of a century-old harbour master’s building, creating approximately 6,000 square metres of teaching and office spaces for an institution focusing on maritime education and research.

The existing building – known as the Tornhuset – was completed in 1910 as the main office for Malmö’s harbour administration. It was built in the docklands area to offer a panoramic view of shipping activity in the harbour and the Öresund strait.

Terroir and Kim Utzon Arkitekter won an international competition in 2011 to create a new facility on the same site, with a design based on the idea of a “hinge” that connects the old town with the harbour.