The study has looked at three different places in Malmö that represent different types of urban environments. The area types have been evaluated based on the social and economic effects an art museum would have for the site.

Three areas reviewed

Part of the investigation work was to score the different sites based on a number of effects that one can expect from the construction.

• The area around Rosengård station had to be a model for a type of urban environment outside the city center. In the survey, this place gets the lowest score, 74.75 out of 120 possible. What lowered the grade was mainly economic effects and poor public transport connections.

• Another environment that has been investigated is a sea-borne district exemplified by the Smörkajen in Nyhamnen. That place gets the highest score, at 92.35, mainly because here is a chance to create a unique tourist destination.

• The third urban environment in the survey was a city environment that had to be represented by the area around the Triangle station. That place received the second highest rating, at 89.55, which is mainly motivated by the proximity to other cultural organizations and activities.

The investigation is neutral

The city environment became the environment that the cultural administration now points out as the best for a new museum.

Why was the city situation chosen when Nyhamnen got the best points in the report?

- The attractiveness of Nyhamnen will draw itself anyway. An investment in the city will have the most effects for the entire Malmö. This is the conclusion reached in the study, says Malmö City's cultural director, Pernilla Conde Hellman.

Is it the study's conclusion or the City of Malmö's conclusion?

- That is the conclusion the study has given and which we support and recommend, says Pernilla Conde Hellman.

But nowhere in the investigation is it clear that any urban environment is recommended over another. The investigation describes all three environments as potentially good places for the museum.

- If you read the report, I think you see clearly that we do not point out any placement in front of others, says investigator Joakim Lyth from Wingårdh's arctic architects.

The investigation will be the basis for the decision that Malmö's politicians make about the location of the museum.