The story of Nāst Innovation Destination Torslanda
Reinventing Torslanda
Nāst Innovation Destination Torslanda is an innovation hub offering offices, co-working, events, community and more - all with a focus on sustainable technologies. Here, every element is carefully designed to foster a culture of innovation. Situated in the heart of Torslanda, it’s a magnet for talent and a collaborative place for companies to not only rent space but to co-create across borders.
This goes beyond property development—it’s about building ecosystems where development, collaboration, and co-creation turn visions into reality.
Development
Nāst spans 200,000 sqm and will host 3,500 professionals within two years. Co-working spaces and private offices are already open, with two new buildings underway—adding 50,000 sqm of offices, labs, restaurants, and social areas, ready for move-in in stages from 2025 to 2027.
Life between the buildings
The former industrial zone is transforming into an inspiring and attractive place with green spaces, workout areas, sustainable mobility hubs, restaurants, and more — all designed to support the talent shaping future innovations.
How it started
Shared challenges turned into a vision. Volvo Cars' ambition to pioneer next-generation mobility raised the question: Can the future of sustainable technologies be created independently?
A partnership
Volvo Cars turned to Steptura — a real estate company building spaces for innovation - to transform Torslanda into an innovation hub, creating spaces where people and companies co-create around shared challenges.
A collaboration process
By bringing together diverse stakeholders from the start, we’ve co-created everything from the initial vision to the physical buildings — accelerating innovation through collaboration.
Co-creating an eco-system
Nāst facilitates cross-sector collaboration by bringing together start-ups, scale-ups, industry, academia, and the public sector — creating a neutral space where new ideas and partnerships can grow.
Nāst
A place for all companies dedicated to sustainable technologies - where we accelerate innovation through co-creation to solve global challenges. With offices ready to rent from April 2025.
Our process
Trough Vision, Neighborhood, Community and Projects we create, develop and facilitate this innovation hub for sustainable solutions.
Vision
Industry development - Uniting across society to drive industry forward to solve global challenges.
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Neighborhood
Urban development - Expand to gather the words brightest minds and inspire unexpected meetings.
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Community
Community development - A national community where we act as a facilitator across industries and sectors.
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Projects
Innovation development - Collaborative projects that results in accelerated innovation.
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A community for collaboration
At Nāst, collaboration is at our core. We bring together industry, academia, and the public sector to drive sustainable technology development. Focusing on materials, energy, software, and mobility we address global challenges. Through workshops and design sprints, we turn ideas into real solutions.
Material
With a focus on the challenge of transitioning to circular material streams.
Energy
Exploring new technologies and systems to accelerate the shift toward clean, efficient energy.
Software
Using digital tools to drive sustainability, improve efficiency, and enable smarter innovations.
Mobility
Advancing next-generation transport that’s greener, smarter, and more connected.
The Nāst timeline
- 2024-02-07
The launch
Together with SHoP Architects, Volvo Cars, the City of Gothenburg, industry experts and investors, our owners presents Nāst Innovation Destination Torslanda - the buildings, the area, the innovation.
- 2024-02-07
Development starts
The development of this new innovation destination where companies, individuals and stakeholders will collaborate for sustainable technologies has started.
- 2024-05-23
Launch of our community
This event welcomed industry professionals to learn more about our community. Companies such as Algae Insulation, Tree to Textile, Mission 0, and Furhat Robotics showcased how collaboration has accelerated their progress in developing sustainable business solutions.
