Fornebu Masterplan (2003)
Schmidt Hammer Lassen - SHL
Facts:
Architect
schmidt hammer lassen architects
Client
Fornebu Utvikling
Area
100,000 m²
Competition
2003, 1st prize in invited competition
Status
First phase construction period 2008 - 2008
Description:
In conjunction with the redevelopment of the site of Oslo’s old airport, Fornebu, the city’s industrial oil port was also transformed. The area called Rolfsbukta has become a new commercial and residential quarter.
The overarching strategy for the masterplan was to invest the area with a coherent architectonic identity. The chief element is a promenade that provides a physical link between the two sides of the bay and which on the visual dimension creates a connection between the activities and the pulse of the new neighbourhood including an outdoor stage at the innermost point of the bay, a plaza, a seafront park, dwellings and retail lining the promenade and water sports activities in the Oslo Fjord itself, where the promenade ends.
The western side of the promenade is the site of six parallel residential and office blocks which with their crisp contemporary architectural style and rhythmic spacing underscore the continuity of the promenade – a feature further enhanced by the green spaces between the blocks, which deliver a conduit between the park and the water across the promenade. To the west, the new development and promenade terminate with restaurants, a bathing beach, a yachting club and the ferry terminal.
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