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Tjuvholmen / Kristin Jarmund Architects

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Offices , Retail , Urban Design , , ,
 
© Espen Grønlie

© Espen Grønlie

Architects: Kristin Jarmund Architects
Location: Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway
Building Type: Office building
Project Scope: Full Contract
Client: Tjuvholmen KS, Eitzen Group
Size: 5000m2
Schedule: Completed 2007
Project Team: Kristin Jarmund, Ola Helle, Nils Herland, Patrik Larsson, Leif D.Houck,
Marlene F. Andersen, Geir Messel, Line Strand, Aud Randi Astad, Arild Eriksen

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The area of Tjuvholmen, on Oslo’s seafront, is now being transformed into an architecturally cutting-edge urbanisation, complete with offices, homes, shops, hotels and a Renzo Piano-designed museum of modern art.

In visual conversation with the new urbanisation, the city and the water, the figurehead Eitzen building sits prominently at the entrance to Tjuvholmen.

The building is clad in a light chalkstone, which gives it an almost ethereal appearance. A sharp, dense facade runs along the main avenue, leading to the heart of the area, while protruding, vertical slabs of chalkstone break the glass facade facing the water. Viewed at an angle this facade appears closed, but from head-on it opens up. The cut corner of the building is airy and inviting where it faces Tjuvholmens’s main acces bridge and unites the two sides.

 

7 comments »

richie says:

i love this model….but i don’t see the building in it???!!!!

 
# August 29, 2009 at 08:35
Matt says:

It isn’t a model, it IS a building completed in 2007…and a decent one at that.

 
# August 29, 2009 at 14:26
Yorik says:

Very cool, I liked how with only two materials, glass and (concrete panels?) they show a rich language and display many different events.

 
# August 30, 2009 at 11:21

Nice stylish design. good job!

 
# August 30, 2009 at 18:43
Remkool says:

It´s a very good standrd level of nordic architecture…

 
# September 1, 2009 at 06:40
sullka says:

wow….would love to see more pictures of it.

The floorplan (site) is almost the exact same shape from an apartment competition entry I did last year:

http://slkplus.net/?page_id=82

 
# September 1, 2009 at 14:22
Ming says:

good work,a successful block design.

 
# September 14, 2009 at 01:24

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