Terminus / On Office
On Office’s Grand Terminus Hotel in Bergen, Norway is situated next to an exisiting traditional “Heritage” building. For the modern extension, the architects focused on maintaining a relationship with the existing hotel, while also working with sun exposure levels. The triangulated form morphs off the end of existing to become an unique entity that is still tied to its context. The geometric form provides dynamic interior spaces that aim to “establish an intimate relation with the existing small houses in the surroundings.”
More images after the break.
TERMINUS HOTEL
Location: Bergen, Norway
Program: 3000 m2 (hotel)
Client: Gran Terminus Hotel
Collaboration: Code, Oslo
Status: Building Application
Architect: On Office – Joao Vieira Costa, Leon Rost, Ricardo Guedes, Francesco Moncada
Collaborator: Tudor Vlasceanu
Maybe it’s very attractive in visual way, but i don’t like design. When I’m looking at context I’m thinking this is too much. Shapes on the roof could be ok, but ground floor facade with those ‘silly’ arc shapes make mess and I don’t see even abstract resemblance to historical context.
a-h-y-e-n-n-o!!!
I like it, I think those curvy arches are supposed to be an abstract outline based off of the curvy rooflines in the surrounding area?? I dunno, that’s a stretch but maybe. In the one rendering that looks like a living room there seems to be no way to support the ceiling, just triangles that meet at the corners…are there thin steel plates holding that up? Or is the skin structural??
In my opinion, contextuality is not all about primary aesthetic. Architecture does not necessarily always have to be submissive to it’s surroundings, even in sensitive contexts.
Having said that, I think the massing and visual weight of this design looks uncomfortable.
uncontrolled and overdesigned
overdesigned
*?
Overdesigned(adj):
Designed to be excessively complicated or to an excessive degree of capability and durability.
Overdesign(verb):
To design in a manner that is excessively complex or that exceeds usual standards.
“The triangulated form morphs off the end of existing to become an unique entity that is still tied to its context”
why ?
I quite like it though I think I’m rather seduced by the model rather than the building…that interior makes me somewhat uncomfortable however.
What’s up with the facade, On Office? Because when I see a project like this one the first word that comes to my mind is ‘random’. Also, that bird’s eye view looks wiered, like something is not right. I definitely see the potencial in this one, but it lacks something…
*weird
Terminus. http://bit.ly/5heWyl