‘PostZERO’ Nordic Built Challenge Finalist Proposal / Space Group Architects

Recently named as one of the finalists in the Nordic Built Challenge, Space Group Architects, in collaboration with BollingerGrohmann + Florian Kosche AS and AJL Engineers, shared with us their ‘PostZERO’ concept. An extension of an existing high-rise building in Oslo, the project aims to identify good ideas for how buildings can be transformed in a sustainable, innovative and cost-effective manner. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Under 40. Young Norwegian Architecture 2013

Who are currently the most noteworthy young architects in Norway, and how are they positioning themselves both at home and abroad?
Sørenga 3 / JVA

Architects: JVA
Location: Sørenga, Oslo, Norway
Primary Architects: Einar Jarmund, Håkon Vigsnæs, Alessandra Kosberg, Anders Granli, Kazuhiko Yamada, Claes Cho Heske Ekornås, Jeanette Alvestad
Collaborating Architects: 4B Arkitekter AS, Context AS
Client: Sørenga Utvikling AS
Area: 14,500 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Nils Petter Dale, Knut Bry
Spikerverket / MAD arkitekter

Architects: MAD arkitekter
Location: Oslo, Norway
Landscape Architect: Asplan Viak
Zoning: COWI
Developer: Avantor AS
Year: 2012
Photographs: Jiri Havran
MAD building / MAD arkitekter

Architects: MAD arkitekter
Location: Oslo, Norway
Project Management: Vedal Prosjekt AS
Structural Engineer: Multiconsult AS
Landscape Architect: Grindaker AS
Developer: Oslo S Utvikling AS
Thermal Consultant: Erichsen og Horgen AS
Year: 2013
Photographs: Jiri Havran, Kurt Singstad
The Boathouse / TreStykker 2012

Architects: TreStykker 2012
Location: Oslo, Norway
Architect In Charge: TreStykker 2012
Built: TreStykker 2012
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of TreStykker 2012
Skatt Øst / NSW AS

Architects: NSW AS
Location: Oslo, Norway
Design Team: Tore Schjetlein, Gudmund Stenseth, Morten Hosen, Mirjana Grahovac, Luis Santos, Tormod Slevikmoen, Tomas Løvset, Geir Klefstad
Area: 25,000 sqm
Year: 2009
Photographs: Einar Aslaksen, Espen Grønli, Courtesy of NSW
DNB Bank Headquarters / MVRDV

Architects: MVRDV
Location: Oslo, Norway
Area: 36,500 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Jiri Havran, Jeroen Musch
Astrup Fearnley Museet / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

The newly constructed Astrup Fearnley Museet, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Narud-Stokke-Wiig, has opened on a stunning waterfront site in the Tjuvholmen neighborhood of Oslo. The €90 million, 7000 square meter structure provides space for the museum’s collection, temporary exhibitions, a gift shop and cafe. Slender steel columns support the sail-form, glass roof that provides shelter to the weathered timber cladding, while illuminating the interior’s extensive collection of contemporary art with a soft, natural light.
The museum has launched with To Be With Art Is All We Ask, an exhibition of selected works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection by some of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists. Continue after the break to learn more.
Bøler Church / Hansen-Bjørndal Arkitekter AS

Architects: Hansen-Bjørndal Arkitekter AS
Location: Oslo, Norway
Architects In Charge: Jostein Bjørndal, Ellen Soma, Helge Hansen, Erik Andreassen
Design Team: Anders Langhelle, Liv Schulze
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Nils Petter Dale, Laila Meyrick
The Teachers House / Element Arkitekter AS

Architects: Element Arkitekter AS
Location: Osterhaus gate 4, Oslo, Norway
Client: Union of Education Norway
Structural Engineer: Dr. Tech Kristoffer Apeland AS
Energy Consultant: Siv. Ing. JP Dybdahl AS
Artists: Jorunn Sannes (main façade), May Bente Aronsen (acoustic artpiece in lobby)
Total Area: 1,794 sqm
Photographs: Element Arkitekter AS
Infrastructural Archeaology / Map 13

Map 13 shared with us their project, Infrastructural Archeaology. Landfills are areas of great potential which are but a mere evidence of the uncontrolled cosumerism of this extreme society. They understand that waste should be buried and isolated, and not be forgotten and abandoned. It is thus an open project, where the definite plan of its pieces is not the main interest, but rather the definition of its systems and their development in time. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Parkveien 5b-c / KIMA

Architects: KIMA
Location: Oslo, Norway
Project Year: 2011
Client: Infill AS
Project Team: Martin Dietrichson, Kristoffer Moe Bøksle, Haukur Morthens, Inge Hareide, Erlend Seilskjær
Gross Area: 945 sqm
Photographs: Dag Alveng, Ivan Brodey, Finn Ståle Feldberg, Magne Risnes
Active Edge / 2A+B

Since the beginning, it has been very interesting to discover how, despite the fact that we have reached such an advanced state of urbanity (meaning the way we produce our more or less shared space), it is still possible to scrape the bottom of the barrel and find residual urban spaces, with enormous, unexpressed potentials. In a world where design contaminates every possible field of technical knowledge and theoretical thinking, landfills still represent and exceptional void of intentions. The strategy of the Active Edge by 2A+B embodies Grønmo’s landfill as an urban organism able to constantly re-produce its own components (soil, landscapes, trash) and the relative network of socioeconomic processes behind it. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Aker Brygge / Lendager Arkitekter + Arcgency

Architect: MAPT = Lendager Arkitekter, Arcgency
Local Architects: Alliance arkitekter
Location: Aker brygge, Oslo
Built: 2010-2011
Client: Norwgian Property
Site Area: 2000 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Jiri Havran, Enya Aspen
Tanum Karl Johan Bookstore / JVA

Architects: JVA
Location: Karl Johans gate, Oslo, Norway
Client: Tanum AS
Size: Bookstore ca. 750 sqm, Offices ca. 225 sqm
Completion: 2011
Consultants: RISS AS, Linda Knoph Vigsnæs/LYSSTOFF
Primary architects: Einar Jarmund, Håkon Vigsnæs, Alessandra Kosberg, Siv Hofsøy, Ane Sønderaal Tolfsen, Paul Henri-Hann, Jens Herman Næss
Photographs: Courtesy of JVA
Competition Entry for Bispevika Development in Norway / PUSHAK

The Bispevika mixed-use development proposal by PUSHAK maximizes the views of the harbor and integrates passive design methods to minimize energy use. The proposal is part of an invited competition that will conclude in January 2012.
Architects: PUSHAK
Client: HAV Eiendom
Location: Bispevika, Oslo, Norway
Project Size: 35000 sqm
Project Status: Invited Competition Entry
Continue reading for more project details.
Westerdals School of Communication / Kristin Jarmund Architects

Architects: Kristin Jarmund Architects
Location: Oslo, Norway
Client: Anthon B. Nilsen Eiendom AS
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 4300 sqm
Photographs: KJARK – Benjamin Hummitzsc

Slide City Exhibition / Per Kartvedt

In the 70′s Oslo’s own “Man in Black”, Professor of Architecture Per Kartvedt , started his long lasting lecture series on cities, communities, myths and dreams. Per has since then been an influential character in contemporary architecture, both as principle of the architecture department at the University of Strathclyde and as teacher and supervisor on several different architecture schools in Europe. For a decade the slides from the lectures remained tucked away in an attic in Nesodden. Now the slides are projected once again in Slide City at Internasjonalen in Oslo. More information on the exhibition after the break.


















































