Bankplassen 4
Oslo, Norway
Location: Bankplassen, Oslo, Norway
Year: 2020
Status: Preliminary study
Client: Statsbygg
In collaboration with Arkitektkontoret Schjelderup & Gram, KAP kontor for arkitektur og plan
The project explores the possibilities of moving the Nobel Peace Center into the listed bank building that was designed as a stronghold to secure the Norwegian National Treasury. The activity of the much visited Nobel Peace Center spans from exhibitions to conferences. In order to provide better accessibility, the building’s east facade is opened up towards a new public square and a new entrance space is established in one of the former light wells of the old structure.
Tullholmen pier
Karlstad, Sweden
Location: Tullholmen, Karlstad, Sweden
Year: 2017
Status: Unbuilt
Client: Karlstad municipality
Photo Credit: manthey kula
A public pier into one of Lake Vänern’s many delta-bays in the city of Karlstad, Sweden. The pier is a public art project and as such connected to the municipal development. It is situated as a prolongation of the central axis through the new densely developed area. It is pointing southwestwards towards the natural reserve on the opposing shore. The form of the pier allows a lot of people to spend time on that which is a pier’s most attractive part; the very end. The public space at the end of the pier is sheltered from wind and from the city view by tall benches lining the two sides of the pier. The pier is a concrete structure: pillars, slabs, floor and 160 meters of prefabricated bench-elements. The area of the pier is 1500m2.
Modular hydro power stations
Ditti / Lappskaret / Krogstad / Ellenelva / Mortendalselva / Saldalelva, Norway
Location: Ditti / Lappskaret / Krogstad / Ellenelva / Mortendalselva / Saltdalelva, Norway
Time: 2010
Status: Unbuilt, 1st prize invited competition
Client: Fjellkraft as
Photo Credit: manthey kula
System for prefabrication of modular hydro power stations. Similarly formed wall- and roof elements in solid wood or concrete to be assembled responding to changing site conditions and different technical requirements. In spite of individual differences the buildings are recognizable as part of the company's profile.
Myrbærholmen fishingdock
Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Location: Myrbærholmen, Averøy, Norway
Year: 2008
Status: Unbuilt
Client: Norwegian Scenic Routes
Photo Credit: manthey kula
A dock from where one can fish safely in the often-rough seas along the Atlantic road. A stainless steel truss dimensioned to withstand a wave height of 14 meters. The dock is approached from the parking space through a passage cut in the bedrock.
Juvenile detention unit
Bergen, Norway
Location: Bergen, Norway
Time: 2008
Status: Feasibility study
Client: The Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service
Photo Credit: manthey kula
Recognition: Exhibitied at the New Nordic exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Project for a new spatial organization of a juvenile detention unit in an abandoned building at the Bjørgvin prison. The existing two-story structure is suggested transformed into a three story interactive prison.
The youth facility constitutes a small community of inmates and staff. The cell is designed such that the inhabitant, by way of flexible sliding doors, can affect his or her relation to the communal space outside the cell. From being a closed entity the cell can gradually unfold and such work as an instrument for communication and engagement.
Space – such as a prison cell – should not be used as punishment, but rather as vehicle for the individual in his/her journey back to the society.
