Nichtoffener Wettbewerb | 04/2014
Statoil’s new office building
Teilnahme
Architektur
Beurteilung durch das Preisgericht
Architectural and functional solution
Similar to project B, this proposed building is located in the northeast corner of the site. The motive for this is to achieve a short distance to Forus East and to release the largest possible part of the site to a sculpture park, which the author believes can be Statoil’s gift to the environment and that can be a cultural centre of gravity and attraction for the region. The area to the south is here allocated permanently as wetlands. The project shows a phased development of the site. The project proposal is based on the existing buildings being demolished immediately after the first phase of 3,500 work places is completed, and that the 1,100 employees in the existing office building move into the new building.
Office floors in the tower block are very traditionally designed, with little flexibility, small social zones and with few spatial qualities. The jury is sceptical of the selected schematic design methodology, in that the space program is considered as a long 21 meter wide strip, which is "cut up" and distributed to the building's lower floors and tower block. The office space could benefit from being organised differently in the lower and higher parts of the building with different width and thereby achieved greater flexibility. The construction technology is based on cantilevered steel frames on decks of solid tree elements. This will reduce the building's mass to only 30% of a concrete construction. The project proposal shows a facade solution that does not embrace the challenges of gaining control on incoming heat radiation and cooling.
The project's architectural design emerges as conventional, with a small degree of uniqueness and innovation. The towers lack an identity-creating quality. The sculpture park design is described in detail, but appears on the illustrations rather rigid and desolate, with few spatial and experiential qualities. There is also a lack of contact and integration between building and park. The transition towards the wetlands to the south is undefined.
Masterplan
The master plan proposal shows a building consisting of two relatively similar constructions that can accommodate a total of 8,000 work places. The building is located in the north-eastern part of the site. The remaining site area is proposed to be used for a sculpture park. The area to the south is here allocated permanently as wetlands.
The sculpture park design is described in detail, but appears on the illustrations rather rigid and desolate, with few spatial and experiential qualities. There is also a lack of contact and integration between building and park. The transition towards the wetlands to the south is undefined.
Similar to project B, this proposed building is located in the northeast corner of the site. The motive for this is to achieve a short distance to Forus East and to release the largest possible part of the site to a sculpture park, which the author believes can be Statoil’s gift to the environment and that can be a cultural centre of gravity and attraction for the region. The area to the south is here allocated permanently as wetlands. The project shows a phased development of the site. The project proposal is based on the existing buildings being demolished immediately after the first phase of 3,500 work places is completed, and that the 1,100 employees in the existing office building move into the new building.
Office floors in the tower block are very traditionally designed, with little flexibility, small social zones and with few spatial qualities. The jury is sceptical of the selected schematic design methodology, in that the space program is considered as a long 21 meter wide strip, which is "cut up" and distributed to the building's lower floors and tower block. The office space could benefit from being organised differently in the lower and higher parts of the building with different width and thereby achieved greater flexibility. The construction technology is based on cantilevered steel frames on decks of solid tree elements. This will reduce the building's mass to only 30% of a concrete construction. The project proposal shows a facade solution that does not embrace the challenges of gaining control on incoming heat radiation and cooling.
The project's architectural design emerges as conventional, with a small degree of uniqueness and innovation. The towers lack an identity-creating quality. The sculpture park design is described in detail, but appears on the illustrations rather rigid and desolate, with few spatial and experiential qualities. There is also a lack of contact and integration between building and park. The transition towards the wetlands to the south is undefined.
Masterplan
The master plan proposal shows a building consisting of two relatively similar constructions that can accommodate a total of 8,000 work places. The building is located in the north-eastern part of the site. The remaining site area is proposed to be used for a sculpture park. The area to the south is here allocated permanently as wetlands.
The sculpture park design is described in detail, but appears on the illustrations rather rigid and desolate, with few spatial and experiential qualities. There is also a lack of contact and integration between building and park. The transition towards the wetlands to the south is undefined.