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Huk Aveny

Various Architects are working on a family housing project for Midgard Eiendom. The assigned plot has a great location on Bygdøy in Oslo.

The design has area-efficient and smart solutions, which are characteristic for floor plans. The housing is adapted to modern and functional lifestyle and at the same time fits to its beautiful surroundings. It consists of five two-storey housing units with sloped roof. Houses are situated in order to reach the best possible sunlight, view and privacy. The parking in underground. Each house has private rooftop terrace and its own garden.

Fram House

Various Architects were commissioned to design a new family houses in Svart district of Oslo. The plot is characterised by it´s steep slope with amazing views on Oslo fjord. Thorough studies allowed us to reach the optimum placement to the houses on the landscape.

Lillestrøm Bicycle Hotel

Norway has set ambitious targets for environmental and sustainable future. An increasing number of railway stations will now have a bicycle hotel, to promote the use of bicycles. On Monday 10 October 2016 the Lillestrøm Bicycle Hotel opened in Lillestrøm. The city that has been frequently voted Norway´s best cycling city.
Commissioned by ROM Eiendom AS and The Norwegian National Railways, the design of the building focuses on making a positive contribution to the surroundings. The project gives back to the city the area it takes away by providing a public green rooftop, which directly connects to the main square of the Train Station.
Design Concept
A free form wooden roof resting on a glass box.
The glass box consists of transparent glass walls and a playful concrete base that protects the building against the surrounding heavy traffic. The transparent glass walls allow natural light to filter through during the day and transform the building into a glowing box at night, providing a special visual experience. The mood of the building keeps changing from day to night.
The dynamic wooden roof that lays on top of the glass box, slopes diagonally down to the west towards the train station plaza. This gesture provides an inviting public access to the top. The roof is conformed by furnishing, vegetation, stairs and slopes. This creates a unique experience with a panoramic view towards Lillestrøm. The glass walls continue over the roof, turning into the balustrade around the public area. The roof also penetrates through the walls to frame the entrance and to provide a shelter against rain.
Together the glass box and the roof create an intimate yet open and accessible public space. The interior space focuses on the function of the building with light and natural surfaces. The double story bicycle rack becomes the main element in the space. The room height varies from 2.70 m to 6.00 m following to the curvature of the roof.

 

Villa Faun

Various Architects has been commissioned to design an apartment complex, located in the Northwest hill side of Oslo, Norway, with a great view over the city and to the Oslo Fjord. The neighbourhood is characterised by various types of Norwegian houses built during the last 100 years.

The main intention for Villa Faun was to bring together a unifying identity to the project, while creating individual and private units. The building is placed on the site and oriented with an angle to frame views and natural daylight for indoor and outdoor spaces.

Villa Faun has a basic pitched-roof house shape, that is developed according to the functions and surroundings. The roof, together with Northern and Southern facades create a massive wooden envelope. The other two facades contrast with the envelope in form, material and colour. These facades are characterised with playful extrusions and intrusions that give individual identity to each unit.

This playfulness breaks down the scale of the facades and creates a dynamic form, while the clear wooden envelope balances the overall expression. Therefor Villa Faun appears both calm and playful. The architecture has a unique character and at the same time it fits with the surrounding context in harmony with traditional neighbouring villas.

Due to the sloping terrain, The volumes are designed with split-levels, so that both apartments on the ground floor could get straight into the garden.The split level also allows extra height for the upper apartments which provides generous spaces. The pitched-roof has an asymmetrical shape that works well the split level design and allows for additional height. Hence the possibility to create an extra mezzanine floor within building height regulations. The car parking is located in an underground garage, to maximise green areas and create more enjoyable outdoor spaces.

The massive wooden envelope is visible in the interior and is integrated with various functions, including fire places, kitchen units and ventilation in addition to built-in benches and deep window frames.

Lokomotivstallen

ROM Eiendom AS engaged Various Architects to design the development of a historical building in Lodalen, Oslo. This administration building lies in a locomotive industrial zone with quite unique proportions, 8 meters wide and 205 meters long.

The design is a result of a collaborative process with the client, ROM Eiendom AS and the tenant, CargoNet. To convert this historical building into functional office spaces we created extroverted building structures on that compliments the long historical facade. This allows for creating exciting interior spaces and enhance the daylight qualities for the building. In order to creating universal access design, we added a new elevator connecting all floors. The design of the new main entrance and elevator has been inspired by existing elements in the facades, creating a new landmark tower with a trademark railway clock on top.

The Cultural Heritage Management in Oslo have been positive to our design proposal, and gave the following feedback: “… It is possible to combine historical restoration with modern office spaces. Both the size of the building and the robust architecture allows us to recommend this design strategy. We also understand the need for such design to be able to raise the qualities of the office spaces.”

Ekeberg Terrasse

Various Architects has been commissioned to design a housing complex in site at the south hill side in Oslo, Norway. The site is characterized with a steep slope and has a direct view towards Oslo fjord.

The design concept is to split the project into two separate volumes to reduce the scale of the project and to fit in the context within the building regulations. Each volume has been further scaled down by shifting half of it to allow openings for views and natural light from all directions. One volume consists of three apartments, while the other volume consists of an apartment on the top floor and a duplex on the lower two floors.

The volumes are placed on the site utilizing the the slope of the terrain, allowing  maximum views towards the fjord and creating a sheltered common outdoor space for the users. Each apartment has a separate outdoor area in addition.

The interior of the apartments are playful, functional and all different. Wet rooms and kitchens are however located on top of each other as far as possible for a more sustainable project.

 

 

Øvre Smestadvei Tun

Various architects were commissioned by Midgard Eiendom to design a family housing complex situated in central area Holmen in Oslo.

The project consists of eight housing units with wooden facades. The concept was to create spacious common area in the middle of the site, yet each house has its own identity and private garden with roof terrace.