Grønlikaia
Oslo
With this project, we have tried to challenge the established method of urban development in harbour areas. Conventional construction methods have a massive carbon-footprint, as well as insufficient conditions and surfaces for marine life. By altering and adjusting the building elements we are proposing a project with a negative carbon footprint that regenerates nature in the Oslo fjord. The typical building platform is now lowered into the sea, as a structural grid with openings allowing sunlight and water to pass through, imitating a new seabed as breeding ground for marine species. From the seabed and upward, everything is built in wood, and elements exposed to seawater are therefore protected with a layer of treated hardwood – preventing absorption of water - and therefore any damage from decomposition or shipworms. The constructive method and facilitation for biodiversity also gives unique qualities for life over water: Sunlight, views, and access to the sea surface. A neighborhood for all species.
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![Ground floor plan](https://transborder.imgix.net/Havbyen/Sider-fra-Team-Transborder-A3-hefte.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=jpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=5891&w=4957)
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![Section b-b](https://transborder.imgix.net/Havbyen/220908_Snitt-01.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=jpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=7017&w=9934)
Type
Urban planning
Client
HAV Eiendom
Date
2022
Status
Parallel commission
Team
Kyrre Beck Myreng, Julie Krogstad, Are Hagen, Siri Lundestad, Maja Egge Šipuš, Espen Røyseland, Øystein Rø
Collaborators
Bollinger+Grohmann, Lo:Le, Akvaplan Niva, Klimaantropologen
Visualizations
Kvant-1