LIVING

"We don't build houses,

we build places to live"
— JOHN ARNE BJERKNE, PARTNER IN NORDIC —
SEPTEMBER 2016

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 Hamar stadium
FROM SKATING RINK TO URBAN LIVING

LOCATION
Hamar, Norway Rink reborn
The old ice skating rink in Hamar was
AREA
100.000 m² completely re-designed by Nordic.
Today it's the biggest centre of
COST
1.800 mill NOK
commerce in inland Norway with 750
employees.
CLIENT
Centrumgården AS
Nordic was responsible for the entire
TIME FRAME master plan, which includes a public
2008 — 2011 square, a mall, a cultural centre and
private residential accommodation.
The finished development offers
underground parking and a 6000 m²
park on the roof featuring a playground,
fruit trees, rest areas and an outdoor
ice skating rink.
A new district in Bergen
AN OLD SHIPYARD TRANSFORMED INTO SEA SIDE LIVING

A new era From shipping to

LOCATION
Historically, Laksevåg has been shopping Bergen, Norway
pivotal for the Norwegian shipping
The new district will consist of three AREA
industry, with shipyard and docks 113.000 m² bolig
artificial islands, in addition to the
facilitating international trade along the 48.000 m² næring
existing shipyard, with private homes,
Norwegian west coast for centuries.
offices and shops. The shipyard will be CLIENT
However, times change and the Marin Eiendsomsutvikling
preserved and turned into an attraction
importance of the area has diminished
in which the public can experience TIME FRAME
within the shipping industry. Now 2014 —
Laksevåg's history and cultural
Laksevåg faces a major transformation.
heritage.

Nordic won the contract to transform

The project includes 1.500 residential
Laksevåg with a submission that will
units and 40.000 m² offices and retail.
offer Bergen a whole new and exciting
district.
Hånes Panorama
BRINGING THE SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPE INTO EACH APARTMENT

Let there be light Quality matters LOCATION

Kristiansand, Norway
Hånes Panorama is beautifully situated Given its location in such close
AREA
on a hillside close to Kristiansand. proximity to the sea, the buildings 6.265 m²
The development contains 60 needed to be built in high quality
CLIENT
homes in seven buildings, which materials throughout that could Hånes Panorama AS
all enjoy undisturbed views of the withstand the salt water and reduce
fjord. In designing Hånes Panorama, the need for maintenance and repairs. TIME FRAME
2012 — 2016
it was important for us to bring the Our focus was on using modern
spectacular landscape into each architecture to create homes with
apartment, so we used large windows efficient room layouts and outdoor
and private terraces to connect each areas that encourage activity and
individual home with its surroundings. interaction.
BaseCamp
MIRRORING THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE

Olympic view Sustainable solution

Kvitfjell BaseCamp lies at an altitude Originally, private cabins were planned
of around 800 metres above sea level, for the area where BaseCamp is located.
halfway up the Olympic slopes at But the Norwegian tradition of building
Kvitfjell. Designed to accentuate the private cabins in the mountains for
steep terrain in which it is situated, recreational purposes is unsustainable,
its cladding of roughly milled board so new zoning plans must include the
cut-offs plays into the Norwegian possibility of denser accommodation
landscape in a way that emulates it with access for numerous users.
without losing its architectural edge. By proposing building volumes with
multiple, smaller apartments, Nordic
A total of seven ‘BaseCamp Houses’ has reduced the infrastructure scope,
are planned for the site, of which three energy consumption, land use and
have been built. Each building houses greenhouse gas emissions per unit and
nine apartments of approximately 65 per user radically.
m² each over three storeys.

LOCATION
Kvitfjell, Norway

AREA
65 – 93 m² per apartment

COST
20 mill NOK per building

CLIENT
Lodge Alpin AS, Ole Kristian Furuseth

TIME FRAME
2005 — 2008
Hoffsveien 1a-e RESIDENTIAL
BOLIG

OFFICE
KONTOR

A THRIVING URBAN AREA IN OSLO HOTEL

HOTELL

Urban flow Durable and

Hoffsveien 1A-E is situated by Skøyen functional
railway station in Oslo, Norway. The plan
Nordic’s proposal includes a new
is to transform the site from a closed
tramway and a shopping arcade facing
office environment into an urban area
Hoffsveien. The site is divided into
with hotels, businesses and homes.
three different building zones, allowing
for construction at different points in
time. The development project is also
aiming to create a visual and cultural
identity for the area by making use of
a rediscovered river, allowing nature to
flow through Hoffsveien.
 3 roms
LOCATION Medium leietaker 2 roms

Oslo, Norway Sky bar Pent house

Basseng
Atrium
AREA
83.000 m² Cellekontor Hotellrom
Frokostsal Town house
Large leietaker
Konferanse/Møte

CLIENT
P-kjeller
Storebrand ASA
Hoffselva
Kantine
TIME FRAME
Inngang kontor
2015 Restaurant
Shopping T-banenedgang
Dagligvare
Gym
Utadvendt næring
Cafe
Hotell inngang
 VEDLEGG NR. F1
GNR. OG BNR.
110/15

ADRESSE

Bergen Airport Hotel

Lilandsvegen 140
5258 Blomsterdalen

A BUILDING WITH A DISTINCT VISUAL IDENTITY

HENVISNINGER

Comfortably yours
Our focus has been to create a building a fitness gym. All guest facilities and
with a distinct visual identity that sets it the kitchen are located on the ground
apart from the existing airport terminal floor, while parking, deliveries and all
east of the hotel and the proposed technical facilities are subterranean.
business park to the south.
UNDERGANG:
DIREKT ADKOMST TIL
The hotel will open in the autumn of
2016, in good time for the scheduled
HOTELLET FRA
FLYPLASSEN SYKKELPARKERING
The project houses 300 guest rooms
over three floors and offers conference opening of the new terminal at Flesland
facilities, a restaurant, a lobby bar and Bergen Airport.
TORG MÅLESTOKK NUMMER REV.
1:500
@A1 A-200-00-102
RAMPE: HOVEDINNGANG
UU ADKOMST TIL TIL HOTELLET
HOTELLET FRA
FLYPLASSEN

KORTTIDSSTOP
FELT

REV. DATO RETTELSEN GJELDER ANSV. KNTR

TEKNISKE
INSTALASJONER
COMFORT HOTEL BERGEN AIRPORT
Flesland 110/15 og 22 v/Linstow AS

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04.05.2015 Rammesøknad
Utomhusplan
LOCATION
Bergen, Norway

AREA
20.000 m²

COST
270 mill NOK

CLIENT
Bergen Lufthavn Utvikling AS

TIME FRAME
2013 — 2016
Ensjøveien 16-22
FINDING THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR A CENTRAL URBAN BLOCK

Enjoy the view

Ensjøveien 16-22 has great potential
for attractive residential and
commercial solutions. Nordic proposed
a flexibe concept that can be built in
phases and adjusted over time. The
proposal enables high utilisation of
the plot combined with high quality
green areas. Views and sun conditions
are optimised for all units and noise
pollution from Ensjøveien is reduced.

Keep or discard?
I the process we studied both
preservation and demolition of
existing buildings, as well as various
development typologies. Alternative LOCATION

concepts have been evaluated in terms Oslo, Norway

of area, number of residential units and AREA

urban living qualities. 20.500 m²

CLIENT
Stor-Oslo Eiendom

TIME FRAME
2014
 LOCATION
Trondheim, Norway
AREA
280 m²
CLIENT
The Vatnan Family
TIME FRAME
2007 — 2013
Villa Vatnan
A STATEMENT WITHOUT BEING LOUD AND INTRUSIVE

Hill top house with spectacular views across the

surrounding landscape. The ground
Villa Vatnan is perched on top of a hill
floor comprises the entrance and the
with the terrain sloping away from the
garage in addition to a small lettable
house. The Vatnan family wanted a
apartment.
simple and open space in which natural
light would be an important part of the
interior experience. Naturally natural
Our objective was to create a house
Rooms with a view that was something of a statement
without being loud and intrusive,
All the main rooms are situated on
gratifying the family’s wish for a
the top floor to make the most of
contemporary, yet natural look. Using
the 360° quality of the plot. Here you
concrete in combination with various
find a spacious living room beautifully
types of wood, we gave Villa Vatnan an
integrated with the kitchen, three
organic quality in which the materials
bedrooms and two bathrooms, all
absorb and change with the seasons
and the weather.
 Villa Varner Valaker
MAKING THE MOST OF THE SCENIC VIEW

LOCATION
Asker, Norway A customized rebirth
There is a fantastic plot of land on
AREA
350 m² the island of Nesøya outside Oslo.
The house that was built there in
CLIENT
The Varner
the eighties didn’t properly play to
Valaker family the strengths of the site, so Nordic
was asked to visualise a complete
TIME FRAME
2010 — 2013 makeover.

Real reallocation
Given all the extensions and changes in
the plan layout, as well as the creation
of an additional annex, we decided
to reallocate land by blasting and
excavating. After the transformation,
the only element remaining from the
old house is the main form of the roof.

Take the scenic route

The new Villa Varner Valaker plan dining and spa facilities. The exterior
layout makes the most of its green materials include custom made oak
surroundings and scenic views of the paneling, granite, copper roof tiles, and
sea. That includes an outdoor kitchen, light polished granite.
a pergola, and a new basement with
Moldegård mountain lodge
A COMFORTABLE REFUGE FROM THE HARSH WEATHER

Comfortable refuge L-shaped shield LOCATION

Tyin, Norway
Situated at 1.100 metres above sea The solution was to create an L-shaped
AREA
level, the Moldegård cabin was a tough construction that would shield the 150 m²
nut to crack. It had to withstand some entrance and patio from the weather,
CLIENT
of the harshest weather conditions and that descends into the terrain, The Moldegård family
in the world, with winds reaching making for an unobtrusive and elegant
hurricane strength and snow depths up façade. The exterior is dressed in TIME FRAME
2010
to five metres, while providing a cozy untreated heartwood from pine that
and comfortable refuge from the raging has a high level of natural oil and the
elements for the family. interior has a combination of wood and
local stone.
LOCATION
Tinn, Norway

AREA
650 m²

CLIENT
Gaustatoppen Invest AS

TIME FRAME
2010 — 2012
Gaustablikk ski cafè
A HUB AND MEETING PLACE IN THE ALPINE VILLAGE

Touch wood The main construction is made from a meeting place in the alpine village.
massive wood and the entire exterior The dining room looks out onto the
Restaurant Gaustablikk is situated right
is surfaced with naturally varying wood majestic Gaustatoppen, which creates
on the slopes of Gaustatoppen alpine
paneling. This gives the restaurant a stunning backdrop that adds value to
village, offering hungry mountaineers
a tactile quality as well as being your dining experience.
local food and beverages. The
aesthetically pleasing.
contractor envisaged a building that
would blend into the mountain terrain,
but with a distinct signature. The Food with a view
solution features extensive use of
The building incorporates, in addition
different types of wood in combination
to the restaurant, a shop, booking
with pre-fabricated concrete modules.
office and ski rental, creating a hub and
Rauma Health Care Centre
HOUSING UNITS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE

Just the way we like it Design the future Care, there and
When the municipality of Rauma Nordic’s design aims to combine the everywhere
decided to build the most effective latest breakthroughs in science and
In addition to housing many different
and modern health care facility in the technology with warm, empathic
health care services, the new health
country, they chose Nordic. It is an architecture in order to answer
care center will incorporate 90 housing
ambitious project, which is to say that it the following question: How can
units for people who need assistance
is perfectly suited to us. architecture create a framework for
on a daily basis.
modern health care?

LOCATION
Rauma, Norway

AREA
9.525 m²

COST
248 mill NOK

CLIENT
Rauma municipality

TIME FRAME
2015 — 2017

ST
HOVEDADKOM

TORG

VARELEVERING
Voss traffic hub
STAIGHT FROM THE TRAIN TO THE GONDOLA!

Creating flow in Voss LOCATION

Voss, Norway
Nordic is masterplanning and designing
AREA
a new city hub in Voss, that will express 27.000 m²
the town's rich history and great natural
COST
beauty. The hub will include the train 11.000 mill NOK
station, a gondola system and a hotel,
in addition to apartments, shops and CLIENT
Rom eiendom /
offices. Voss kommune

TIME FRAME
2011 —
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