VIPPETANGEN
Status:
Possibility study, 2006
Client:
Oslo municipality, Fiord City Department
Project group:
Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter, Asplan Viak AS
The ambition for the Vippetangen commission was to create a metropolitan waterfront park without disrupting the ferry and cruise boat terminal operations that already exist on site. The area is 11 hectares from which 80% is occupied today with traffic and parking logistics related to the terminals.
Details
Location:
Oslo, Norway
Plan/size:
170.000 m2
Typology:
Public space, Infrastructure,
Masterplan
To mediate between these two incompatible programs, we introduced a structural grid as negotiator, a column system adapted to logistic requirements at quay level that establishes an artificial topography above, by means of column-height variation. This strategy reorganizes, compress and optimizes the ferry terminal at the same time as it creates new possibilities for public accessibility to the seafront.
On the artificial topography a new departure- and arrival hall is proposed together with drop offs, restaurants, bars etc. The landscape is designed as a showpiece of Norwegian coastal vegetation, including a romantic "archipelago" at the tip towards the fjord where a new hotel and spa with outdoor and indoor swimming is located.
The different paths is designed to support a park that can extend and subtract programmatically according to seasons.
