A unanimous jury selected Henning Larsen Architects’ project as winner of the competition in which a number of Danish and Norwegian architecture studios participated. The jury emphasised the winning proposal’s use of the site potential and interaction with the city and surrounding buildings.
Extract from the citation: “The jury finds the design concept very convincing indeed (...) The front square has a unique location and design. The open, flexible reception and exhibition space by the entrance is especially successful – interacting with the front square, it provides a welcoming, embracing expression.”
The new building of Trondheim City will house 1,000 employees, exhibition facilities and meeting rooms for the local cultural organizations. With its natural facade and open expression, the building invites people inside and gives something back to the city. A dynamic, unifying inner atrium makes the building engage in close dialogue with the surroundings.
“Daylight is one of the most important parameters of the design, both as regards sustainability and work environment”, says Design Director and Partner Peer Teglgaard Jeppesen, Henning Larsen Architects. “The atrium features a number of displaced floors, which create terraces and balconies and thus encourage informal meetings. The atrium increases the sense of community across the organisation – whether an employee or visitor, you contribute to the atmosphere in the building.”
The project covers a total of 39,000 m2 and is expected to be completed during 2015. Henning Larsen Architects has worked in Norway for many years. In 1978, Trondheim University (today called The Norwegian University of Science and Technology) at Dragvoll was inaugurated. Currently, the company is working on a new commercial domicile in Oslo and a new university and research campus in Aas on the outskirts of Oslo.
For further information, please contact Communications Manager Farid Fellah, Henning Larsen Architects, ffe@henninglarsen.com or +45 8231 3160.
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