The Barcode masterplan for Oslo, Norway focuses on redesigning waterfront to be a new culture hub for the growing city. Snohetta’s new Barcode B.10.1 is an office building that is to be designed on the city’s harbourfront and next to the Oslo Central Station. The new structure takes advantage of the Oslo Opera House and surrounding fjords to make it the most important site in the Barcode masterplan.
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From the architects: “The 15 storey building has a vertical split that rotates through the building and links the opposite sides in a sculptural internal structure. The design was developed from the point of intersection of the building’s internal room design, the masterplan guidelines and a desire to create a building that is sculptural in form.
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The first two storeys house shopes and refreshment areas. The second to eleventh floor are office spaces, and floors 12 to 15 hold a canteen, conference rooms and green roof terraces.
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