Building Plan Fornebu, Bærum

Commission: Parallel commission, one out of four teams
Job type: Masterplan development of former Oslo airport, Fornebu
Contracting builder: Statsbygg, Oslo kommune, Bærum kommune
Completion: 1997
Design team: div.A arkitekter, Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter, Duany Plater Zyberk, Miami, advising engineer Berdal Strømme, Sundt thomassen Landskapsarkitekter
Head of project: div.A v/Henriette Salvesen
Landscaping: Bjørbekk & Lindheim

Main features:

• a central city park as a link between Telenor in the north and the district center in the south

• a street axis from the district square to Rolfsbukta

• quarter structure

• several neighborhoods as dimensions in relation to facilitating pedestrians and cyclists

• streets and squares

• human scale

• 2-4 floors _ a range of housing types _ heavier buildings in the center _ lower buildings facing green spaces in the peripheral zone

• contemporary architectural expression