Review of 2012 – EUR - Skanska

The location of the Nordic region’s biggest company andone of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies shouldhave a high profile. Statoil’s new office building in Oslo isno hideaway. It is in plain sight, figuratively and literally.With a total of 115,000 sq m, it would be easy to dominatethe surroundings through its sheer size. However, theStatoil office in Fornebu, just west of Oslo, is both airy andinteresting. The shape, inspired by pick-up sticks, comprisesfive buildings, known as lamellar structures, placed on topof each other, with the highest piece placed diagonally.The lamellar structures measure 140 by 12.5 meters andcontain three floors each. About 30 meters of their lengthform a protruding overhang. In addition to air and volume,it provides space for five terraces on which Statoil employeescan take a break and enjoy a view of the Oslo fjord.The 2,500 Statoil employees who moved into their newworkplaces in October were assembled in one locationafter having been spread among a number of premises inthe Oslo area.The green project aims to achieve the level, “Very Good,”in accordance with the British environmental certificationsystem, BREEAM. The project is also one of several pilot projectsof the Norwegian BREEAM-NOR.