5. September - October 2010

INTERNATIONAL
Warehouse at
Kneppeskjær, Oslo
Niels Torp Arkitekter AS
This temporary warehouse forms
a connection between road-borne
and water-borne goods traffic.
It is a fabric-covered modulated
steel structure on a concrete base,
each module measuring 16 x 48
metres, with a 1.8 metre roof light
strip between each module. The
building is 100% recyclable. The
cold storage part is un-insulated,
and the translucent fabric lets in
a minimum of 10% of the available
daylight. To each gable is added an
11 x 40 metre awning to provide a
partially protected storage area.
Credits/ Photos: Jiri Havran,
Hallmaker AS
CONTRAST AND
PROXIMITY
Adapting to one’s surroundings is
to communicate with the existing
man-made or natural environment.
This communication does not
strive to copy or repeat, but rather,
it tries to create a dialogue and a
relation between the original and
the new.
How active can a new element
entering an existing context be
allowed to be?
Through its design, a building
can reinforce the experience of
the character and singularity
of an existing environment by
simultaneously making use
of both contrast and careful
adaptation. Not by declaring itself
as the dominant opposite, but
rather by appearing as a natural
contemporary expression, taking
its self-conscious and effortless
place within an existing context.
In this kind of charged interaction
between old and new, a richer
and more complex message is
communicated.
This category shows projects
that bridge between history and
present, the interplay between
nature and new construction;
contrast and proximity, emphasis
and adaptation in both urban
situations and in the cultural
landscape.
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September-October 2010