overview

CCNW is located strategically in the heart of Oslo, Norway. Adjacent to the important ferry and cruise terminals, the site offers tremendous 360-degree view towards the nature, historical district and the new barcode district. In the location with the busiest piers in Oslo, the site has become a potential point of attraction from the sea activities as well as other parts of the city. Norway is very-well known with its preserved natural richness and has become its tourism wanderlust. Astonished by its mountains and waterfalls experience in winter, the design intent is to re-echo the trail experience in Norwegian mountain and confronted by the natural frozen icy waterfall. The vertical features also serve as shading fins but yet the facade is very transparent. The building geometry slowly emerges from the ground up marking its presence as new icon for a cultural centre in Oslo. In summary, the project itself expresses the coldness on the external shell mimicking the icy waterfall and the warmness in the inside, with soft landscape terraces like the melting snow in the mountain’s valley. Despite the programme stacking arrangement, the internal circulations are kept efficiently flexible. The internal public circulation along the outer façade lets visitors enjoy the Oslo view from inside the building.