New Avinor Oslo Airport Building, Norwegian Architecture, Design, Expansion Project

New Avinor Oslo Airport

Nye Oslo lufthavn – Norwegian Aviation Building – design by NORDIC – Office of Architecture

5 Mar 2018

New Avinor Oslo Airport Building Award

Avinor Oslo Airport voted best sustainable building in international architecture competition

Mar 05, 2018, Christian Henriksen, partner in Nordic — Office of Architecture, received the prize in London.

At the WAN Awards, the international architecture competition in London, a proud architect was able to take home yet another award for the Oslo Airport expansion.

photo © Avinor Oslo lufthavn/Sune Eriksen

Christian Henriksen, a partner in Nordic — Office of Architecture, represented Team_T, the project group behind the new Oslo airport, at the ceremony.

“This is a win for everyone involved in the project and I would again like to thank our partners in Team_T: COWI, Norconsult, Aas-Jakobsen and engineer Per Rasmussen. We also have to thank NSW Arkitektur, and landscape architects Bjørbekk & Lindheim, not forgetting ÅF-Advansia and everyone else involved”, he said, adding:
“But most of all we need to thank Avinor for the wonderful way in which they have worked with us to make this building a success”, said Henriksen, who clearly appreciated the honour.

photograph © Ivan Brodey

Huge recognition to everyone involved

“We are very proud of this award. The recognition that we, the architects and other partners have received for the ‘new Oslo Airport’ shows that we have got a lot of things right. Our job in the future will be to make this building even better and provide great experiences for both passengers and staff”, said the airport’s Managing Director Øyvind Hasaas.

This is not the first award which Nordic — Office of Architecture has received for the project. In autumn 2017, the company won the International Project of the Year category at the Building Awards in London, and also presented the project at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin where it was one of a handful of finalists.

The WAN Awards was organised by World Architecture News for the eighth year in a row, with a panel of architects from leading architectural offices all over the world. The awards ceremony took place at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on Wednesday 28 February.

photo © Avinor Oslo lufthavn/Sune Eriksen

In addition to this award, Oslo Airport has also won these awards since its opening in April 2017:

• Prosjekt Norge’s ‘Project of the Year’ award was won by Avinor’s Oslo Airport for its T2 project
• The Norwegian Mineral Industry’s natural stone award was given to Avinor’s Oslo Airport for the flooring in the new terminal at Oslo Airport
• The ‘Best Airport Terminal Design’ award was given to Avinor’s new Oslo Airport at the Future Travel Experience Global conference in the USA
• The ‘Best International Project’ award, by the UK’s leading trade magazine for the construction industry at this year’s Building Awards in London.
• The DOGA distinction for design and architecture was awarded to Avinor’s Oslo Airport for its ‘Airport Learning Journey’ training program that was rolled out at Oslo Airport for 22,000 employees in 2016/2017
• The HSMAI ‘best internal event’ award was awarded to Avinor’s Oslo Airport for its T2 Experience event
• Avinor’s Oslo airport got the bronze in the international Best Event Awards 2017 in the ‘Education’ category for its T2 Experience event
• Avinor’s Oslo Airport was nominated in the international ‘Les Trophées de l’Evénement’ awards, in the category ‘Exceptional Event’ for the T2 Experience event and T2 Service Test
• Avinor’s Oslo Airport was nominated in the international SABRE Awards in the category ‘Employee Communications’ for the communication and training concept it designed for the new T2
• Avinor’s Oslo Airport was awarded the prestigious ‘Newcomer of the Year’ award at the Norwegian tourism industry’s annual Grand Travel Awards in January this year.

13 Sep 2017

Oslo Lufthavn

Winner of the international prize for best airport design

The new Oslo Airport has been awarded the prestigious “Best Airport Terminal Design” prize as part of the renowned Future Travel Experience Global conference held in the USA.

“This award is a significant recognition of the work that has been carried out at Oslo Airport and by our architects and other partners”, says Thorgeir Landevaag, Director of Terminal Operations at Oslo Airport.

photo © Ivan Brodey

Oslo Airport was competing against other airports around the world for the award and took the top spot ahead of Dallas Airport and Zagreb Airport as the other participants in the final heat. The Future Travel Experience Global conference is an international meeting place for airlines, airports, authorities and other stakeholders associated with the aviation industry.

Sustainable solutions

In justifying their choice for the prize, the panel of judges focused in particular on the sustainable solutions connected with the airport expansion. The architect who handled the expansion project is also delighted:

“This is a really great recognition of the work completed by the whole team and demonstrates that Norwegian architecture, engineering and design can hold its own at an international level. We are especially pleased that the judges emphasised sustainability as part of the criteria for the prize”, says Gudmund Stokke, Principal Partner at Nordic — Office of Architecture.

“The most important thing for us is to deliver what travellers expect from us each and every day. This prize is confirmation that we are doing our job properly and being named Europe’s most punctual airport at the same time is a great advertisement for the entire organisation”, concludes Landevaag.

28 Apr 2017

New Avinor Oslo Airport Building

Worlds greenest terminal launches at Oslo Airport

Design: Nordic-Office of Architecture

photo © Ivan Brodey

Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for an airport building.

The expansion doubles the size of the existing terminal building with the addition of a new, 300m long pier. Nordic continued the timeless architectural expression and rational simplicity of the original airport – which the practice designed in 1998 – whilst introducing new design elements to enhance the passenger experience. Nordic also updated the existing train station, which sits at the heart of the airport enabling 70% of all passengers to access the airport by public transport.

photo © Ivan Brodey

Nordic’s design increases the airport capacity from 19 million to an anticipated future capacity of 30 miliion, whilst passenger flow was improved with a maximum walking distance of just 450m, far shorter than most airports.

The multi-disciplinary design team applied an holistic approach to sustainability, including the harvesting of as much on-site energy as possible. Snow from the runways will be collected and stored during wintertime in an on site depot to be used as coolant during the summer. Natural materials have been used throughout the building: the new pier is entirely clad in timber sourced from Scandinavian forests. Recycled steel and special, environmentally friendly, concrete mixed with volcanic ash has been used throughout. By choosing environmentally friendly materials, the building’s CO2 emissions were reduced by 35%.

Enhanced levels of insulation mean the project has achieved Passive House level performance standards. Energy consumption in the new expansion has been cut by more than 50% compared to the existing terminal.

photo © Avinor Oslo lufthavn/Espen Solli

Passenger comfort and well-being have been key drivers of the design throughout. Artificial lighting is designed only as a minimal supplement to high levels of natural daylight, and can be set to reflect different moods according to weather, season and time of day. The compact layout of the building, transparency and open spaces enhances visual legibility and wayfinding, providing reassurance and peace of mind for travellers. A panoramic window at the north end of the pier, a 300-metre long skylight and curved glazed windows on both sides open up the view to the surrounding landscape and beyond.

photo © Dag Spant

Green walls and water features, suggestive of Scandinavian forests enhance the experience for passengers as they move through the terminal. The retail units in duty free areas have been conceived as organic stone forms associated with Norwegian landscapes.

Gudmund Stokke, Founder and Head of design at Nordic-Office of Architecture commented: “We are delighted to have delivered a project which not only develops Oslo Airport’s distinctive architecture, but one which also provides a greatly enhanced experience for passengers.“

Dag-Falk Petersen, CEO of AVINOR commented: “Oslo Airport is now more spacious, more efficient and more comfortable for the passengers. The expansion project was delivered on time and under budget by the design team.”

Nordic’s team is currently working on ten airport projects in seven different countries. Istanbul New Airport, is scheduled to open next year and, once completed, will be the largest airport in the world.

photo © Dag Spant

New Oslo Airport Building – Design Team

Design Team for New Avinor Oslo Airport

Nordic — Office of Architecture has led the multi-disciplinary design team with COWI, Norconsult, Aas-Jakobsen, IPRAS as the main partners. UK based AKT II, Speirs + Majors and Buro Happold have acted as sub-consultants to the team.

About Nordic Office of Architecture
Nordic – Office of Architecture is an architecture practice headquartered in Oslo with offices in London and Copenhagen. The practice works globally and has over 35 years experience working across a range of technically complex projects. Nordic’s international team has built an enviable reputation for working in diverse sectors including infrastructure, masterplanning, education and healthcare. 2017 sees the completion of two major projects: Gardermoen, Terminal 2 extension to Oslo Airport and Bergen airport. The practice’s landmark Istanbul New Airport, due to open in 2018, will be the largest airport in the world.
http://nordicarch.com

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New Avinor Oslo Airport Building

NORDIC – Office of Architecture

16 Sep 2010