Category: Formålsbygg

Office and commercial, residential 
Fredrikstad

Surface: 2000sqm²
Status: Ongoing

Agentgaten 2 in Fredrikstad is currently perceived as a less attractive building with limited commercial activity. In order to meet today's visions and requirements, a comprehensive redevelopment plan has been drawn up for the building.

The façade of the building will have large windows and warm wooden materials, which will continue into the courtyard via a new passage. The passage will create a pedestrian axis between Olaf M. Holwechs Gate and Agentgate, connecting Nygaardsplassen, Storgaten and Hans Nilsen Hauges plass.

The courtyard will be converted from a car park into a public outdoor recreation area with green and pleasant terraces for residents and the general public. The apartments will have private balconies overlooking the courtyard and French balconies overlooking the Agentgaten. They will also have access to communal outdoor areas in the courtyard and a small roof terrace on the second floor.

The ground floor will have timber cladding and timber frames for doors and windows, while the upper floors will have through plaster and painted profiles to match the neighbouring buildings. The top floor will have a recessed zinc mansard roof that will turn grey over time to match the nearby slate roof.

Commercial property 
Hvaler kommune

Surface: 60 000sqm²
Status: Ongoing 

Winner of the architectural competition for the Tredalen Scout Centre - Norway's greenest scout centre for the Norwegian Association of the Scouts and Guides.

The jury's recommendation:
"Line Solgaard Arkitekter has delivered a project with a convincing theme throughout. The project, with its simple, traditional building volumes and details, provides a clear predictability for building on both a small and large scale. In addition, the architecture, with its consistently readable building principles, creates identity and is understandable to the user. The project has a modern feel, while at the same time drawing on elements of the local building tradition on Hvaler".

Fire Station
Oslo

Areal:  2 000 m²
Status: Unbuilt

The Sentrum Brannstasjon in Oslo lies on Bjørvika, not far from the Akershus fortress, from which the design is inspired from. It is a public building interacting with a historical position in the city. As part of the urban landscape, the parks surrounding the station are public, and offers to admire the fire trucks on display in the double height ground floor.

Materials and colours are both inspired by the historical buildings nearby, as a way to extend the architectural legacy of the past, while also integrating the technologies and needs of our modern society. The wooden structure is one of the many environmentally friendly solutions of the project, as a beacon of sustainable architecture visible by all right in the hearth of Oslo city centre.

Upstairs, a more private floor for offices, rest rooms and meeting rooms use wooden screens for modular privacy in the floor plan. Windows all around the building offers a privileged view on the Oslofjord, the park, the Opera house and other surrounding buildings.