Green lights for high-rise building in Trondheim!

[Þróndeimr]

Green lights for high-rise
Trondheim - Norway

Yesterday the city council gave green light for the 14 floor tall high-rise residential building in Valentinlyst, Trondheim. The city council gave green lights after 45 against 40 said yes to approval. And approved high-rise up to 16 floors. The tower will be situated on roof of a shopping center with 20 stores. You can already find 6 residential high-rise buildings in this area. The tower is now 14 floors, or 47m tall. But this can change to 16 floors.

The local population around here is of course extremly negative to this approval, and was "fly forbanna" they said! They has already colected about 2000 signatures against this project. But the opposition will continue, because the battle is not lost yeat, they also included.

http://www.adressa.no/multimedia/archive/00424/Fax-bygg_424062b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Trondheim%20city%20archive/ValentinlystPanorama1.jpg
You can see the six residential high-rises. To the left of the high-rises you can see a large shopping center, with some construction cranes behind it. It on the roof of the large roof to the shopping mall the high-rise will be built.

[AtlanticaC5]

Looks OK, nothing special but a high-rise is a high-rise :) Sad though that people are afraid of tall buildings, just like here :(

[Oberleutnant]

I think it has to do something with 1960s / 1970s concrete residential blocks they built in the suburbs. They automatically assosciate all high-rises with them.

[wolkenkrabber]

Cool, nice to see a rendering od this project, i had forgotten about it and hwne i did read the thread i remember you told me about it, and i can brag about that i have been by that mall :D

[ch1le]

nice building! Kinda reminds me of Osten tor :)

[Þróndeimr]

Cool, nice to see a rendering od this project, i had forgotten about it and hwne i did read the thread i remember you told me about it, and i can brag about that i have been by that mall :D

Yeah, the buss station we took was just outside the mall...;) I guess it will be even nice too take the buss from that buss station in a few years, with this building to the east, and Tyholttårnet to the west...:)

[Monkey]

I hope it will actually get built! :) All 16 floors, of course! :banana:

[Gatis]

not that bad! Have a luck from now on ;)

[Jo]

Yeah, a lot better than nothing. It's not everyday we see mid-rises being constructed at this latitude in Scandinavia

[NorthStar77]

It looks okay. Another highrise there won't matter much, it will fit nice into the area. The neighbours react as expected..

[pablonis]

well, when the old commies will be reconstructed, i think it will look realy nice

[Þróndeimr]

when the old commies will be reconstructed

They are reconstructed. They was first built between 1964 - 1966, and reconstructed between 1990 -1992. The whole complex contents 330 apartments.

http://www.tobb.no/promsys/publish/archive/53/2633/valentinlyst.jpg

http://www.tobb.no/promsys/publish/archive/53/2633/valentinlyst_a.jpg

http://www.tobb.no/promsys/publish/archive/53/2633/valentinlyst_b.jpg

[NorthStar77]

I don't think they look that bad, rather normal:)

[Þróndeimr]

I don't think they look that bad, rather normal:)

Yes, the older commies was black/brown and formed as a square. This is better that those buildings, but could also be far better if the architects was a bit more creative.

[Devilution]

Yep they should be more creative but I think it´s the construction companies who want to keep the designs simple and cheap to build. So there´s not that much an architect can do when the boundaries the customer gives are so strict... Damn shame innit?
Anyway, I´d say a 14 storey commieblock is still better looking than a 6 storey one... almost everytime...