Helsfyr atrium

Oslo - Norway


Mid-summer last year the construction of this large office building started in the sort of booming district Helsfyr. This building will consist of multiple buildings merged into one, all with different heights. They are kind of like bananas in a bundle or whatever.

The total construction peroid is from July 2007 - 1st quarter of 2010.

http://www.xpublish.no/ae/xp/pub/mx/272382

http://www.xpublish.no/ae/xp/pub/mx/272381

http://www.xpublish.no/ae/xp/pub/mx/272383




For other skyscraper-news in the area,check out this larger image (the central building only a proposition).
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/5/51/519/519044/vif1_1195766137.jpg

PS, now will be the time for anybody to post construction pics. I just drove past there this weekend, but was in no time to take any photographs. Right now it seems like the main concrete structure is closing up to completion.

The height for this building will be 54 metres btw. That's sorta tall for a new Norwegian building...

I was up at the site in mid january and there was only a really big hole in the ground. Not strange since they're building a 3 story basement. Hard to find a good spot to take pictures from as well... (Try to get into Helsfyr Panorama. Great view from there:tongue2: )

Construction photos from mid-february:
Took a small biketrip around the valley, took some construction fotos too:

Helsfyr Atrium as requested, core is rising quickly =)
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/117/70/680882116/n680882116_651308_3477.jpg
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/117/70/680882116/n680882116_651307_3181.jpg

54m will be fixed to the title now. :)

I'm already going of topic and stating that those stairs aren't for anyone to walk up!

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/117/70/680882116/n680882116_651307_3181.jpg

I'm already going of topic and stating that those stairs aren't for anyone to walk up!

Oh, noticed it now, i would Love to walk up there! Especially with a little storm making it a little more of an experience! :cheers:

I passed the site yesterday (today) at a quarter to one at night. There was construction activitiy and the cranes were moving. I guess the time-schedule is pretty tight. My night-vision cell-phone was a little hard to keep still, but you can at least see that a third concrete base-tower has been risen.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/12042008137.jpg

That's right, i can see them from my appartment - sorry bad quality of pics. They are also very visible from the Opera roof.
http://photos-116.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v233/117/70/680882116/n680882116_789650_3270.jpg

That's right, i can see them from my appartment - sorry bad quality of pics. They are also very visible from the Opera roof.
http://photos-116.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v233/117/70/6808821e16/n680882116_789650_3270.jpg

We should probably join the bad photographs-club together. I'm starting to wonder how much other forumers get out of our "updates":lol:

Yup! Probably only us that cares about it anyway. Btw. is this building nice? Personally i hate it, this is a real wall, and not a nice one! I like the concrete towers tough. Hope they build it really slow;P

:lol: phones is way too popular around here! My friend claim that digital cameras is out and that i have to get a new phone, the quality will apparently be just as good! :D

I guess it looks good on a 2inch wide screen though!

Can't really see damn many details in them pics there, but i think i can see some concrete, and maybe a crane... ;)

Yup! Mine is better, only i used a real camera trough the window, shot from a few kms away. I will take a better shot next time i pass it;P There are 2 large cranes and 4 concrete towers;D I guess some phones can shot better pics than i can with my cam.
They was really impressive when i passed them a few months ago:
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v214/117/70/680882116/n680882116_715001_4139.jpg

Here are some better pictures from the site:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/DSC00700-1.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/DSC00699-1.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/DSC00698.jpg

Seriously, this building is wider than it is tall! :lol:

That's quite right. But it will look pretty impressive when you're driving on the E6 towards the city centre.

Can't say I like it very much. But I guess something even worse could've been built in that location, so I won't complain THAT much.

Yup! Mine is better, only i used a real camera trough the window, shot from a few kms away. I will take a better shot next time i pass it;P There are 2 large cranes and 4 concrete towers;D I guess some phones can shot better pics than i can with my cam.
They was really impressive when i passed them a few months ago:
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v214/117/70/680882116/n680882116_715001_4139.jpg


6 towers now... :)

No pics, sorry... forgot about this place until I was doing a search on the building...

You are right, and here is how they look from my window, with they're location in the skyline, this time you can see a bit more details the concrete tower in the middle is new:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/DSC_0133.jpg

Update 22.06.08
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Norway%20and%20Nature/DSC_0134small.jpg

Again, 07.08.08.
This is the western banana, the shortest one - but at the moment the tallest:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0932.jpg


Seeing them from the north, it will have its slimmest side towards the fjord.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0934.jpg


From the east, Road 190, Strømsveien in front. This is the side off the tall and fat facade:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0935.jpg

Nice update. I actually like the angle of the last pic. It's very urban. Too bad it was ruined by a Swedish car, though...

Its location in the Helsfyr skyline:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0932-1.jpg

It's very generous of you to call it a skyline:)
Great updates as always Ingenioren!

30/09/08 - Shortest banana is topped out:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20sept%2008/DSC_1113.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20sept%2008/DSC_1114.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20sept%2008/DSC_1115.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20sept%2008/DSC_1116.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20sept%2008/DSC_1117.jpg

Here you can see there's much room for more tall buildings around Helsfyr Atrium:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20sept%2008/DSC_1119.jpg

Cladding! 15/10/08
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_1185.jpg

Nice to finally get an idea of what the facade will be like! Wonder if there will be color variations.

Webcam:
http://193.69.134.36/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?resolution=640x480
Making the 12th floor now;D

Pretty nice :)
Are there any other plans for new development in this area?

It's right next to the plot generously given to Vålerenga footballclub by the city.
http://www.vifstadion.no/

Check image in first post to see the size of the area, this is not how it will look tough.. ;P

Or check here:
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/oslo/article2695588.ece
http://media.aftenposten.no/archive/00867/_stadion-innside_jp_867614x.jpg

From my window 03/11/08:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/CSC_1237.jpg

"Disse er planlagt lagt bygget tett opp mot Strømsveien og Ringveien for å skjerme området innenfor." Thats good, that will make a urban feeling :)

Looks very massive from your point of view Ingenioren. Could you get Helsfyr Panorama in the same image, would be interesting to see!

Shure thing!
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/CSC_1241.jpg

And in between them we might see a few more buildings at the same height the following years;D

You're view is far too good.

Topped out now:)

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/CSC_1270.jpg

^^ Nice! From your point of view the facade looks very similar to PWC!

Helsfyr atrium is blinding trafic on Rv190?

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00682/helsfyr_atrium_682997c.jpg

http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/ioslo/article2488315.ece

Seems like it's shiny glass-panels are to shiny, and they may have to think of something clever to insure road safety on the busy expressway...

From Ulvensplitten:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_1491.jpg

It looks really massive. Cool pic!

Update from Eiendomsnytt:
http://www.eiendomsnytt.no/Articles/images/694/_MG_7199_468.jpg
http://www.eiendomsnytt.no/Nyheter/ArticleFullView.aspx?aid=694

The "new" Helsfyr skyline:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1823cr.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1834.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1840.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1839.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1841.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1842.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1845.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1847.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1860.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1859.jpg

It's looking pretty cool!

^^ yeah not bad at all! Awesome skyline pics Ingenioren! :P

From a different angle, Hellerudgrenda:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1593-1.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1593-2.jpg

Glass has reached full height now!

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/CSC_0128.jpg
Helsfyrs new silhouette from the my living room early in the morning.

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/CSC_0217.jpg
And again, in the evening.

A closer look:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Markatur/DSC_0131.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Markatur/DSC_0136.jpg

And a bit further away:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Markatur/DSC_0148.jpg

Unseen renders:

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/typo3temp/pics/cc7c91f5ac.jpg

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/typo3temp/pics/11cfc06d2c.gif

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/uploads/tx_aeprojects/3_11.jpg

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/typo3temp/pics/ae9260ae59.jpg

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/typo3temp/pics/7da71771b9.jpg

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/uploads/tx_aeprojects/2_11.jpg

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/uploads/tx_aeprojects/4_10.jpg

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/typo3temp/pics/475c28b7e6.gif

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/typo3temp/pics/06a99b4ed2.gif

http://www.akershus-eiendom.no/utleie/prosjekt/omrade/oslo-oest/?tx_aeprojects_pi1[projectID]=28

^^

This is one sexy building I tell you. There is plenty of space around for a bigger cluster so I have high hopes for this area given a few years.

I've noticed how they have illuminated the building with different coloured lights in the night sometimes. Anybody knows if this is a permanent "feature", or is it just during the construction phase?

I've seen that to, i have no idea :) Let's hope it will be permanent :D Something like this would be nice ;)

WSEGVYmGk7o
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/dexia-tower-and-the-light-fantastic/


Anyway I had a view on the tower from my bedroom-window and I basically watch the tower come alive, I was sad in the beginning, and here’s my point, almost anywhere in town you can see the tip of the Dexia (= bank) tower. Why was it sad in the beginning? Well the highest fierest tower in town takin’ on the sky all alone, sittin’ up high there standing in the darkness…

Now it has become a beacon, a proud signal of a reviving city and society, striving for avant-garde and helping people orientate and never wait in the dark ever again..

I hated the tower at first, especially because i saw it for way too long, and it was going nowhere but up, now with the permanent light-installation is has become more an object of joy than a too big (compared to it’s surroundings) tower wanting to be seen.


Nimby weapon? Makes me think about the Nydalen project will never come close to something like this because it's appartments, but an office building like Helsfyr could easily have a light-show when all the workers have gone home...

Or like this :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ddJrPKXfHM&feature=related

Funny one :)

I'm guessing the nabouring residents will tear down city hall before letting anything like this happend... Like the fight over light-commercials around the city ... ;P

Such a nice building.

It's a shame it's so suburban in its facade. While it looks great from a distance, up close it's pretty much like every other suburban office building in Oslo, only taller. A wall of windows that meets grass.

The best angles are probably from Ekeberg:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0398.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0400.jpg

^^ its adding it self very nicely with the surroundings!

If a certain football club could get going with this as well, then the neighborhood would be totally sweet :cheers:

http://vifstadion.no/images/stories/easygallery/resized/23/1195779820_side_ved_side_syd.jpg

Almost done now 10/9-09:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0451.jpg

Giving the footballfields below a second sun :)
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0452.jpg

Glass-buildings tend to be reflectant, rather than transparent - this one is still transparent untill they install the furniture :)
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0454.jpg

Sweet pics! I have to go there again soon.

It's so incredibly massive, it's sick! Usually when I drive past it at night it's lit up, but it hasn't been lately. Will they stop doing that?:cry:

View from a bridge over E6, Furuset:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0515.jpg

Closer look from Teisen:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0524.jpg

I like a building that has different shapes from different angles:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0526.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0528.jpg

Looking forward to the urban police tearing down that old school and turn it into highrises!!!:yes:

12/4-10

It's now externally complete, here's a few pictures taken from Ulven:

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Haldenapr/DSC_1594.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Haldenapr/DSC_1597.jpg

Internally complete also. bygg no states that AF gruppen are now moving in.

I came across this forum thread when googling for the address to this building.... and I figured it would be a nice gesture to the fans of this building to post a quick gigapixel photo I made while I was doing a job there (I work as a photographer)...

http://gigapan.no/helsfyr_atrium/

Enjoy ;-)

I have a large number of really nice interior and exterior shots from this building. Lemme know if you are interested, and I'll ask the landlord if I may publish these photos.


P.S. I'm going back there soon to do a new gigapixel photo from the neighboring high rise, Helsfyr Panorama. Then you'll be able to see Helsfyr Atrium as well.

A small teaser...
(shot on May 3rd and May 5th 2010)

http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/IMG_0007.jpg http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/IMG_0031.jpg

http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/IMG_0058.jpg http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/IMG_0208.jpg

http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/IMG_0247.jpg http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/IMG_2046.jpg

http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/_B110333.jpg http://kilobytebandit.net/images/helsfyr_atrium/_B110394.jpg

Oh man, that's nice! Thank you ;)

Would have been so awesome if the tallest part was a seperate building by Oslo S though. :ohno:

I came across this forum thread when googling for the address to this building.... and I figured it would be a nice gesture to the fans of this building to post a quick gigapixel photo I made while I was doing a job there (I work as a photographer)...

http://gigapan.no/helsfyr_atrium/

Enjoy ;-)

I have a large number of really nice interior and exterior shots from this building. Lemme know if you are interested, and I'll ask the landlord if I may publish these photos.


P.S. I'm going back there soon to do a new gigapixel photo from the neighboring high rise, Helsfyr Panorama. Then you'll be able to see Helsfyr Atrium as well.

Awesome, and yes, we wuld love to see some interior pictures! :)

Welcome to the forum btw!

Oh man these pics kick the crap out of mine :) Thanks for showing! Interior pictures would be very nice, the floorlines in the atrium looks amazing.

Superb pics, Irios! The gigapixel is also cool. Great to test how well one know the Oslo geography!:D

If it's ok with you, I borrow one of your pics for the "skylines" thread:)

in the fifth picture it seems like this building creates a great skyline all by itself :lol:

Edit.

31/5-10

Some more photos from the finished landscape/parkinglot:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1909.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1907.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1906.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1905.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1908.jpg

Skyline shot, Konows gt.
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/CSC_1893.jpg

It just looks awesome!

Got to drag my ass to Oslo soon.

I really like this building! It's beautiful!! Congrats Oslo with this piece of modern and good-looking architecture :cheer:

Sadly, it doesnt add more than a nice skyline.

Sadly, it doesnt add more than a nice skyline.

Well, it's Helsfyr for ya'! Hopefully the are will improve with the coming of new Vålerenga stadium:)

Ok, guys...

I have over 100 images with interior, exterior and aerial high rise porn of Helsfyr Atrium for you:
http://www.nyebilder.no/eiendomsfoto/naringseiendom/

Enjoy ;)

^^ Amazing! You seem to have a cool job ;)

An article in Aften yesterday, Helsfyr atrium and it's nabours is apparently located in the worst intersection in Oslo where it can take as much as 70 minutes to get out on the main road.

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/oslo/article3676319.ece

C'mon? 70 minutes! And you still won't take the metro - they sure love their driving :nuts: