DnB NOR
DnB NOR is a part of the OperaKvarteret (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=774674) highrise clauster

The new headquarters of Norwegian financial institution DnB NOR, a cluster of 3 buildings of the Barcode (Operakvarteret), with approx. 80.000 m2
of mixed usage. Each building is being besigned by one of the 3 original masterplan winners : MVRDV (http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/news) who is responsible for the design of the A-
building, Dark Arkitekter (http://www.darkarkitekter.no/) for the C-building and A-lab (http://www.a-lab.no/) for the B-building.

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Illustration by Placebo Effects (http://pfx.no/)

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Here is a more detailed description of each building.
DnB NOR Bygg A

Bygg A is the main building in the DnB NOR clauster. Its a pixelated building, designed by MVRDV with 17 floors and a surface of 36,500m2, is due
to be completed in 2012.

The project aims to create synergy and identity for the firm translating social and democratic culture into the design and making the space an
enviable working facility. MVRDV's building is conceived as a steel ‘rack’ which permits adaptation to the flexible nature of the organisation. The
steel rack is wrapped in a stone skin, which adopts Norwegian environmental standards. It appears as a rock, a strong shape within the boundaries
of the Barcode. The niches of this rock provide space for vegetation growth: the positioning of the pixels creates roof gardens or outside areas for
every floor.

The generic office floors which provide more than 2,000 flexible working spaces recline and are recessed in various places to reflect the urban
context and to create communal indoor and outdoor areas and outstanding daylight conditions. At street level the building volume is opened by
sheltered entrance zones, and intersected by a public passage leading to the Oslo Central Station. The pixelated design allows this specific response
whilst being highly efficient and flexible. As a result, every floor of the building is both unique and generic: the pixelated volume makes the generic
specific.

Additional facilities include a panoramic 140 seat canteen on the top level, an executive lounge with a view over the fjord, a board room, in the heart
of the volume, DnB NOR’s trading room with 250 work stations, and the main entrance with a reception and access to the concourse. These collective
elements are connected by a staggered continuous internal route of terraces, encouraging informal meetings and communication between employees
and a series of wooden stairs and bridges allows travel between levels.

More on Urbika (http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/799-dnb-nor-bygg-a)
High resolution renderings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=69806377#post69806377)

http://i.imgur.com/uTNNg.jpg
Illustration by Placebo Effects (http://pfx.no/)

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DnB NOR Bygg B

The barcode master plan offers very specific constrains and limitations for the building. The envelope in is cut out as a strip 21x105 with a maximum
height of 54m. A-lab’s part of the DnB project consists of a mix-use building of 15 stories: 8 floors of DnB NOR offices, topped with living units, in a
total of 22,000 m2.

The design addresses this program by efficiently compacting flexible office spaces, and optimizing the views and outdoor spaces of housing units,
organized around a raised covered garden. The planning of the office levels allows different combinations of layouts, from open landscape to office
cells - the possibility of variation of the circulation path (along cores or facades) guarantees efficiency in the different solutions, as well as the best
working conditions according to the strict Norwegian regulations for the working environment.

Contrasting with the enveloped “machine” underneath, the housing units rest on 1.000 m2 of common open areas, a garden/terrace elevated from the
street level. With its panoramic elevator and open bridges, this green foyer acts as a buffer that every resident crosses. Opening in both ends to
terraces overlooking the Oslo Fjord to the south or the cityscape towards the north and east, the covered garden is the result of an uncompromising
real estate strategy of the Barcode Plan: one-sided apartments are not allowed - raising the environmental standards and the living qualities in the new
city waterfront.

The result was equally uncompromised, with one gesture the housing area only facing the long facades was removed, creating the garden and adding
two more “inner facades”. These give the opportunity to open an extra window to the outside garden and to the views of the Fjord or the city - Oslo
being relatively low-rise.

More on Urbika (http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/861-dnb-nor-bygg-b)
High resolution renderings

http://i.imgur.com/g9APt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R5UC1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kKcqc.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Skyscrapercity/BETWEENBAR_3pix.jpg

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DnB NOR Bygg C

The C building by Dark Arkitekter has fifteen floors and a surface of 12.000 m2. It’s planned completed in 2012. Thirteen generic office floors give 500
workplaces for the bank. The two top floors contain a public restaurant and bar with a 360 degree viewing platform on the roof terrace. An inclined
public panorama elevator connects the view platform and the restaurant/bar on the top with the ground level restaurant at Dronning Eufemias gate,
the new main boulevard of Oslo. At street level the building have a mix of retail and commercial establishments, in addition to one of several dining
lounges in the DnB NOR complex. A two story high public passage penetrates the building, as a part of a public short track through the Barcode site,
leading to the Oslo central station.

The stair shaped volume, each step two stories high, faces south towards the fjord. The fifthteen floor high north façade faces the railroad tracks
and the city. Green landscaped terraces provide outdoor spaces with spectacular view. These “pocket parks” are connected to the indoor social areas,
open over two floors. This openness between inside and outside responds to the Norwegian climate of cold winters and pleasant summer, giving
flexibility in the use of the social areas during the shifting seasons.

Effective generic office floors are facing the terraces and the double high social areas. An internal 15-floors straight flight of stairs runs alongside the
public panorama elevator, connecting the different office levels. Entering this stair is like arriving another world, leaving the busy open office floors
behind. It’s a narrow diagonal room running with the staircase over 15 floors, art all along the walls on one side, the public elevator moving up and
down in the glass tube on the other side and the sky above through the glass ceiling. The feeling of being outside the building, mixed with entering a
semi public space creates a unique atmosphere.

One access the typical office floors through the main core in the north. Meeting rooms, think tanks and other support rooms are placed along the east
facade, facing the main bank building. The large column free open office area runs in the north-south direction, ending on the terraces on the bottom
level, facing the waterfront. At the mezzanine levels you are overlooking the double high common areas, with the terraces the sea view as a back
curtain.

The double high glass facade faces south. The rest of the facades are mainly dark gray concrete cassettes. The weight are reduced by using fiber
reinforced concret. The cassettes of modules 0.9x0.9, 1.8x1.8 or 2.7x2.7 meters and varied depth, creates a mosaic of square shapes, visually adding
solidity and massiveness to the building volume. The window formats follows the same modules.

The DnB NOR C building embodies a building that response to the needs and demands of an effective modern office building- at the same time being a
public building. The public program and roof access add functions to the Barcode area and to the Barcode city-scape. The building itself is
strengthening the identity of the bank and the Barcode area.

More on Urbika (http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/862-dnb-nor-bygg-c)
High resolution renderings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69805389&postcount=13)

http://i.imgur.com/Hrh5j.jpg
Illustration by Placebo Effects

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Updated by Þróndeimr

^^

WOW!
Absolutely love that!

Yeah, it looks very promising :)

So your guess is that the former Visma-bygget will be part of the DNB Nor HQ? That would be logical, but not certain yet. Great news anyway!

^^ No, Visma is not a part of the DnB deal. You can see the three building here (http://www.dn.no/bilder/article1418485.ece?fullscreen=true&imageNumber=3&numImages=7)

^^ Why don't use the biggest and best renderings in the first post? ;)

Aha! I get it now. Now we just have to wait for the architects.

Muster: This is the link to the second rendering. Feel free to use it in your first post. http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/Untitled-1-6.jpg

I like theese three new "bars":D


The new order in Barcode is

1. PWC
2. KLP
3. Snøhetta's iceberg
4. Visma (although it probably won't be housing Visma:nuts:)
5. Some unheard of bread-slice
6-8 DnbNOR
9-11 None heard of

Aha! I get it now. Now we just have to wait for the architects.

ok... :shifty:

Muster: This is the link to the second rendering. Feel free to use it in your first post. http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/Untitled-1-6.jpg


Thanks, its done. How do you upload it?

Isn't this the final design? It's far from the scetches that were released with the Barcode-concept. Then these looked like this:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/135011.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/135012.jpg

I have a hard time thinking they made scetches like those we see now for no reason...

Muster: Just the classic print screen button:D

^^ I think those are out of question now. When OSU announce a deal, the renders are pretty much the real and final thing.

IceCheese, thanks for your support. You could become my 24h helpdesk :)

About the bread-slice, it looks like a leftover from one of the old opera proposals. It is also very thin, and I cant help wondering how it can work as a good office-building?

Don't care about that, the breadslice looks too cool, we need it;)

^^ I think those are out of question now. When OSU announce a deal, the renders are pretty much the real and final thing.

Yeah, that was what I was trying to say. Didn't put myself to clearly there.. The point was that I didn't get what Kjetilab was saying...

I'm a bit sceptical about the breadslice, at least until we know what materials will be used.

Yeah, that was what I was trying to say. Didn't put myself to clearly there.. The point was that I didn't get what Kjetilab was saying...


My comment wasn`t to clearly either, I was just backing up your comment to Kjetilab :lol: I guess the heat is getting to my brain.. I feel I need something. Hmm, maybe.. oh yes :cheers2:

Looks really good:applause:

I got your drift right away IceCheese. But something in the glass to cool down would be nice.

My point was that we don't know if any architect is assigned to the buildings, and it was stated in one of the articles that facade material and final design was uncertain still. The volume is known by now, but even if the regulatory work finally is done each and every building has to be approved through a political process.

Am I making myself understandable at all?

Am I making myself understandable at all?

:lol: Yes you are, I`m not sure about the architect situation in Barcode myself. Do we have an assigned architect for the KLP-building? Its under construction, but I cant remember ever heard of an assigned architect.
My thougt was that MVRDV,a-lab and DARK was working on some of these buildings together with OSU and the different companies.

Yes, the KLP-building is drawn by Solheim+Jakobsen. PWC was dravn by A-lab. So I guess the architectural competition is about to start about now...

Yes, the KLP-building is drawn by Solheim+Jakobsen. PWC was dravn by A-lab. So I guess the architectural competition is about to start about now...

Article says that the render is from SJ-arkitekter, so I guess this one is also by Solheim+Jakobsen then.

I can't tell whether I like the one in the middle or not, but the ones on sides look really really great!

^^ Thats the cool thing about Barcode, it has a great variation, and when its all completed I guess people walking there will discuss which building they like best. If you like highrises youre almost guaranteed to find a building you like. I like the one in the middle BTW. :)

^^ True. I don't like the DnB buildings either too much yet, but these renderings isn't the best either so, we might expect to see something nicer.

But Barcode have some really great variety, my a huge fan of Isfjellet! :cheers:

Here's another rendering:
http://www.estatemedia.no/Articles/images/639/3D-stor.jpg

^^
I have to go down there and tell the Barcode builders to speed up. Can't wait.
(Ok. Maybe a different team will build this one)

That render was sweet! Where did you find it?

Next sunday (14th.) it's Open day in Bjørvika, and maybe then we can get some more information about this project and a few more.

Some article, not regarding DNB-nor in any way... ;P
http://www.estatemedia.no/Nyheter/ArticleFullView.aspx?ind=Y&aid=639
Let's hope so! Open day will be sweet;D

Oh my f*cking god! That's one amazing building!

Wow, great render. I`l put it in the first post. Barcode rocks!!! :banana:

That render was sweet! Where did you find it?

Next sunday (14th.) it's Open day in Bjørvika, and maybe then we can get some more information about this project and a few more.

Thank you for the tip! I will try to get there!

Looks good in the new rendering, this one will add a great contrast into Barcode. Looks a bit retro, more 80s/early 90s in design. :)

Looks very good! Me likes.

New render!

http://osu.no/fileadmin/templates/main/images/main_dnbnor.jpg

^^

Have they changed the design again? I acctually liked it more when it was a bit boxy, now it is very 60´s! Not bad but it was better earlier! I mean the building to the right.

That building (it's the DNB Nor house B) never had a 'real' design before. Only the conceptual design from Barcode. The upper 5 or 6 floors will contain 35 appartments.

So the middle building is the only one with a real design and architects(MVRDV + Dark + A-lab + Zink) have worked on, at this point... So this is probably the one who will start construction this winter, if they are done with the archeological digging by then... =) And the 2 others will see large changes in design! Probably will have some nice roof gardens on them aswell;D

The building to the left (Bygg C or something, which can't be seen in that last render) will have public access and a restaurant/pub on top. That's gonna be awesome!

What?=P Shouldn't the skybar be in the tallest one? (Visma / Snøhetta)?

Never heard anything about that before, but I miss a lot of things..

Link here (http://osu.no/naering/dnb-nor/) (at bottom of page)

Yeah, i saw it... It would make more sense... Since this one will be surrounded by taller buildings on eastern and south-western side, my guess is that the best view is from Klp =)

Haven't heard anything about it myself... Just wondering why they chose that building for a skybar....

Main architects on the a-building is Dutch MVRDV, with a-lab and DARK as side-architects. This will be the main building in the DnbNOR-complex.

Building b will have 35 appartments in floors 12-17

This render shows that also the c-building has changed it's design slightly.

http://osu.no/fileadmin/templates/main/images/main_dnbnor2.jpg

This building will go up two and two floors up to 14 on the Oslo S-side. This also means it won't have the weird top of the original renders. According to the description, the building will be covered in reflective metal on the west, north and eastern side, with windows.
I like it much better now!

I like it much better now!

Me too m))

Here some new renders, and this time the design has changed drasticly! Luckily for us, Placebo effects has finally decided to share some of their awesomeness with us!;)
http://www.pfx.no/

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/dnbnor1.jpg

^^ cool, though i am not sure if i like it much more than the previous design which i didn't like too well either...

The previous design was good, but now they have gone and mucked it up completely.

Like the old design better too...

I also think it was better before...

Lots of cool stuff on their page, though! That office building on Fornebu they showed was great! Right next to Telenor..

That office building on Fornebu they showed was great! Right next to Telenor..

Yes, that one must be new, since i visited Placebo 's site like a month ago or so and it wasn't there.

At first the new render doesn`t look to good, but I still think it has some cool qualities. In a way the new design is more "Old school", and I think it has this Manhatten feeling I really want..:)

The new officebuilding at Fornebu looks great too, and the film was awesome! :cheers:

The former design had some "Aker Brygge" feel, which I found to be suiting for the new DnB NOR hq, but this new design just looks really wierd.

The former design had some "Aker Brygge" feel, which I found to be suiting for the new DnB NOR hq, but this new design just looks really wierd.

I agree, the old one had more "Aker Brygge" feeling, or maybe "Vika" feeling. But this one is growing on me, and I think I can already conclude that I like the new design best. It has a solid feeling, and what seems to be a concrete facade with different sections put together make it look safe and fresh at the same time. It`s almost brutalism in a nice way :)

I wonder if the new design has something to do with the new energy efficiency requirements?

I'm just speculating, but the previous design was mostly glass and metal which is very wasteful in terms of energy and which will apparently be very difficult (and expensive) to do with the new regulations. The new design on the other hand seems very eco-friendly. It even has green roofs.

Looks like they have gone for a more green solution, with a whole bunch of small platforms with trees and bushes, and something that almost look like greenhouses, or solar panels perhaps. This I like, and its more true to the eco-friendly model that barcode was suppose to have had. However, the old design was waaay better than this clunky monster.

That Placebo site was awesome, but the new design...:dunno:

It's cooler imo, it makes the row look less like a row and fits better with the eastern DnB-nor building:)

Here's what sort of thinking we would need in this project, this highrise ”Power Tower” uses both solarenergi and earth-heat:
http://www.arkitektnytt.no/page/page/preview/10831/news-4-2696.html

^^
Thats great, but what that tower shows is that an eco-friendly tower can also be fairly conventional in shape. Why not make an eco solution with the old design, thats what I want to know

Like it (new design, that is). So much green. I like hanging gardens - it makes it feel like a place I'd like to live.

edit...

New renders from Placebo Effects, originally brought to our attention by Mr. Love Architectur:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/1.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/2.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/3.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/4.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/5.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/6.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/7.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/8.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/9.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/10.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/11.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/12.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/13.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/14.jpg

Construction expected to start later this year:cheers:

Very nice! Just a shame with all Oslo's 60-70 m. buildings.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/2.jpg


Nice to see some real renders of the C-building. Looking good! :cheers:


Very nice! Just a shame with all Oslo's 60-70 m. buildings.

Yeah, it is shameful :lol:

That's a very decent-looking piece of architecture. Bright and open.

Wow, a funicular;) - The C is turning out better, i like the side/back a lot!

To bad they are glassing in all the boxes of the B, it looked more original when it was more brutal, looks like a great place to work, maybe be a bit hard to find the coffee machine....

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/2.jpg

Wow this must be the most creative thing to happen in Scandinavia since TT right? It's WAY to short though. No i don't have a penis complex i just think that it's a really good idea to build tall building that way man kind don't have to take up all living space from animals and wildlife.

But yeah i'm really positive for this building and all projects in Oslo!

Thumbs up!

That sloping elevator looks cool.

Yeah :D A possible touristattraction?

Yeah, as previously stated, the top floor will be a restaurant;D

^^Oh, thats cool. Then I actually can have excuse to take it :)

Now if KLP gets their dream-scraper at BG's gate 13, we can start having skybar-rounds in Oslo:cheers:

Now if KLP gets their dream-scraper at BG's gate 13, we can start having skybar-rounds in Oslo:cheers:

You can already, both the SAS- hotels, and Stratos (when it is open..:lol:) ;)

But yeah, it would be cool if get at least two moe skybars in the citycenter. Oh, and dont forget restaurant in the new Munch Museum :)

Piling for what appears to be DnB-Nors main building (the one in the middle):

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Hole/DSC_0033.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Hole/DSC_0032.jpg

Here's reading from Rådet for Byarkitektur concerning DnB-Nor, seems like A has gotten the glass-facades because the form had become to organic and broke with the Barcode prinsipples... Again we see a good idea shot down by the Barcode police (Like with Isfjellet... ) Also it seems that there will be appartments in building B from floors 9 -15 (Approx 40 appartments), and a museum at first floor (With the recovered ships?).
http://web102881.pbe.oslo.kommune.no/saksinnsyn/showfile.asp?fileid=2174949

The undefined eastern part of Barcode (B13) is going to be designed by 3x Nielsen and Lund Hagem.

Crossroads are named Rostockgata east of building B and Wismargata between building A and C.

More on building C, it's planned as a lamell untill floor 9 (Wtf happened here?!) and then staircase from both sides untill the middle at floor 15, materials are considered light stone or light concrete, they also mention a skybridge over to building A, i'm guessing at 8th floor?:
http://web102881.pbe.oslo.kommune.no/saksinnsyn/showfile.asp?fileid=2140256

Is this maybe same type of cladding envisioned for building C? Looks very simular:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3336755214_805951974f_o.jpg

Wow! Yet again I found a new way of saving money for the city! I should be byrådsleder!

Is this maybe same type of cladding envisioned for building A? Looks very simular:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3336755214_805951974f_o.jpg

You mean building C, right? I thought C would have some metal cladding, more like Skatteetaten.

Wow! Yet again I found a new way of saving money for the city! I should be byrådsleder!

The people hired for the purpose of fucking up architects work should build roads and train-tracks instead. Or they should pick garbage in the streets of Oslo!

^ I second that! Or even do drugs and hang around plata would be better for the city!

Ofcourse i meant C =) Sorry!

Or even do drugs and hang around plata would be better for the city!


I second that! :lol: Man, you are on fire today :cheers:

So, what can we expect from B13?

Lund Hagem:
http://www.lundhagem.no/

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/hagemcode.jpg

3x Nielsen:
http://www.3xn.dk/

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/3xcode.jpg
This design has potential of being barcodes coolest building i say! (No doubt Barcode-police will be furious if this gets on their table..)


3XN er blevet udpeget som en af 3 vindere i konkurrencen om boliger i masterplanen Barcode. Barcode ligger i området Bjørvika ved Oslo Havn tæt på det nye operahus og er et havneområde i spændende udvikling, præget af stor skala.

Konceptet i 3XN’s projekt er i princippet et M. M-formen med den slanke bygningskrop består af tre tårne, som samler sig i et sammenhængende volumen på toppen og giver optimale udsigtsforhold og plads til forskudte nabobygninger fra begge sider. Toppen af M-formen danner rum for en frodig taghave og fælles faciliteter.

Ved netop at lægge udearealer øverst i bygningen og skråne toppen i retning af fjord og sol etableres et solbeskinnet frirum. Bygningskroppen kaldes Soria Moria. Udtrykket Soria Moria stammer fra et gammelt norsk folkeeeventyr om slottet Soria Moria, det forjættede land med evigt solskin.

Med det enkle og klare forslag med reference til stregkodens præcision tager 3XN behovet for bytæthed alvorligt, samtidig med at der tages højde for de urbane kvaliteter på gadeplan. Her bidrager basen og mellemrummene til at opfylde visionen om et pulserende, funktionelt og attraktivt område til glæde for beboere og besøgende.

3 winners? Who is the 3rd then? (B13 has 3 buildings.) My hope is they continue the code trough the museum of natural history aswell, altough lower bars ofcourse...

Nice find! I have been looking for those. I remember someone posted these in one the Oslo/Norway threads earlier this winter, and I think there was a third building in that post..
The 3x Nielsen is awsome:drool:

That last one is plagiarism!

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/elephant-building.jpg

But seriously, I've seen all the proposals before too. But I can't wait:)

AND I hope they won't destroy DnBNOR... Completely......

^ Yes they are old, and early scetches/brainstorming - but maybe they will materialize in a different form, or maybe we will se completly new buildings and concepts by these architect-companies. The 3xN building-web i like very much, i hope they use it in their building. Also B13 will host a large kindergarden in 1st floors :)

Why would you bring up that Elephant-building? That is blasfemi!:lol:

Surprise, I was back this evening inspecting the progress. I have to say, I was not prepered for the things that I saw.. 20 older men in green workwear was working like ants on a saturday evening. Strange thing, they didn't behave like normal construction workers, they did not talk at all and none of them was just standing there looking at someone else working.. THEY WHERE ALL WORKING VERY HARD, AND SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WHERE DOING!!! :cheers:

I tell you, this was not normal workers.. :sly:

^^ @Ingenioren: You did not just dis the elephant, did you?!?
@muster: ESB took just 13 months to build. Coincidence that was during the great depression?

^^ @Ingenioren: You did not just dis the elephant, did you?!?
@muster: ESB took just 13 months to build. Coincidence that was during the great depression?

Why work faster during depression??? 13 months, WOW. I have been in the building and 13 months seems just incredible :shocked:

Surprise, I was back this evening inspecting the progress. I have to say, I was not prepered for the things that I saw.. 20 older men in green workwear was working like ants on a saturday evening. Strange thing, they didn't behave like normal construction workers, they did not talk at all and none of them was just standing there looking at someone else working.. THEY WHERE ALL WORKING VERY HARD, AND SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WHERE DOING!!! :cheers:

I tell you, this was not normal workers.. :sly:

At least a few of them are from Finland. Maybe that can explain their unorthodox behaviour?:lol:

Why work faster during depression??? 13 months, WOW. I have been in the building and 13 months seems just incredible :shocked:
My guess: 'cause if you were among the best (= hardest working), then *maybe* the company would keep you for the next job. And if they don't, it's no new job. And no job means no money. And no money means out on the streets.

And no welfare for you either. You feed yourself or starve. That's motivating. And it would be like that all the way down to the supply chain to the miners digging the iron ore.

That plus of course they didn't care about safety back then (but, frankly, I don't think that costs too much time today).

Surprise, I was back this evening inspecting the progress. I have to say, I was not prepered for the things that I saw.. 20 older men in green workwear was working like ants on a saturday evening. Strange thing, they didn't behave like normal construction workers, they did not talk at all and none of them was just standing there looking at someone else working.. THEY WHERE ALL WORKING VERY HARD, AND SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WHERE DOING!!! :cheers:

I tell you, this was not normal workers.. :sly:

:rofl:

This picture was taken from Ekeberg yesterday evening at 18:09 (round about the time you're referring to I assume):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3581426130_9618b42a3d.jpg

Now let us zoom in.....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3580615125_6f711b978e.jpg

Voila!

Photographic evidence (although they could be standing still for all I know)

Damn, does this mean construction workers actually have to work from now on? And i tought i made a smart move choosing this branch...

At least a few of them are from Finland. Maybe that can explain their unorthodox behaviour?:lol:
Koskenkorva?

Damn, does this mean construction workers actually have to work from now on? And i tought i made a smart move choosing this branch...

hmmm an engineer isnt the same as a construction worker, is it?

i thogut engineers planned the buildings etc and the construction workers did the job of actually constructing/buildng them..:nuts:

Updates from this rainy day - where did the summer go?:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0027.jpg

Now the middle building has gotten it's own towercrane - the blue one, and foundationworks is being poured, i broke my camera unfortunatly so no updates, check webcam - maybe we will see this one play catch-up with Visma:)
http://osu.no/operakvarteret/now.jpg

The monster crane at "plata" is was unloading some large steel beams yesterday, beats what it is, maybe they are doing the vertical extension of østbanehallen, maybe there is just a storage space for Visma-beams, barcode pit is very full (They were actually working on the bridges at 2300 on sunday(!!)...

Now the middle building has gotten it's own towercrane - the blue one, and foundationworks is being poured, i broke my camera unfortunatly so no updates, check webcam - maybe we will see this one play catch-up with Visma:)
http://osu.no/operakvarteret/now.jpg



I was there on saturday when they assembled the crane. All swedes working with the crane, with a swedish flag on top :)

I also noticed that they have started with piling on the site for the last residential buildings. They are now working all over Barcode :cheers:

26.07.09

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde340.jpg

07.08.09

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P8071295.jpg?t=1249679770

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P8071299.jpg?t=1249679847

19/08 20:00:

In the evening as the worksite is calm, there was one welder at work there tough.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Etter%20sommeren/DSC_0257.jpg

Another tower-crane has been raised, and it's a damn tall one :)
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Etter%20sommeren/DSC_0258.jpg

There he or she is:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Etter%20sommeren/DSC_0268.jpg

Doesn't look like a recession, i counted 11 tower-cranes in total for whole Bjørvika area:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Etter%20sommeren/DSC_0269.jpg

maybe anyone knows who is the general contractor, developer and the architect of DnB?

The DNB-Nor complex comprises 3 buildings, but the first one to rise, DNB-Nor Hus A, is drawn by Dutch firm MVRDV with Arkitekturlaboratoriet and Dark Arkiteker as associate architects.

Don't know if a general contractor is choosen yet. Not to my knowledge at least.
Developer is Oslo S utvikling, which developes the entire Operakvarteret area.

Isn't it Vedal Utvikling that runs the contracting for all of Osus business?

30.08.09

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P8301324.jpg

10/9-09:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0465.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0466.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-3.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-7.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-6.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-8.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-5.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-4.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-1.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DnB-NOR-headquarters-by-MVRDV-2.gif

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/17/dnb-nor-headquarters-by-mvrdv/

This building rocks! And this building in the Varcode context rocks even more!

My only reservation is that some of the cool features of it may not be that visible due to the narrow space between the adjoining buildings? Well who cares, the density is what makes it great.

The final design looks much better than the previous designs!

Pixelated design for DnB NOR headquarters enters main construction phase
WorldArchitectureNews (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=12390)

Foundations up to basement level are now complete at the main building of the new DnB NOR headquarters in Norway. The new headquarter cluster with a total surface of 80,000 sq m, is developed by the Norwegian Oslo S Utvikling (OSU), and its pixelated central building, designed by MVRDV with 17 floors and a surface of 36,500 sq m, is due to be completed in 2012.

In 2003, MVRDV, together with Norwegian firms Dark and a-lab, won the competition for the Bjørvika waterfront development and designed a dense urban master plan along Nyland Allé, the Oslo Barcode, that will be developed and realised by OSU in phases.

The project combines Norwegian bank DnB NOR's twenty offices into a new cluster of three volumes with a common basement and a 3,000m2 underground concourse interlinking the three buildings of the bank.

The project aims to create synergy and identity for the firm translating social and democratic culture into the design and making the space an enviable working facility. MVRDV's building is conceived as a steel ‘rack’ which permits adaptation to the flexible nature of the organisation. The steel rack is wrapped in a stone skin, which adopts Norwegian environmental standards. It appears as a rock, a strong shape within the boundaries of the Barcode. The niches of this rock provide space for vegetation growth: the positioning of the pixels creates roof gardens or outside areas for every floor.

The generic office floors which provide more than 2,000 flexible working spaces recline and are recessed in various places to reflect the urban context and to create communal indoor and outdoor areas and outstanding daylight conditions. At street level the building volume is opened by sheltered entrance zones, and intersected by a public passage leading to the Oslo Central Station. The pixelated design allows this specific response whilst being highly efficient and flexible. As a result, every floor of the building is both unique and generic: the pixelated volume makes the generic specific.

Additional facilities include a panoramic 140 seat canteen on the top level, an executive lounge with a view over the fjord, a board room, in the heart of the volume, DnB NOR’s trading room with 250 work stations, and the main entrance with a reception and access to the concourse. These collective elements are connected by a staggered continuous internal route of terraces, encouraging informal meetings and communication between employees and a series of wooden stairs and bridges allows travel between levels.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB3x.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB2x.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB1x.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB4x.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB5x.jpg

amazing.

the new design definitely looks better than the old one!

someone should edit the first post :)

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/17/dnb-nor-headquarters-by-mvrdv/

This building rocks! And this building in the Varcode context rocks even more!

My only reservation is that some of the cool features of it may not be that visible due to the narrow space between the adjoining buildings? Well who cares, the density is what makes it great.

Thanks for the update :cheers:

I'm really glad they changed it, i have hopes that Oslo will get more buildings like this, setbacks is the ultimate way to keep a good urban feel to skyscrapers without making the streets the unpleasant canyon feeling... Didn't New-York use to have a mandatory setbacks regulation in the 30s?

Still growing: 23/9-09

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0533.jpg

Skyline views:

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

26.09.09

The walls are coming up:
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P9261321.jpg?t=1253986548

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P9261323.jpg?t=1253986589

^^ A little more since last time:

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/PA041347.jpg?t=1254692739

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/PA041351.jpg?t=1254692810

News is getting around:
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2316WorkStartsOnDnBHeadquarters_pic1.jpg

Work Starts On DnB Headquarters
Published on 06-10-2009 by Skyscrapernews.com

Work is now underway in Oslo on the new corporate headquarters for Norwegian financial giant, DnB NOR.

The 17-storey scheme has been designed by MVRDV and once completed in 2012 will have 36,500 square metres of floor space for the bank to occupy.
The original relationship between MVRDV and the site dates all the way back to 2003 when they, Dark and a-lab won a competition to design a masterplan for the Bjørvika waterfront.

It wasn't until 2007 however that the developer OSU decided to commission a central building for the site which has now morphed into the DnB headquarters.

What they've come up with is essentially a selection of stacked cubes with steel racks, each with floor to ceiling glazing and a stone skin. Compared by the architect to a rock thanks to its blocky, if geological look that includes various nooks, crannies, and alcoves taking advantage of cantilevers.

These are in fact a continuous stream of terraces running around the building connected by wooden footbridges that can provide a number of outdoor spaces for the buildings 2,000 plus employees to take advantage of when they are not chained to their desks as well as an opportunity to walk from A-Z outside when the weather permits rather than make their way through the traditional corridors.

Norway is one of the few countries in western Europe that has been hugely affected by the current economic problems with the massive sovereign wealth fund it has built up actually being one of the main beneficiaries thanks to shrewd economic management. The scheme is being built by Vedal Project AS and has a 2012 completion date.

I guess this is that kind of building I don't know if I hate or love.. Guess it must grow on me a bit.

don't worry, i think it will look nice, it sort of reminds me of how they used to make buildings in New York specifically, all these setbacks and such.

What i love about the barcode buildings is that they are boxy, yet very interesting and sleek looking!:banana:

How it looked this morning, 27/10-09:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/2710/DSC_0702.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/2710/DSC_0704.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/2710/DSC_0706.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/2710/DSC_0710.jpg

It becomes clear how fat this centre building will be in comparison to other barcodes like Visma - luckily the setbacks will make it a little bit slimmer.

17/11-09: It's above ground!

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18nov/DSC_0734.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18nov/DSC_0738.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18nov/DSC_0740.jpg

Just want to point out the completion of several DnB-Nor buildings, info from Byggeindustrien.

Bygg A: Middle of 2012.
Bygg C: Ending of 2012.
Bygg B: Ending of 2013.

So we will soon see some progress on C aswell i imagine :)

I'm looking forward to the completition of the C-building. Will be nice with the elevator and the restaurant/"skybar". :)

http://osu.no/typo3temp/pics/1c1a3e1630.jpg

Apropo, did anyone get the new OSU mag today? I did! Didn't have much time to read it, but I think there was something about how the sales are going and something about the future timespan.

Apropo, did anyone get the new OSU mag today? I did! Didn't have much time to read it, but I think there was something about how the sales are going and something about the future timespan.

I did to. Not much news (for well informed individuals as our selves), but always fun to read.

Progress plan:
Allmenningene:
Festningsallmenningen: 2014
Operaallmenningen: 2014
Akerselvallmenningen: 2013 (northern part)
Stasjonsallmenningen: 2011 (northern part), 2014 (south of DEG)
Bispekilen: 2016
Kongsbakken: 2016
Loallmenningen: 2017

Next residential project (don't know if that's DNB-Nor Hus B or MAD-bygget): 2012

Next residential project (don't know if that's DNB-Nor Hus C or MAD-bygget): 2012

That would be Mad-bygget, as stated before, only DnB building B has appartments.

That would be Mad-bygget, as stated before, only DnB building B has appartments.

My bad. I confused Bygg B with C.

7/1-10: As opposed to them other Barcodes, DnB-Nor will have a lot more than just parking underground, there will be a large passageway and some meetingrooms.

Eatern view:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/070110/DSC_0806.jpg

Western view:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/070110/DSC_0808.jpg

A bit further west:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/070110/DSC_0812.jpg

^^ yay core is rising above ground!

Another update. 22.01.10

5 floors above ground:
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221348.jpg?t=1264173139

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221353.jpg?t=1264173156

Strange weather by the way, snowing from a blue and sunny sky.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221356.jpg?t=1264173257

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221357.jpg?t=1264173345

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221358.jpg?t=1264173362

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221359.jpg?t=1264173384

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P1221360.jpg?t=1264173405

22.01.10

I was there earlier today too, it seemed that foundationwork has started for what will become the 2nd DnB-Nor building aswell :cheers:

realy moving along now :), the area will look alot better when they get e18 down in the tunnel.

^^ yeah, looking forward to august/september :D

6/2-10:

Some works on foundations for the building C:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/6feb10/DSC_1016.jpg

View from west:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/6feb10/DSC_1017.jpg

Closer:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/6feb10/DSC_1019.jpg

East, notice the curve of the plot in the basement level:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/6feb10/DSC_1021.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR/1.jpg

Here's the day view, with some changes. It will be amazing :)

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Bjrvika55.jpg?t=1265500851

Some views from tower B:

Detail from the hole in residential part:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Dnbb1.jpg

View inside the hole:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/dnbb2.jpg

View from top roof-terasse:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/dnbb3.jpg

I haven't seen that hole before. Is it new? These must be the first detailed renders we've seen from DnBNOR b... Think this is the most detailed one we've seen so far:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo/dnbnor1.jpg

And that says a lot. Do we know when DnBNOR b will start constructions?

Oh my ... I love it! Oslo is becoming a vertical city! :banana:

What is located behind the glass walls on that terrace? Some sort of lobby/café? Will that space be exclusive for the residents? Do you know what the price range will be for an apartment there?

Well it's not exactly new - it was completly redesigned as the old design didn't comply with "Barcode law", there were many renders published in PBEs files as they filed the permit, but at a point they were not public any more (also the other barcode buildings have suffered this sudden lack of publishing renders unlike other buildingpermits where renders can be optained from their offices.. ), however these ones slipped trough the cracks.

Don't you remember this one, Ice? (Newsletter #2)

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/dnbb4.jpg

Or this one? (Enerhaugen 4th floor)
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Dnbb5.jpg

^^Well, kind off... But it's not weird I didn't remember the "hole". Probably to busy drooling over the other barcodes (not the boring blocks on the other side of DEg, though:nuts:)

Another angle:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Dnbhull.jpg

Shouldn't DnBNOR b be a dark building, following the barcode-pattern?

You're right, so we should expect a facadechange on this one! I wish they would clad the lower part in wood (darker than in the rendering.) aswell :)

1/3-10:

Work is starting on the next building:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/bruxbjor10/DSC_1335.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/bruxbjor10/DSC_1336.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/bruxbjor10/DSC_1340.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/bruxbjor10/DSC_1342.jpg

A few more renders:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dn1.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dn2.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dn3.jpg

updated images 10/3

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/greatcentral/008.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/greatcentral/003.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/greatcentral/006.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/greatcentral/013.jpg

22/3-10:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1434.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1437.jpg

Lots of activity going on at DnBNOR these days. Seems as they've started some "pigging" on DnBNOR B, and DnBNOR A is passing ground level + DnBNOR C also will start rise soon!:banana:

Yeah Bygg C is moving forward and soon will be rising aswell, tough i think both MAD and Snøhetta will beat Bygg B (Yeah i know it's confusing.) Tough i wonder wich one of those will be finished first. Snøhetta has been cleared and it looks like will stay idle for a while, and MAD is still an idle spot waiting for any foundationwork to start. Snøhetta has all the permissions cleared and is finished with about 1/3rd of construction. Mad is yet to file a building-permit still. Bygg C and Bygg B hasn't either recieved a permit yet, in fact Bygg C is trough the regulationplan not allowed to be completed before MADs building is finished (A dispensation-permit is under treatment.)

My bet is for Snøhetta as it looks now, and i very much hope this great building will continue soon!

I don't understand how they can start on Bygg B without all permits. On bygg C it obviously is necessary to start because of the common basement stuff, but no such on bygg B. But obviously they've started building.

Have they really started on B? Looks like a storage space to me.

Well, they were pigging something...

Pigging? As in breaking the concrete deck? Or do you mean "peling"? Haven't seen any of this on Bygg B yet... I guess it's possible to start these works if you have no plans to move or change the buildings main shape as the whole underground level is a construction permit on it's own. While for example MAD is not decided location yet (As far as i know.)

^^They were drilling some concrete tubes down in the ground. That was what I saw...

That's very good! Pigging er noe annet :)

Well, luckily I'm not called "the engineer"...

Luckily :nuts:

8/4-10

Southside has reached groundlevel:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1549.jpg

Northside has just poured floors of -1:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1554.jpg

Closeup to proove that building B is also under construction:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1555.jpg

Northern view:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1557.jpg

Not much going on with building C when i went there:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1558.jpg

Tough there was a piling rig idling there, so hopefully there will soon start work on the 2nd appartmentbuilding in barcode. (Considering they already started on the 3rd :nuts: )

Can anyone explain to me why this takes so long to build this building ..?

Groundworks always takes a long time, especially in this area, where it's all clay and mud. Besides that, I don't think it takes any longer than other comparable projects. But I could be wrong.

It doesn't take too long Katia, you just don't understand how much work there is to build a project this large as you can see there is on-site pouring concrete and the basement will be multifunktional with several different levels. For this concrete to become strong enough you can't rush it because concrete uses weeks to reach desired strength. And there is harder to build during winter, now that the weather is nicer - this will speed up, trust me!

Well the alternative is building it fast and not well done. I don't really think you quite understand the complexity of such projects, katia.

Well the alternative is building it fast and not well done. I don't really think you quite understand the complexity of such projects, katia.

Maybe I dont understand.... but I follow with other projects elsewhere around the world and see some progress.
To build Aker Brygge was the complexity. Another example is the football stadium in Warsaw or the Olympic city of London, these projects could I called "... difficult project."
To build a single building can not be so complicated, but to build as if the entire Barcode at a time, then we talk about "complexity of building",
but still this is MY opinion.

Anyway, I take train to the airport almost every day and must say that there have been periods that there was no activity around the construction site so therefore my question about that.

Sorry for my engilsh:nuts:

Some pic.:
Warszawa
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6077/60206686.jpg

London
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4497094381_cc1a2d05cc_o.jpg

Sorry, i don't beleive in the safety for the workers of polish construction sites. It's better to be safe and slow, than quick and sorry.

12/4-10

DnB-Nors concrete towers are rising again.

Middelalderparken:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Haldenapr/DSC_1601.jpg

Sørenga:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Haldenapr/DSC_1611.jpg

^^ Adding in some close-ups from today (12.04.10)

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121373.jpg?t=1271107835

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121374.jpg?t=1271107860

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121377.jpg?t=1271107877

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121378.jpg?t=1271107897

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121381.jpg?t=1271107917

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121382.jpg?t=1271107932

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P4121387.jpg?t=1271107952

12/4-10



Middelalderparken:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Haldenapr/DSC_1601.jpg




Did you notice if the carps have survived the winter? The water seemed to have frozen to the gound this year...

Yes, as a matter of fact, I took this picture yesterday:

http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/3/33/Giant_Magikarp.png







Sorry, I'm in too good of a mood right now!:lol:

Sorry, I'm in too good of a mood right now!:lol:

Did you almost get laid tonight..? :dunno:

Yes. With a pokémon!

hmm you guys are putting disturbing images in my head..

Did you notice if the carps have survived the winter? The water seemed to have frozen to the gound this year...

i was there on the weekend and most of the water was still frozen....

Overloading you with shots from the model in Pwc with the DnB-Nor buildings (And Lambda) real appearance:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1611.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1612.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1613.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1614.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1617.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1618.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1619.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1620.jpg

Bonus-shot of an innovative kind of speedbump:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1621.jpg

Overloading you with shots from the model in Pwc with the DnB-Nor buildings (And Lambda) real appearance:



nice. but seeing isfjellet in there makes me wish that there were a few more curves and angles throughout the scheme.

it kinda looks out of place with the rest of the buildings so rightangeled.

Well, it is Isfjellet that breaks with the norm put out by the group behind Barcode (DARK Arkitekter, a-lab og MVRDV). The original plans call for strict geometric shapes, based on straight angles in the main structures, as you can see in the original model for Barcode. What's nice and not kind of doesn't matter, because this was what was chosed back in '03:)

Tough Isfjellet has been modified to make it more boring, the "knekk" leaning over the avenue seen in the model above has been removed.

23/4-10

South core has reached it's full height (16 floors.) North core will reach 17 floors:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1612-1.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1618-1.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/210410/DSC_1623-1.jpg

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/norwegian-bank-headquarters-by-a-lab-with-garden-cut-out/
Norwegian Bank Headquarters by a-lab in Oslo

A large commercial development is underway in downtown Oslo near the waterfront called Bjørvika Barcode
and includes many financial office buildings. The entire project was designed by a collaborative team of
architecture firms including, a-lab, MRDV, and Dark Architects. a-lab is now working on its next phase
of the project- the B-Building for the headquarters of Norwegian financial institution DnB NOR, which
will be cluster of narrow buildings along the Barcode. MRDV is designing the A-Building and Dark
Architects is working on the C-Building.

The B-Building is a 15 story building characterized by a pixelated exterior and most notably a
cut-out garden half way up the building. The bottom eight floors will house office space for
the financial institution’s headquarters, while the top seven will have living units for a total
of 22,000 sq meters (over 72,000 sq ft). The roof line is stepped above the seventh floor,
providing each floor and apartment with a deck and views either to the Oslo Fjord to the
South or the cityscape to the North and East.

a-lab was working with a number of constraints when designing
the B-Building. First the building had a maximum footprint of 21 × 105 meters, it
could be no taller than 54 meters, and must provide pedestrian access to the rest of the
Barcode buildings. Then, the office space on the lower floors had to meet the strict Norwegian
regulations for the working environment and include variations of the circulation path and flexible
office space. Finally, the Barcode plan dictates that one-sided apartments are not allowed, meaning
that all apartments must have access to windows on two sides.

Hence, a-lab’s design for B-Building is a slender building with a stepped roof and punched out spaces for
a mid-level garden and pedestrian walkway on the ground level. Residents access their apartments through
the bottom passage and must cross through the open green garden to get to their apartment. The lower
passage also provides easy access to Oslo’s Central Station. Care was also taken when designing to
include green building and sustainable living strategies. a-lab’s B-Building is expected to be
completed in 2014.

http://www.evolo.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/a-lab-dnb-nor-headquarters-1.jpg

http://www.evolo.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/a-lab-dnb-nor-headquarters-2.jpg

http://www.evolo.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/a-lab-dnb-nor-headquarters-7.jpg

http://www.evolo.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/a-lab-dnb-nor-headquarters-3.jpg

^^Thanks for info. More red please!:D

19/5-10

Building C seems to be slowly resuming work:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/190510/DSC_1861.jpg

Alley between A and C:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/190510/DSC_1862.jpg

Building B:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/190510/DSC_1865.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/190510/DSC_1866.jpg

Concrete towers are topped out, and a new tower crane has been raised near Visma building. (May be for Midgard project tough.)
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/190510/DSC_1871.jpg

Closeup from the huge crane in question:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/190510/DSC_1869.jpg

Red steel columns starting to rise on building A now :)

http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz244/weidel23/osu2.jpg

Already? What a pleasant surprice!! :cheers:

Renderigns of DnB NOR B.
http://i46.tinypic.com/2re1ixt.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/6zpsmo.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/346thdx.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/2cfrskw.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/b9hngj.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/2n0sqrq.jpg

31/5-10

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1868.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1866.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1865.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1863.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1859.jpg

A lot happening with building C now too:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/310510/DSC_1858.jpg

13.06.2010

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde421.jpg



http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde422-1.jpg



http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde419.jpg

Thank you very much for all your updates :) A building like this can't be followed properly with that crappy webcam!

13.06.2010

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde421.jpg



Aaaaah, mmmmm..... Even though the clouds here were a bit gray, the future looks bright for anyone who likes city development and urban environments... And have played simcity :lol:

^^ guilty on all charges.

Northern basetower has been topped out!

From tonight (with my cell:D):
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/DnBNOR.jpg

It's been a while tough haven't it, just took a while before they removed scaffolding...

18/6-10

Some more shots from the beautiful steelwork going on:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18jun10/DSC_1891.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18jun10/DSC_1890.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18jun10/DSC_1889.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/18jun10/DSC_1888.jpg

^^That's the point. Now you see the top of it!

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P6251506.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P6251508.jpg?t=1277767972

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P6251509.jpg?t=1277768020

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Album%202/P6251511.jpg?t=1277768046

2/7-10

Foundations for Building B core has started:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/02jul10/DSC_1925.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/02jul10/DSC_1926.jpg

Building A, and it's huge collumns :)
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/02jul10/DSC_1929.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/02jul10/DSC_1931.jpg

Building C first underground floor is on the way:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/02jul10/DSC_1932.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/02jul10/DSC_1934.jpg

Planned landscaping between buildings B and A:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_2503.jpg

6/8-10

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0335.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0337.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0338.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0341.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0342.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0343.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0344.jpg

this is going to look very good very soon, at least based on how quick visma went up from this stage....

barcode looks great already, but this is going to really blow people away :)

Agree, at this moment it's not so aubvious, but you can see where there are no collumns - but very thick collumns further inn, that there will be floors dangling above in the air :cheers:

6/8-10
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/DSC_0344.jpg

Sorry I didn't bring the camera, but this one is rising above ground now :)

Yeah, core is one floor above ground now. Unfortunately the webcams position makes it impossible to follow that building....

I am excited about this one. The fact that the top floor will be open for public makes this an important building in Barcode, and who doesn't love the lift?

New towercrane being mounted next to building B :banana:

New towercrane being mounted next to building B :banana:

I noticed some mounting of a big lift/scafforlding thingy on DnBNOR a too. May we see cladding starting soon?:)

A couple of model-shots from A-labs webpage:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/dnbmod1.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/dnbmod2.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/dnbmod3.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/dnbmod4.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/dnbmod3.jpg

Now I see the positive thing about the shape of buildiing C. Makes the longside facade of building A more visible and meaningful.

Some larger renders of C:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a1.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a2.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a3.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a4.jpg

Bygg C will become the most awesome highrise in Norway when completed, even if it's only around 50 metres tall.

19.08. 2010


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde426.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde424.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde423.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde425.jpg

Feel free to update the first post a bit, Muster...:hi:

A few weeks old, but i love this view from Kongsv. (Yeah, i'm a bastard for using my phone... )
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00618.jpg

These are from today, however... :

Another core from C is also on 1st floor:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00637.jpg

Northside of A:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00638.jpg

Crane-porn:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00639.jpg

Mounting frames:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00640.jpg

Foundations moving on with B:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00641.jpg

Notice the liftsystem being mounted on sides:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00644.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00645.jpg

More crane-porn:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00646.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00648.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00649.jpg

A few weeks old, but i love this view from Kongsv. (Yeah, i'm a bastard for using my phone... )
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC00618.jpg


I like it too, it's actually starting to look like something resembling a skyline for Oslo :)

Open day

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC_0084.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC_0086.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC_0099.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/aug10/DSC_0101.jpg

We're running out of bigger constructions in Copenhagen now, so
it's nice to see some huge construction going on in Oslo, in this one I love the density, almost brutal if you know what I mean..

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/060810/dnbmod1.jpg

New towercrane being mounted next to building B :banana:

And now another one :banana:

^^Crane-o-mania!!:banana::banana: :D

Webcam isn't updating on this one either so... :)

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0059.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0061.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0062.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0064.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0065.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0068.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0074.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0076.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0078.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0081.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0082.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0087.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0088.jpg

Overloading you with pics yet again:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0138.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0180.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0192.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0206.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0207.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0208.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0209.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0210.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0211.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0212.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0215.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0216.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0217.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0224.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Dagen/DSC_0264.jpg

Anyone with an idea of when Dnb C will be topped out? After the OSU webcam froze and my limited access to downtown Oslo I feel deprived of progress information :)

Ingenioren, thanks for all the updates, the latest pictures aren't loading or maybe I'm the only one with that problem?

**edit** yes I was the only one with that problem. Damn Netcom MBB

Webcam would anyhow be in wrong angle to follow building C.... :hammer: It's scheduled for delivery by end of 2012 if i remember correctly, but if it's moving as fast as Visma did from this stage it should be T/O by spring... :)

OSU webcam is now working again! Not much to see today because of the weather :(

26.09

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde440.jpg



http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde439.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde441.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde442.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde444.jpg

Some distance views from today (05.10.10)

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Utvikling/PA051592.jpg?t=1286309329

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/Utvikling/PA051591.jpg?t=1286309253

double..

"sneaking" up on the ØT bridge today:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0255.jpg

Slightly different:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0259.jpg

I know... OT.
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0260.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0261.jpg

Mad...
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0262.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0263.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0264.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0265.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0266.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0267.jpg

:):):):):):):):):
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0268.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0277.jpg

Sørenga...
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0279.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0290.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0302.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0312.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0316.jpg

^^

:master:

Enjoy:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0327.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0329.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0330.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0331.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0333.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0334.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0335.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0336.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0338.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0339.jpg

:)

31.10


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde457.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde456.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde458.jpg

Finally!

http://www.stalforbund.com/Staldag2010/DnB_NOR.pdf

Many great new renders there :)

Another update from the code, this one has pics to look at:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0439.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0441.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0443.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0445.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0446.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0448.jpg

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http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0456.jpg

Always nice to see updates sir :) When can we expect DnbNor C topped out again..? Or rather, when are the concrete constructions finished?

Great post Ingenioren :)
I love that area!

A few shots of the DnB complex along with neighbouring barcode buildings

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/barcodeNov2010.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/DSCF4622.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/DSCF4624.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/barcodeII.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/SukkerbitenNov2010.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0608.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0658.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0665.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0668.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0669.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0671.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0672.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0677.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0683.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0685.jpg

Can tell you that these updates are already outdated C's core is at 13th floor today:)

Thanks a lot! Great to see your updates as usual.

More updates:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0758.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0763.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0768.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0769.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0772.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0773.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0777.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0783.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0815.jpg

I went past the building site today, and noticed they have started laying bricks around the front, as you can barely see from my lousy mobile cam photo

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/gorod1/IMAG0291.jpg

The renders I've seen don't say much at all about the facade material on this building, but I was surprised to see this choice here. If they go with bricks on the whole facade, I think DnB NOR is going to stand out from the rest of barcode (in a positive way) however. Though I know nothing about design, I also think the brick wall adds to the "tetrisy" look of this building. Do any of you know if only parts of the building will be in bricks or all of it?

Who wants to guess how many bricks are needed to cover the whole building?:)

Here's the render from the OP:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB1x.jpg

All the beige areas will be bricks in the same colour you saw, while the rest will be glass.

And here's the exact same angle as the render in real life:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0772.jpg

I think i see brick in the renders too... which is is a welcome change, i thought it would be boring plain concrete!:banana:

It is indeed bricks in the renders too, but it can be hard to see which such low quality as the one shown above. However, if you take a look at the same render in the high definition tread, you will see that it is definitely bricks.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1288803
;)

Now, only if they would build DnBNOR bygg B in wood:)

Remember the last bar to the east is also planed as a brick building, so this bar may get company.

Now, only if they would build DnBNOR bygg B in wood:)

Isn't MADs barcode (DnB NORs neighbor) supossed to be clad with wood and then thin plates of sheet metal outside of that again?

^^Yeah, but all visualizations shown so far, show aluminium as the dominant facade material. DnBNOR B will look (and be!) so massive. An organic material to soften that up would be ideal. Also the fact that DnBNOR B after the Barcode prinsipals should be a dark building, speaks for a more creative solution than the white stone/plates we see in renders today. I wouldn't mind a color either, but realize this would be hard to get approved.

Based on the renders in the MAD tread, it appears to me that both the aluminum and the wood will be very dominant in the buildilgs apperance. Take a look on the newly build Schous quarter where I don't think the very same plates hide too much of the facade behind them.

Like you said, it will indeed be a massive building, but I think the choice of pixelated facade open the facade up and makes it appear smaller than it really is. It still a big mind you. It will probably be less notable if we build something on top of Oslo S' tracks.

As I’ve understood it, part of the concept behind the Barcode masteplan is that every second building should be dark and every second should bright/white. Given that Vista is dark and Mad becomes bright, wouldn’t that mean according to Barcode rules that DnB NOR A becomes dark (which it is), DnB NOR B becomes bright (which it is) and Dnb NOR C becomes dark again (which is not if we trust the renders). Surely the C-building is the odd one out, not the B?

A:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a4.jpg

B:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB1x.jpg

C:
http://i50.tinypic.com/346thdx.jpg

Anyone else notice that you can see the back tower of DNB C from Karl Johan now?

Based on the renders in the MAD tread, it appears to me that both the aluminum and the wood will be very dominant in the buildilgs apperance. Take a look on the newly build Schous quarter where I don't think the very same plates hide too much of the facade behind them.

Like you said, it will indeed be a massive building, but I think the choice of pixelated facade open the facade up and makes it appear smaller than it really is. It still a big mind you. It will probably be less notable if we build something on top of Oslo S' tracks.

As I’ve understood it, part of the concept behind the Barcode masteplan is that every second building should be dark and every second should bright/white. Given that Vista is dark and Mad becomes bright, wouldn’t that mean according to Barcode rules that DnB NOR A becomes dark (which it is), DnB NOR B becomes bright (which it is) and Dnb NOR C becomes dark again (which is not if we trust the renders). Surely the C-building is the odd one out, not the B?

A:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a4.jpg

B:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB1x.jpg

C:
http://i50.tinypic.com/346thdx.jpg


Notice:

DnBNOR A is the main building, the one in the middle:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/DNB1x.jpg

DnBNOR B is the latest building. The most massive one:
http://i50.tinypic.com/346thdx.jpg

DnBNOR C is the coolest one. The one with the skybar and diagonal elevator:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/a4.jpg


It's confusing, but put the blame on OSU, not me!:)

Ohh, I see. Then I agree. I don't like the look of the B-building either.
Do you know why they have named the building in such a manner?
:S

I guess A is called A beacause of the main function. B because it's the next most important maybe? Anc C is the smallest.

Anyway, if B changes color from anything else than white, I would be happy. Now the facade looks pretty dull and out of the barcode concept.

I think I've found a likely explanation:

Each plot consist of a few buildings each divided by road. The first Dnb Nor building are going to be build as the last building on that particualry plot (the following Dnb buildings have a road between their plot and DnB NOR Cs plot), hence the C given it's the third building on the plot. The second building are going to be first on the new plot, hence the "A" followed by the "B".

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm202/joopi_bucket/barcodendesember2010.jpg

7. Februar 2010


http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z402/sagittariius/IMG_1069z.jpg





http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z402/sagittariius/IMG_1061.jpg




.

I took the liberty to post them in this tread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=72197451#post72197451
Hope you don't mind.

by all means!

Some more angles:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0980.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0981.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0986.jpg

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http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0990.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0992-2.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0988.jpg

^^ Nice closeups!

From a distance...

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z402/sagittariius/IMG_1099.jpg

DnB NOR - Bygg B, Bjørvika
Contiga har i oppdrag for Vedal Prosjekt AS leveranse av hovedbæresystem i stål og prefab. betong inkl. trapper i stål og betong, samt brannisolering av stål.

Kontraktsummen er på ca. 41 mill. + mva.
Montasjen er planlagt med oppstart juni 2011.
Mont.tid 33 uker.
Leveransen omfatter ca. 732 tonn stål, ca. 20700 m2 HD220 samt betongtrapper og ståltrapper

(Translation: Steel mounting begins in june this year for building B)

28. Feb.

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1036-2.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1038-1.jpg

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http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1045.jpg

Too many uploads it seems.

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0225.jpg