Silobygget
Sandnes - Norway

A proposed highrise in Sandnes, nabouring city to Stavanger on the southwestern coast of Norway. This is currently a 40m tall silo used for industrial purposes but a trio,
interiour architect Eiliv Skomedal, artist Per Odd Aarrestad and LINK signatur AS (http://www.link-signatur.no/)'s architect René de Groot wants to reconstruct this into a hotel or city hall with cultural usage
of international ambitions. The building will be 80m tall with 20 floors, twise the height of the current silo building. Its facade will have a twisting shape while there will be a
skybar in the 20th floor, with a observation deck on the roof.

They hope to have the building ready withinn 5 years if approvals are given.

Official website (http://www.siloen.no/) Information on Urbika (http://urbika.com/projects/view/1108-silobygget)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

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Illustration by LinkSignatur (http://www.link-signatur.no/)

It did`t take a long time before this project its got its own thread. :lol:

But it looks like a good idea, hope it gets approved. The surrounding area is getting more and more exciting, i am often in Sandnes too. By the way the large building right next to Silobygget is the new high school (http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/sandnes/article1028665.ece),look at the 10 picture in my link.

^^ you mean the 10th picture right? Looking very good, remember the renderings! A highrise will fit right in, hoping for an approval too, this one is a great highrise project!

Walking up there will take ages! zzz :P

But what the heck, I love it!

Industrial? Isn't it agricultural, i guess Felleskjøpet is into industry now-days... ;D

Makes me sad Sandnes wanted to tear down the silo, let's hope they change their minds, Sandnes has some of the most highrise-friendly statistics in the land, after approving Rundeskogen and Føniks ;) - But this one will really make an impact on this city, and frankly it deserves some, even tough it is a nice city that has undergone some real nice development the last few years, it's always in the shade of big-brother Stavanger! *crossing my fingers for the silo*

Some reading:

Presentation of the project:
http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/sandnes/article1028038.ece

The commune respons:
http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/sandnes/1029024/Kommunen_glad_for_silodebatt.html

The artistic respone:
http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/sandnes/1029669/-_Silobygget_kan_gi_en_laquoBilbao-effektraquo.html

Politicians will give "the silo" a chance
(in Norwegian)
http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/sandnes/1030936/Politikerne_vil_gi_siloideen_en_sjanse.html

Silobygget i Vågen-området har svært få fans !i Sandnes-politikken, men nå er de folkevalgte villige til å vurdere på ny om betongkolossen skal rives eller bygges om.

(read more in the link)

The webpage link should be here (especially considering they've linked to us:))
http://www.siloen.no/

Don't know if you manage to open this october scan from Aftenbladet (i did - but not trough a link), still a work in project that page:
http://www.siloen.no/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/STA101019_44.pdf

Nice to hear plans are still alive!:)

I can't believe politicians dare to go onto someones downtown property dictate that this should be a park. That's not right at all!

Well, it is Norway... And politicians do love "greenery"..

Great to hear the project is still alive! I updated the renderings in the first post.