New Avinor Oslo Airport, Norway
New Avinor Oslo Airport Building, Norwegian Architecture, Design, Expansion Project
New Avinor Oslo Airport
Nye Oslo lufthavn – Norwegian Aviation Building – design by NORDIC – Office of Architecture
28 Apr 2017
New Avinor Oslo Airport
Worlds greenest terminal launches at Oslo Airport
Design: Nordic-Office of Architecture
Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world?s first BREEAM ?Excellent? sustainability rating for an airport building.
photos © Avinor Oslo lufthavn/Sune Eriksen
The expansion doubles the size of the existing terminal building with the addition of a new, 300m long pier. Nordic continued the timeless architectural expression and rational simplicity of the original airport ? which the practice designed in 1998 – whilst introducing new design elements to enhance the passenger experience. Nordic also updated the existing train station, which sits at the heart of the airport enabling 70% of all passengers to access the airport by public transport.
photo © Ivan Brodey
Nordic?s design increases the airport capacity from 19 million to an anticipated future capacity of 30 miliion, whilst passenger flow was improved with a maximum walking distance of just 450m, far shorter than most airports.
The multi-disciplinary design team applied an holistic approa...
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