Smestad Recycling Centre represents a new building typology. It is a facility for the public where all waste handling takes place indoors.

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Architects: Longva arkitekter

Location: Oslo, Norway

Area: 6000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Ivan Brodey

From the architect. Smestad Recycling Centre represents a new building typology. It is a facility for the public where all waste handling takes place indoors.

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The recycling centre is a robust, unclimatised open hall with two distinct areas: one for the public and one for operations. There is an integrated, climatised service and management building at one end, with areas for hazardous waste and maintenance, changing rooms and cafeteria for employees, as well as offices and technical rooms.
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The building has a saw-tooth roof that gives the large volume a subdivision and rhythm. The recycling hall?s back and sidewalls are predominantly closed. The main façade towards the ring road is open, clad with expanded metal sheets mounted between the columns of laminated wood.

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1st Floor Plan

The operational logistics were an important design criteria. The local authority?s master plan gave strict limits to the buildings placement and size. It has been important to maximise ...