Norwegian Medicines Depot

Location
Østre Aker vei 91, Oslo

Size
60,000m²

Client
Alna Nord Development

Built
2011

Location: Oslo
Building type: Storage, office
Size: 60,000 m²
Completed: 2011

Industrial buildings of this size are usually shaped like floating toad-like boxes and boxes. Fortunately, both the location and the developer are challenging here. The 180 meter long building has been given a firm, clear and resilient shape with rounded corners where it meets the surrounding roads. Technical structures and vertical communication routes break up the length in a fixed rhythm. The building has been given a "light and floating" character, as the upper floors protrude above the plinth building. The facades are built over a two-layer solution where the outer layer changes character and color as you drive past. We work with clear, distinct colours. The building is a state-of-the-art technology that should be able to guarantee the careful treatment of NMD's valuable stock of goods. The building therefore has the hallmark of high technology in its expression, a kind of "machine" where in the future you will be able to work, produce and store, efficiently and flexibly.

Parts of the building are being fitted out for office purposes without changing the building's geometry and grammar.

Industrial buildings of such dimensions are usually swollen, toad-like crates or boxes. Fortunately the location and the pharmaceutical distributor client called for a more challenging design. The 180-metre building has been given a solid, clear and supple form with rounded corners where it intersects the surrounding streets. Technical structures and vertical communications axes break it up longitudinally in a steady rhythm. The building has been blessed with a "light and floating" character as the upper floors lean out from the foundation. The façades have been graced with a double layer solution in which the outer layer changes character and color as you drive past. We are working with distinctive colours. The building is loaded with technology engineered to carefully attend to NMD's valuable warehouse of goods. So the building makes no secret of being high-tech; it's a kind of futuristic machine where you can work, produce and store medicinal goods, efficiently and flexibly.

Portions of the building were furnished for office purposes without altering the building's geometry and idiom.