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Oslo Stock Exchange

11 March 2000/in Interior, Nutrition /by Shiraz Rafiqi

Oslo Stock Exchange

Location
Oslo, Norway

Size
2,000m²

Year
2000

Oslo Børs was built in 1826-28. The building was originally constructed in an austere, Doric, Empire style. In 1910, the building was extended in two parts to the south from the original building. Oslo Børs has experienced enormous growth, and the number of employees has increased from approximately 40 to approximately 100 people. The stock exchange building needed to increase in size in order to accommodate the increased number of employees.

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Oslo Børs asked architect Niels Torp to come up with ideas for how this unique property could house the entire organization and at the same time retain its existing character, while at the same time creating a modern, beautiful and efficient interior.

The number of workplaces has increased enormously, the internal communication environment in the offices has become more satisfactory. The intention to connect the interior spaces has been achieved by establishing voids and balconies in the corners of the open work areas over two floors.

Coliseum Park

8 May 1998/in Nutrition /by Shiraz Rafiqi

Coliseum Park

Location
Oslo, Norway

Size
45,000 m²

Client
Nordea Bank

Built
1998

The project is built over a basement, the new concept presents itself with a curved facade towards Essendrops Road and a diagonal facade facing Majorstuen School with a courtyard space which overlooks Maries road. Facade materials include natural stone, stainless steel, light bricks and aluminium.

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Asker Station

8 May 1998/in Nutrition /by Shiraz Rafiqi

Asker Station

Location
Asker, Norway

Client
Rom Eiendom / Storoslo Local traffic

Recognition
Brunel Award 1998

Built
1998

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Oslo Airport Gardermoen

11 March 1998/in Nutrition /by Shiraz Rafiqi

Oslo Airport Gardermoen

Location
Gardermoen

Size
90,000m²

Principal
OSL

Year
1998

2nd Prize invited competition, Glulam Award 1999, Houens Fond diploma 2008

The project was designed together with Aviaplan. The concept for the main passenger building – to create simplicity, clarity and a subdued sense of monumentality – has been there as a fundamental principle since the start of the competition project. Key concepts in the design were smooth, soothing surfaces, natural daylight and a huge, all-encompassing roof that spans the arrivals and departures hall.

The passenger building consists of a central building with internal service plazas, Pier A, the railway station and a Pier B to be added later, all put together in a simple composition that will allow them to develop independently of each other. Around the building there are 34 gates and parking bays for aircraft, connected to the terminal by passenger bridges.

The facades are neutral in design, with extensive use of glass to expose the building's main elements and to emphasize the movement of passengers through the building. The glass also contributes to maximum contact both with the aircraft and the surrounding landscape.
The constructions emphasize the intention to create calm and simplicity in the building.
The materials used are largely based on natural materials.
The railway station will be Norway's second largest station.

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British Airways Headquarters

11 March 1998/in City and local development, Nutrition /by Shiraz Rafiqi

British Airways Headquarters

Location
Heathrow, London

Size
114,000m²

Client
British Airways

Recognition
1. Prize invited arch. competition 1989, British Construction Industry Award 1998, RIBA Best of British Award 1999, British Council for Offices Award 1999

Built
1998

To retain a human scale for a development intended to house 4,000 staff, we have divided the office accommodation into a series of "houses".

Designed to promote social interaction and informal meeting, the street 175 meters long, is the hub of the scheme.

To contrast with the buzz of the street, the office areas are designed to be calm, welcoming and informal within an ordered plan. Each of the office buildings is divided into two wings by a central lift lobby, which faces onto the street.

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A strong link between the internal and external environment is characteristic of the development, with views out to the courtyard and the landscape beyond, from the street, office areas and the restaurant.

From the exterior, Waterside is viewed as a series of buildings in the landscape, linked by a transparent glass enclosure. Grass mounds which create an undulating visual screen around Waterside, the stepped roofline and projecting sharp stone clad fins to office wings all serve to break down the mass of the complex.

Christiania Quarterly

11 March 1996/in Nutrition, Transformation /by Shiraz Rafiqi

SAS Head Office

Location
Frøsundavik, Stockholm, Sweden

Size
65,000m²

Principal
SAS

Year
1987

The SAS headquarters was conceived as an urban structure, a micro-community of colleagues with an informal high street connecting individual buildings: a place rather than a building.

A meeting with the "SAS community" is informal and relaxed as the main street opens towards you and gradually descends to the small lake at the other end. The buildings all have their own characteristics, which conduct a dialogue and address each other across the street from their terraces, galleries, balconies and footbridges. Stimulation is evoked across and along the street. We have delegated all functions and activities that generate traffic along the street - it becomes the social space for the residents of this SAS community. The street space changes character and function several times during the day. All employees participate in the daily rhythm, wandering among workplaces and the many shared functions that entice a visit to the street space, where a swimming and a sports hall are centrally located in the facilities, surrounded by meeting rooms, an auditorium, shops and a café. The street room is a robust volume with an outdoor atmosphere, marked by the changes in daylight from sunrise to sunset and evening.

Bridges, stairs, lifts and free-standing buildings for meetings are created in delicate steel structures and visually divide the long space into zones. Elements are floodlit and act as lighting fixtures in this large hall. From the combination office area on a workstation, a gradually increasing interaction is developed via multirooms, internal meeting rooms, meeting room towers, footbridges and side streets to the main street. The interior is open, transparent and inviting.

The plot is exposed and vulnerable. The building was constructed on a property that contained a gravel pile, which was completely removed so that the buildings' declining cornice heights are level with the former silhouette of the gravel source. To avoid encroachment on the landscape around Brunnsviken, the water surface was brought into the building by means of an excavated pond which creates a background motif together with the restaurant.