The two identical buildings, overlooking
the central atrium from opposite sides, are
composed by five volumes with the same
width but different heights sitting on a
glazed base. This gives the impression that
the building is floating over the plaza due
to contrast of the base’s lightness with the
bulkiness of the office volumes.
These volumes cantilever outwards,
alternately towards East or West,
optimizing this way the daylight intake.
Maximizing the daylight areas enables to
increase the density of the building. Each
floor is planned to host between 250 to
300 permanent working spaces.
Drawing visual references from the
offshore industry, the 20 meter cantilevers
rest on a central core resembling an oil
rig. This resemblance symbolically points
out the ambition behind the project:
Fornebuporten should be a magnet for
knowledge-based enterprises and oil and
offshore intelligence.
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