Relation to the waterfront

Relation to the waterfront


Top view

Top view


Building massing concept

Building massing concept


View across the bay

View across the bay


Axo

Axo


Accessibility scheme

Accessibility scheme


Programmatic concept

Programmatic concept


Section

Section


Main building elevations

Main building elevations


Main entry to the covered square

Main entry to the covered square


Interior view

Interior view

NMAAD

National Museum Of Art Architecture & Design

Oslo, Norway

2009

with Mo C.Y.Lai, Kee Huyn Ahn, Robert Ivanov, Tecla Tangorra.

The proposal follows the idea to revitalize a prominent spot at the Oslo waterfront by folding the city fabric into the museum and exhibition space. The buildings twisted geometry introduces a series of event spaces, from covered outdoor landscape to interior exhibition spaces to waterfront roofscape, uniting a wide range of art experience and public space in one continous movement.

Museum gross area: 33610m2. 2nd phase office gross area: 37000m2