Category
Cultural
Location
Oslo, Norway
Year
2021
Size
8,400 m²
Services
Architecture
About The Project
A civic building that earns its place.
The Foss Cultural Centre was commissioned by the City of Oslo as a new home for the performing arts in the Grünerløkka district. The programme is ambitious — concert hall, black box theatre, rehearsal spaces, public library, and a ground floor that remains open to the neighbourhood at all hours.
Our response to the brief was a building that refuses to be monumental. The facade is clad in locally sourced granite that weathers over time, matching the surrounding 19th century streetscape in material if not in form. Inside, the spaces are generous without being grand — designed for use rather than for photography, though they photograph well regardless.
Lead Architect
Erik Halvorsen
Interior Design
Jonas Rein
Photography
Åke Eson Lindman
Featured In
Dezeen, Architectural Digest
