This spring the studio submitted its entry for a new ferry terminal on an existing quay in Oslo's inner harbour. The competition asked for a building that serves commuter ferries and summer sightseeing boats, with ticketing, a café and public toilets, on a flat, windy quay that ends in a drop to the water.
Our proposal is a single low room, fifty-two metres long, with a glass wall facing the water and a solid wall behind. A folded roof plate lifts at the berth end to shelter boarding and comes down towards the city, where it meets the street.
How the entry was made
Jonas Berg led the team with Ingrid Hansen and Tom Ashby. They drew the hall in section first, then tested it at 1:200 with a card model and a hair dryer, to see how wind from the fjord would move across the quay.
The result is not decided yet. For now the entry is a set of drawings on a wall and a model on a table, and we are glad to talk about either. The jury's decision is expected later this year, and we will post it here, whichever way it goes.