Nordic Triangle - Three Scandinavian Capital Urbanisms

NORDIC TRIANGLE

NORDIC URBANISM

While Norway has a history of being a comparatively impoverished country, the discovery of offshore oil deposits within the last half century has allowed the nation to catch up with the success of its Scandinavian neighbors. Oslo was recently recognized as the fastest growing city in Europe - its cost of living has outpaced that of Stockholm and Copenhagen. After a legacy of several hundred years of imperial rule under the empires of Denmark and Sweden, Oslo is attempting to reestablish itself among its neighboring capitals as a legitimate cultural and architectural center.

With a relatively small population, Oslo often feels more like a large village than the capital city of Norway. But in the past ten years the city has initiated several ambitious programs, diverting large sums of money into constructing massive cultural buildings, urban renewal and infrastructural redevelopment.

The controversial Fjord City project intends to consolidate nearly all of the city’s museums and arts institutions into new buildings along the city waterfront.

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CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

The map of Oslo shows the museums and libraries whose collections are being consolidated in 3 massive new cultural buildings currently undergoing construction on the Fjord: The National Museum, The Munch Stenersen Museum, and The Deichman Main Library. Additionally, the map shows the movement of historic buildings that were removed from the city center to be preserved in the open air Folk Museum on Oslo's "Museum Island". Although taken from different sites across the old city, these structures were rearranged within the museum grounds to create a fictitious urban space along with many traditional stave and log built structures that were transported from rural areas across Norway.

Like the collection of traditional Norwegian architecture established at Bygdøy in 1881 by King Oscar II's as the first Open Air Museum in the world, this project imagines an alternative reality in which the buildings themselves, along with the collections they contained, were physically moved to the sites of the new library and museums. The resulting architectural collage explores the expansion of the programmatic possibilities previously hosted by the independent spaces.

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NORWAY C 4

COUNTRY 5

COPENHA 6

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AGEN CITY

1:50,000

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STOCKHO 8

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OLM CITY

1:50,000

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OSLO 10

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O CITY

1:50,000

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OSLO MU 12

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USEUMS

1:50,000

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OSLO LIB 14

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BRARIES

1:50,000

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OSLO TH 16

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HEATERS

1:50,000

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NORWEGIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SCALE 1:1,000

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63,04

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42 m²

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1:1,000

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ART MUSEUMS SCALE 1:1,000

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33,83

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NATIONAL MUSEUM

CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM

31 m²

HISTORY MUSEUM

DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM

ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM 1:1,000

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NATIONAL MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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8,830 m²

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HISTORY MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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6,225 m²

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DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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4,921 m²

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ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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3,943 m²

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CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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8,034 m²

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NOBEL PEACE CENTER SCALE 1:500

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4,212 m²

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MIDDLE MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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623 m²

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MUNCH STENERSEN MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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18,016 m²

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ARTIST MUSEUMS SCALE 1:1,000

63

13,45

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MUNCH MUSEUM

56 m²

STENERSON MUSEUM

1:1,000

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66

STENERSEN MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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4,585 m²

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MUNCH MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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8,957 m²

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74

SCIENCE MUSEUMS SCALE 1:1,000

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13,91

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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

14 m² GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

BOTANICAL MUSEUM

1:1,000

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GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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5,607 m²

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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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5,746 m²

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86

BOTANICAL MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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2,561 m²

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ARTIST MUSEUMS SCALE 1:1,000

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9,339

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DESIGN MUSEUM

9 m²

VIGELANDS MUSEUM

ART MUSEUM

1:1,000

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DESIGN MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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3,330 m²

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ART MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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2,942 m²

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VIGELANDS MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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3,067 m²

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106

CULTURE MUSEUMS SCALE 1:1,000

107

38,06

108

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FOLK MUSEUM

66 m² VIKINGSHIP MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

FRAM MUSEUM 1:1,000

KON TIKI MUSEUM GJOA MUSEUM

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110

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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4,508 m²

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114

KON TIKI MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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1,965 m²

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FRAM MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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2,125 m²

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GJOA MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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1,163 m²

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126

VIKINGSHIP MUSEUM SCALE 1:1,000

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128

13,047 m²

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129

130

FOLK MUSEUM SCALE 1:1,000

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132

15,258 m²

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134

ASTRUP FEARNEY MUSEUM SCALE 1:1,000

135

136

13,953 m²

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138

FORMER ASTRUP FEARNEY MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

139

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2,256 m²

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IBSEN MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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232 m²

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SCHOOL MUSEUM SCALE 1:500

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576 m²

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DEICHMAN LIBRARY SCALE 1:500

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26,170 m²

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154

CITY LIBRARIES SCALE 1:1,000

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32,45

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NATIONAL LIBRARY

50 m²

MAIN LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

LITERATURE CENTER

1:1,000

TOYEN LIBRARY GRUNERLOKKA LIBRARY

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158

CENTRAL LIBRARY SCALE 1:500

159

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7,100 m²

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TOYEN LIBRARY SCALE 1:500

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1,038 m²

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166

GRUNERLOKKA LIBRARY SCALE 1:500

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557 m²

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170

NATIONAL LIBRARY SCALE 1:500

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172

17,042 m²

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174

LITERATURE CENTER SCALE 1:500

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176

3,137 m²

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SCALE 1:500

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3,576 m²

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OPERA HOUSE SCALE 1:1,000

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56,32

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24 m²

1:1,000

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188

CITY THEATERS SCALE 1:1,000

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32,86

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CONCERT HALL

NATIONAL THEATER

62 m²

FOLK THEATER

NEW THEATER

NEW NORWEGIAN THEATER 1:1,000

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192

CONCERT HALL SCALE 1:500

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10,759 m²

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FOLK THEATER SCALE 1:500

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6,993 m²

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NATIONAL THEATER SCALE 1:500

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7,201 m²

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THE NEW THEATER SCALE 1:500

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5,015 m²

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208

THE NEW NORWEGIAN THEATER SCALE 1:500

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2,894 m²

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