Sustainable Urban Landscape 2017

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Sustainable Urban Landscape | Spring 2017

Sustainable Urban Landscape

Sustainable Urban Design Master’s Program

School of Architecture Lund University Spring 2017

2017

Sustainable Urban Landscape

Sustainable Urban Design Master’s Program

School of Architecture Lunds Tekniska Högskola Lund University P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden +46 46 222 00 00 www.stadsbyggnad.lth.se

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Ax:son Johnson Institute for Sustainable Urban Design Lund University

Book Editor

Cyril Pavlu

Cover Graphics

Björn Englöv

Photo Credits

Cyril Pavlu, Joe Scotchman

Contents Introduction 4

Foreword

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People

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Course Outline

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Design Site

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Working Process

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Workshops

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Projects

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The new gateway to Jeløya

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Let’s activate in between

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Make a switch

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Moss 2037: Revive & Thrive

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The 4-scapes of Moss

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THICK-MOSS

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Life to Verket

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Le Bay Turqouise

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Moss Harbor, converging paths

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A post-industrial tale

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Verket as a Moss|scape

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The study circle

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From Blue to Green

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Where our ways meet

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Healing the harbour

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On The Green Track

by Ana-Maria Negru

by Asmaa Abdellahy

by Axel Lönnqvist

by Benjamin Dohrmann

by Björn Englöv

by Bo Wen

by Charlotte Piggott

by Christoffer Grimshorn

by David Jones

by Effrosyni Stamopoulou

by Efthimis Kapsalis

by Elinor Thornblad

by Erik Appelgren

by Fanny Sundberg

by Heena Srinivasan

by Isabella Persson

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Live-It Work-It Play-It Verket

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Compositions

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Harbour Intersection

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Revisiting The Suburb

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We Have More Than Oil

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Net-Verk-It

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Moving Towards a New Moss

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Network of Activities

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Aquarium inside the water

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Verket - Reactivate the Industrial Area

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See, experience and enjoy - Verket by water

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Letting Nature In

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Moss Between the Lines

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Verket - Lost and found

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Ro Moss i Havn

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Exhibition

by Joe Scotchman

by Malin Markkanen byMaría Margarita Rodríguez Ángeles byMathilde Severinsen

by Mohammad Al Hamwi

by Parvaty Balagopal

by Paul van Amstel

by Mohammad Al Hamwi

by Priscila Portugal Jorge

by Silvia Paris

by Sofie Norin

by Sonjaly Juraszek

by Tommaso Baiocchi

by Viktor Brandt Johnson

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by Viktor Wallström

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Introduction

Foreword During the spring term of 2017 a diverse group of students at Lund University’s School of Architecture participated in the advanced course ‘Sustainable Urban Landscape (ASBN16) and its complementary theory course ‘Urban Landscape - Theory and Methods’ (ASBN11).

The course of Sustainable Urban Landscape deals with urban design through a greater perspective – the urban landscape. The spring design project begins with the students understanding of cities as a part of the larger landscapes. They are no longer approached as isolated urbanities, but are analysed and apprached from a regional perspective and put into a greater contextual setting.

The course focuses on design adhering to the cultural and landscape contexts. The aim is to create a balance between the human and ecological systems. How can cities develop in relation to their setting in the landscape? Can that landscape become a driver for sustainability strategies, and generate new ideas for living in synergy with the natural environment?

The design task of this year’s course was to develop a stratefy for a Norwegian costal city of Moss in the Oslo Region. Students travelled twice to the region in order to gain an understanding of the landscape and its’ history. After working in groups to form strategies for the regions future development, the students zoomed in on the city of Moss, which is expected to grow in the future due to the implementation of a new high speed train. Through studying the urban situations on site, the students formed ideas for development around new planned infrastructure, decreasing industry, occupational changes and the fjord’s ecological systems.

The design studio resulted in 32 unique projects in which students challenged conventional notions of sustainability and proposed new structures preparing for and supporting the process of urban transformation in Moss. This publication gives insight into the Sustainable Urban Landscape course and presents a summary of each of the students design projects.

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For further information on the course and master’s program please visit our website at

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http://www.stadsbyggnad.lth.se.

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Introduction

People SUDes Team:

Guest Teachers:

Peter Siöström Associate Professor Director of SUDes Master’s Program Sustainable Urban Design Lund University

Jenny Osuldsen, Ax:son Johnson Guest Professor, Snøhetta Harrison Fraker, Ax:son Johnson Guest Professor, UC Berkeley

Louise Lövenstierne Architect Course Leader Sustainable Urban Design Lund University Andreas Olsson Architect Course Assistent Sustainable Urban Design Lund University Cyril Pavlu Architect / Urban Designer Course Assistant Sustainable Urban Design Lund University

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Katerina Vondrova Architect / Urban Designer Course Assistant Sustainable Urban Design Lund University

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Guest Lecturers: Erik Stenman, Ghilardi+Hellsten Architects Elisabeth Ören Arvesen, Oslo Municipality Harrison Fraker, Ax:son Johnson Guest Professor, UC Berkeley Jens Kvorning, Copenhagen Municipality Jenny Mäki, White Architects Oslo Jenny Osuldssen, Snøhetta Martin Arfalk, Mandaworks Morten Leicht Jeppsen, SLA Ola Melin, Malmö Municipality Pål Dixon Sandberg, Norwegian Public Roads Administration Terje Pettersen, Moss Municipality Tom Nielsen, Aarhus School of Architecture Vibeke Arnesen, Moss Municipality

Guest Critics: Andreas Mayor, Sydväst Björn Ekelund, Warm In The Winter Harrison Fraker, Ax:son Johnson Guest Professor, UC Berkeley Jenny Osuldsen, Ax:son Johnson Guest Professor, Snøhetta Tess Broekmans, Uhrhan Urban Design & Strategy

Students: Ana-Maria Negru, Romania Asmaa Abdellahy, Egypt Axel Lönnqvist, Sweden Benjamin Dohrmann, Australia Björn Englöv, Sweden Bo Wen, New Zeland Camilla Göller, Sweden Charlotte Piggott, Sweden Christoffer Grimshorn, Sweden Daniel Zahedpour, Sweden David Olsson Jones, Sweden Effrosyni Stamopoulou, Greece Efthimis Kapsalis, Greece Elinor Thornblad, Sweden Erik Appelgren, Sweden Fanny Sundberg, Sweden Heena Srinivasan, India Isabella Persson, Sweden Joseph Scotchman, United Kingdom Malin Markkanen, Sweden Maria Rodriguez, Mexico Mathilde Marie Severinsen, Denmark Mohammad Al Hamwi, Syria Parvaty Balagopal, India Paul van Amstel, The Netherlands Priscila Portugal Jorge, Brazil Silvia Paris, Italy Sofie Norin, Sweden Sonjaly Juraszek, Brazil Tommaso Baiocchi, Italy Viachaslau Kuzmin, Belarus Viktor Johnson, Sweden Viktor Wallström, Sweden

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Course Outline Sustainable Urban Landscape The aim of the design course Sustainable Urban Landscape is to develop the students’ skills in designing strategic visions for sustainable landscapes in context of a large regional scale and evolving these vision into a specific design on the project site. This is primarily achieved by the students, carrying out an advanced design assignment. In parallel the students have to describe, analyze and evaluate urban structures, contexts and development strategies from architectural, ecological, humanist and socio-economic perspectives.

In this course students are expected to investigate critical issues in regional urban planning and are challenged to consider the ecological aspects of the site’s landscape. Students learn through their design process, how a local place and its landscape characteristics can play a critical role in sustainable regional development.

The design task for this semester was a redevelopment of Moss city. With the expected growth of Oslo, the region needs to rethink it’s functioning and infrastructure. The new regional high speed train and a newly planned station in Moss is a great generator for the city. The task is to find a way how the region as well as Moss can use this potential for growth

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with harmony and synergy with the surrounding characteristic coastal fjord landscape.

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Design Site Moss, Norway Moss is a small community with 36.000 inhabitants, situated 40 minutes by train from Oslo.

Historically it has been known for it’s thriving industry with a ironwork, glass factory and most recently a papermill. The city is situated on a slope going down from the mountains towards the fjord and the island of Jeløya. The closeness to the landscape “the Marka” and the water is very prominent and contributes to giving the city it’s character.

In recent decades, due to global ecomomic shifts and technical advancements, many of these local industries have shut down their activities or moved. For the past years the municipality has been faced with the challenge of how to deal with their industrial sites and how to reintergrate them into the city fabric in the best way.

The city expects a population growth following the new planned high speed train that links Moss to Oslo and the rest of Europe. This will also generate great changes in the infrastructure in Moss with tunnels for the new train and motor traffic as well as a preassure for new developemnts. The students have been asked to come up with a new strategies for

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how to think when planning for Moss.

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Moss, Norway

Verket

The Centre

Jeløya

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The Harbour

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Working Process Course Structure: The semester was divided into four phases. Each exploring different components and aspects of the region. The phases worked to deepen the students understanding of the landscape and got them familiar with planning strategies for sustainable built environments in the scales from regional to local.

The first two phases, “Regional Strategy” and “Landscape Perspectives” were set up as group assignments. Here the students explored the site through a regional and global perspective.

Students analyzed the Oslo region focusing on the large scale landscape uses and visions.

This provided a base of understanding for regional planning and strategies for the site where they would propose new and/or adapted development. The last two phases were individual work where each student developed their ideas to create a long term sustainable plan for their site.

Each period, stretching for 3 to 4 weeks, ended with student presentations to a jury evaluating their progress and pushed their work forward. Through the guest critics comments and weekly individual tutorials, the students work deepened and gained greater levels of detail in their work to tackle the challenges posed by the four phases in the course.

The beginning of each week was reserved for seminars, lectures and tutorials that provided inspiration for the students work. The later half of the week was then dedicated in the studio so that each student could think about and develop their project and spatial understanding.

KICK OFF

STUDY TRIP

REGIONAL PRESPECTIVE

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Feb 07 Presentation Phase 1

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Feb 27 - Mar 02 Mar 02 Study Trip Presentation Moss Phase 2

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Jan 16 - 16 Jan 22 - 25 Pre-assignm. Study Trip Presentation Oslo, Moss

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Feb 27 - Mar 02 Mar 02 Study Trip Presentation Moss Phase 2

COMPLETION EXHIBITION

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Apr 03 - 04 Midterm Review

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Apr 03 - 04 Midterm Review

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May 18 - 19 Final Review

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May 23 May 31, 2017 Final Hand-in Last Day

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Regional Perspective In this first phase of the project the groups analyzed the natural, historical and cultural landscape of the Oslo Expanse. Generating strategies for the whole area, taking into account how it connects to Norway, similar contexts in Europe and the World.

The groups explored the natural landscape of the region by mapping elements of the ecological structure. As well as the constructed landscapes, the infrastructure and transportation. They also attained insight into the cultural aspect of the area and the norwegian lifestyle. The groups developed strategies and visions for the region and how it

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could develop its’future sustainable development.

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DIAGRAMS: GROUP #1

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Landscape Perspective In the second phase of the project the groups discovered and explored the possibilities for the development Moss putting emphasis on their assigned areas: Jeløya, The Harbour, Verket and the Center of Moss.

Their analysis focused on the natural systems of the landscape and the characteristics of the existing cultural development. Identifying how the landscape was formed over time and defining the on-going processes currently shaping and reshaping the landscape. They defined how their research site relates to the functioning of the current ecological systems/ landscape components as well as identifying various functions of the assigned site, its value ecologically, economically, socially and visually. Discovering the potential of the site

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for the future ecological development of Moss.

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DIAGRAMS: GROUP #2

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Workshops Oslo, Norway This semester the students travelled twice to Norway, to get to know the site and its’ regional landscape. The two workshops in Norway were held in Oslo and Moss.

The aim of the first trip was to gain insight into the planning principles and processes of the Oslo region. The students developed their perspective of the region, local landscape, social and economical forces forming the region over time as well as natural elements which formed the fjord and the landscape around it.

During this first trip the group met with key planning professionals and architects in the region. The lectures focused on local creative planning and relevant projects. Illustrating how the landscape plays an important role in the strategic planning of the region. One day

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workshop was held at the DOGA center in Oslo.

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Moss, Norway The second study trip focused on the city of Moss. During the week the students spent time working in groups on their sites and investigated the local elements. Students interviewed locals and got a chance to form ideas of how the city could develop in the future as well as a valuable input from the local municipality.

During this workshop the groups were asked to explore the entire city but to focus on one of four given areas. Verket, the city centre, the harbour and Jeløya. Each of these parts were to be analysed based on the landscape, social, cultural and spatial aspects.

At the end of the week students held presentations for the municipal planning office, where they lead a discussion and received feedback on their findings and analysis. This material

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served as a valuable base for the individual phases of the design.

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Projects

The aim of the Individual part of the Design Project is to tell a holistic story and design a detailed plan for development in their site.

The students developed the ideas based on the previous phases of analysis and strategy and turn them into a concrete proposals. The issues and potentials that were identified are turned into a physical spaces, given real dimensions and performance. This is the student’s final step in their design process towards the holistic proposal of the future transformation of the city of Moss.

The life in the proposal site area should include all the aspects of a sustainable city. The overall aim was to create a new urban spaces within the new urban experiences in Moss. It should be a place where we live, work, relax and enjoy the everyday life. It is a place where people grow and can unfold their lives to their full potential.

Quality of living is having, nurturing and keeping relations with other people. In their own individual way, places are created by our actions and activities and this is dependent on how people feel connected to each other.

The following pages illustrate the students proposals and visions for the city of Moss. It is our hope that all of the students hard work and energy can inspire you as much as it has

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inspired us throughout the semester.

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IMAGE: EFFROSYNI STAMOPOULOU

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Projects

The new gateway to Jeløya Ana-Maria Negru, Romania

DETAILED PLAN

“Let’s rethink this part of Moss, because it will strenghten the

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character of the city!”

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The site is a mixed-use area in located on the island of Jeløya and it is a part the centre of the city Moss. The only connection to the main land is estabilished by a car and pedestrian bridge. The area is characterized by a slopy topography, high speed winds from the south, a big industrial site that is closed-off to the general public and privately owned gardens.

The main key questions of my project are regarding the ways through which an area that was fenced-off can be reintegrated and redeveloped so it can answer to the pressures of the current real estate market and the need for affordable housing and high quality public spaces.

To answer this situation, I chose to start by creating some green corridors that would tie the existing green spaces and connect them to the water. Afterwards, I began to develop the under-used spaces in the southern part of the site where there is already a tendancy to densify.

In this way, as time passes and the teh-

nological innovation will assure the compression of the spaces used by large industries, the freed out land can be devoloped into a sustainable mix-used area.

Other questions that have guided my process were in regards to the connection to the blue and green structure and their connection to this particular type of landscape. I opted to use the steep slope in a manner that creates different types of views and connections with the nearby landscape. The green corridors, that I mentioned before, play a role in the collection and filtering of the rain-water before the water reaches the fjord.

To summarize, I chosed to have a multi-angled approach to this neglected part of the city centre that consists of strategies for the built environment, the accessibility and the blue and green structure.

PROCESS PLAN

AERIAL VIEW

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Projects

Let’s activate in between Asmaa Abdellahy, Egypt

MASTER PLAN

“The dream is possible, let’s save the planet for new

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generations.”

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The project proposes three main public areas (floating park, diverse square, industrial bridge, plaza) linked by the coast line promenade. Also, there are some pocket parks in between along the promenade and the streets. This allows people to enjoy walking through the promenade and other streets.

The floating park as a public area allowing people to enjoy summer and winter.

The pool is used in winter for skiing, the restaurant in the park serves the visitors so people can enjoy the view while have lunch or dinner.

The diverse square as a diverse place provide services for all (cars, bikes, residents, visitors, vegetation, water features), in one place. The water view and the green topography dominate the square.

The Industrial Bridge and plaza: Opening up the blocked areas for the public, like the industrial area, using the industrial bridge and plaza to allow people to have

the experiment of watching what happens in such places taking in consideration peoples’ safety, without interrupting the work process.

Storm water management: - In terms of the risk of flooding, the project provides the “storm water management network”.

- The proposed bioswales as a landscape element to concentrate or remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water, using native plants and trees. This helps slowdown the storm water, and the plants and tree roots help clean the water.

- Water will be collected into the water collectors that also have water permanently for recreational activities. Extra water runs through outlets to the sea.

BIRD EYE PRESPECTIVE

SECTION THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL AREA

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SECTION THROUGH THE DIVERSE SQUARES

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Make a switch Axel Lönnqvist, Sweden

VINCENT BUDDES TORV

“Sustainable solutions do not

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need to be advanced solutions.”

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This project is about changing priorities, to achieve an active center which is adjusted for pedestrians and not for cars.

Due to the city’s location by the Oslo fjord, the water is a big asset with much potential for Moss. But today, there is no public functions along the waterfront.

Therefore, efforts shall be made to make the waterfront more available. By placing a public bath house in the water will generate people among other new functions by the boardwalk.

The prioritized mode of travel in Moss is the car which is given much space in the city with a huge amount of parking lots.

This results that there is not much street life within the city and it is not really pedestrian friendly. The population in the city center is also very small which also explains the non-street life. The lack of vegetation along the streets does also contribute to this. The city is missing a distinct meeting point where people can gather.

To achieve an active center, existing parking lots will be exploited with housing and the city will become more densed and crowded. Streets will be narrowed and provided with vegetation which will make the streets more pedestrian friendly. By also constructing a well-developed bicycle network the bicycle as vehicle will be promoted, and fast sustainable travels in between the city districts will be possible.

An important challenge is to keep the center as the hub of Moss where people wants to stay, especially when areas like the Harbor and Verket are getting regenerated. By having a square which is working all season will result in a new node and an obvious core of the city which is connecting Verket, the harbor, the waterfront and Jelöya. So let’s make a switch of today’s priorities!

ADDED BUILDINGS DEFINES THE PLAZA EVEN MORE

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SECTION SHOWING NEW PLAZA

TREES FORCES CAR TO SLOW DOWN

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Moss 2037: Revive & Thrive Benjamin Dohrmann, Australia

PROCESS PLAN

Moss is a town that has fallen on some harder times in recent decades due to the post-industrial decline of its manufacturing base and its location within the long shadow cast by Oslo over the region.

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However, there is now a terrific opportunity to REVIVE Moss with several key initiatives to spark growth over the next 20 years so that the region can become less ‘Oslo-centric’ and for Moss to reinforce its identity.

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The most notable of the initiatives will be the new train station with its highspeed rail to Oslo and south to Sweden and the relocation of the ferry terminal and harbour. The railway line and ferry access will pass through a new tunnel that diverts vehicles and large trucks coming from the E6 highway outside Moss from the local roads through the town centre.

These improvements to transport infrastructure allows Moss to become more connected and engaged on a regional level.

Part of this regeneration strategy is to use institutional anchors such as education and/or health as generators for employment and attracting new residents.

A new campus for technical design at the University of Oslo is proposed close to the new station that will bring students to Moss, but will also offer educational opportunities for those seeking to learn a new trade that may have to re-evaluate their career following the factory closures at Moss.

To ensure that Moss THRIVES it is important to make it a great place to live with life on the streets at all times, affordable housing for a mix of groups, a focus on jobs for smaller businesses and a plentiful supply of public open space.

In particular, it is proposed to construct a new accessible island in the harbour using landfill from the rail tunnel excavation, which will help activate the waterfront and connect with the green corridor that will extend from the train station along the former railway line to Verket development area on the northern side of the town centre.

“A place cannot thrive until it has revived! It is time for Moss to drag itself out of the shadow of Oslo.”

DETAILED PLAN

PERSPECTIVE OF TRAIN STATION LOWER SQUARE

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The 4-scapes of Moss Björn Englöv, Sweden

A WINTER’S DAY BY ONE OF THE CANALS

“Enforce the 4 landscapes of

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Moss!”

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The greater Oslo region is an area defined by individuality, as the majority of dwellings are single-family units and car is main mode of transportation. This regional image is also being reflected in the town of Moss; a sleeping town with rows of villas on the hills. Therefore, as the city will undergo drastic changes, due to the expansion of the rail infrastructure, I propose to focus growth in the station area with mainly multi-family units, and by doing so provide a complement to the existing morphology.

The harbour area has the potential to expand into the former dock with the help from the excavated masses from the construction of rail tunnels. These modifications not only serves as potential land to build upon, but also as a protective shield from heavier storms in the future. 4 types of landscapes (the green, blue, urban & culture) was early on identified as key aspects to enforce and anchor the built environment in.

For instance; an urban path is highlighted from Verket, through the old centre , past the station leading down to a new square by the western edge.

Simultaneously the fjord is celebrated by new walks and activities along the water and the fact that all coastline is public domain. The already strong cultural landscape of Moss is emphasized by promoting cultural activities in the previous harbour structures.

And finally the green landscape aims to connect and bridge the marka to the east with Jeløya. In the harbour this is being reflected as a green link to the station and one along the western shore with various qualities and characters. Simultaneously one has the option of finding more intimate and private walks inside of the courtyards, a walk which offers not only protection on windy days, but vegetation and architecture of many different qualities.

AERIAL VIEW OF THE HARBOR

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EXCERPT OF THE DETAIL PLAN

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THICK-MOSS Bo Wen, New Zealand

PROCESS PLAN

“A Moss which has a THICKness that is accrued from the layering of landscape,

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infrastructure and programme”

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The key challenges for Moss centre can be defined into identity, role & connectivity. To pick up on the historical development of the city, as well as considering the lifestyles of its citizens and looking towards the future where Moss is able to continuously build on the foundation which is set in this project and establish a relationship to its landscape.

‘THICK-MOSS’ addresses the identity and role crisis by inviting the blue and green landscapes into the urban core of Moss, acting as a catalyst for a walkable and active centre that completes the puzzle of wider Moss, connecting Jeløya, Verket & Harbour.

The design principles revolve around preserving heritage elements of the centre whilst maximizing the potential of the site by transforming under-utilized spaces and implementing a targeted urban programme into the structure of Moss which prioritises pedestrians.

The combination of green + blue + urban spaces will shape the moments & experiences one will be able find and explore in the centre. Sustainability will be addressed through spaces which are more than static objects, integrating with the context to perform & function, resulting in a Moss which has a “THICKness” that is accrued from the layering of landscape, infrastructure and programme.

The project timeline is split into phases of 10 years and 20+ years, in order to capture the value of developments in the Verket & Harbour areas, as well as retrofitting existing spaces into the proposed programme.

A THICK-ness will support Moss into becoming a distinct and independent polycentric city in the Oslo Region, one that is aware of its surroundings and connected to a sense-of- place that resonates with the Norwegian identity.

MOSS CENTRE AXONOMETRIC

LOCAL ROAD

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SECTION - HARBOUR BATHS, WATERFRONT PARK & MOSS LINE

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Life to Verket Charlotte Piggott, Sweden

HUMAN EYE PERSPECTIVE URBAN SQUARE

““My main idea in the project in to create a loop around the Verket area that you can walk, jog or ski around where you get to experience several different

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types of landscape.”

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When studying the Oslo region and Moss I noted that there is a clear separation between towns and the forests surrounding, the Marka. In the Norwegian towns I had sometimes trouble to detect any evidence of the rich landscape just outside.

One example of this is Moss and the site I have worked with, Verket. It is surrounded by rich landscape types such as park land in Nesparken, wild forest to the north and north east, a river cutting through the site and a shoreline that has the potential to be developed. Something however lacking is a connection between these landscape types.

My main idea in the project in to create a loop around the Verket area that you can walk, jog or ski around where you get to experience several different types of landscape. In the same route you go through wild forests, a riverside park and an open shoreline park with wetlands.

These different types of landscape are also drawn into the earlier industrial

area which will be developed with housing, commercial services and education facilities in the former industrial buildings.

Digging deeper I looked into the types of biodiversity in the site and discovered that what you would expect to be a very rich biodiversity in many ways is suffering today. Looking at birds in particular I noted several species that are threatened. How to strengthen the biodiversity and make them a natural and enriching aspect of people’s local environment is something I also have explored in this project. For examples there are several bird towers placed throughout the area to work as way-finders for people on foot and birds by air. People are also able to climb these towers to get to see the area from a bird’s perspective.

DETAILD PLAN FORMER INDUSTRIAL AREA

SECTION PARK ALONG RIVER

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SECTION THROUGH FORMER INDUSTRIAL AREA

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Le Bay Turqouise Christoffer Grimshorn, Sweden

AERIAL VIEW OF THE HARBOUR

“Successful spaces are achieved by using landscape as a way of creating good microclimates!�

My sustainable Moss-cake is dependent on several ingredients to take shape.

With large infrastructure investments in the small waterfront city of Moss, my projects takes on the task of connecting different aspects regarding scale, future density, environmental/social sustainability and context.

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The new structure of the harbor area, is well established into the land and city of Moss.With new directions in green, grey and blue, they express the movements of the future and connecting the harbor with the rest of the city.

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The structure invites to different kinds of livings and embraces the local richness.

New green pathways are established, becoming new meeting spaces, parks and ecosystems. Combining rationality with artistry, rainwater can link the area together, leading the way to the ocean.

This project is a cake with several ingredients that makes it tasty. One is seeing

the public space and its values. Continuing the long waterfront, making the ocean accessible,.At the same time making sure that the coastline is secured for a foreseeable future against storms and a raising sea level. These public spaces give the area a new purpose for inhabitants and visitors, like foodproduction and food markets. Successful spaces are achieved by using landscape as a way of creating good microclimates in these areas, and in the harbor as a whole.

WATERFRONT VISUALIZATION

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IMAGE BY CHRISTOFFER GRIMSHORN: VISUALIZATION OF THE WETLAND PARK

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Moss Harbor, converging paths David Jones, Sweden/UK

MASTERPLAN

“Complexity makes cities.”

The main aspect of the design principals is to bring in the green, move the ferry southward, improve and follow existing city structure and use the harbor as the last piece in a puzzle to connect the eastern hilly part to Jälöya, the harbor and the new station.

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A park is set to be creeping in from the west on the bed of the old rail tracks and divide itself as a branch into the northern and southern part of the newly developed harbor.

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The buildings are set in closed quarters with irregular setbacks to combat the prevailing southern wind. Most buildings are apartments but the special floating townhouses are floating in the old harbor alongside the important new city structures. Most of the buildings are between 4-7 stories high while 2 places has been reserved for especially prominent landmark buildings by the water and the new station entrance. The old harbor storage is set to be kept and re-

built to an incubator for companies with units ranging from 50-100 square meters.

This will be used as an activator in the area as well as for Moss.

As the new station comes out of the earth to the east the new station entrance are placed on the top. The adjacent street structures to the harbor has dictated the form of the quarters and has an aim to heal a broken city structure when the harbor is given back to the citizens of Moss. The most important connection of this is the east-west walking promenade which stretches from Jaliyah to the eastern part of Moss on a bridge over the railway which connects to the new station.

The connections will tie Moss together and make Jälöya feel less of a backside of the city.

VISUALIZATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

AERIAL VIEW

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A post-industrial tale Effrosyni Stamopoulou, Greece

TIMELINE

“Defining the city’s identity in

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the post-industrial era.”

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The Verket is an area of a very strong industrial character that needs to be redefined in this post-industrial era.

The project’s main design strategies can be described in three (3) points, answering to the above challenges:

The site’s major design challenges are three: providing the site’s new identity through a post-industrial character, connecting the site to its surroundings, and introducing the natural landscape in the future development to connect it to the Nesparken.

- history: keeping the industrial character by transforming it into a cultural one, - flows: connecting the site to both the city center and the suburban areas through “green routes” of transportation and a series of new meeting points, and - habitat: bringing the natural landscape in the site, by integrating it in the new urban fabric through 3 different landscape typologies, ranging from urban to suburban character: the gardens, the collective and the wild.

The site has the potential of becoming the cultural spot in the city and the region by hosting a new University of Arts, along with a new definition of industry through technical and professional jobs, such as services and start up companies.

This will help with both the rates of unemployment and making the city attractive for young people.

It is a transition site in both directions: transition from the city center to the suburban areas, and transition from the inland’s landscape to the Oslo fjord.

As a result, both social and environmental sustainability will be achieved, as multiple living opportunities will be offered targeting different groups of people, along with new ways of dealing with natural and built environment.

PROCESS PLAN

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Verket as a Moss|scape Efthimis Kapsalis, Greece

VERKET CENTRE, DETAILED PLAN

Sustainable Urban Landscape

Verket has traditionally been an industrial area that acted as the main economic generator of the city of Moss.

Since the eighteenth century, that special district had hosted a great number of factories and other industrial activities, such as paper manufacturing and iron production. However, at this day and age of post-industrialism, Verket’s steady shrinkage led to total bankruptcy for the majority of the factories there, which instigated the final closing down of the area, as an industrial zone.

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As a result, the whole area has been transformed into a brownfield site, which is disconnected from the city fabric and its rich natural surroundings. To counterbalance the previously mentioned weaknesses, this project aims to revive natural and cultural landscape in Verket area, as a part of the whole: not exclusively, but in close relation to the overall urban and regional landscape. Besides, the Oslo region strategic plans have highlighted the role of natural resources,

efficient and green mobility, and cultural capital, in the face of surging urbanization and climate variations that occur all along the Oslo fjord.

In general, the main strategies of the proposed plan revolve around the axis of resilient urban design; green infrastructure; sociocultural planning; and biodiversity or co-existing with nature. The idea behind those strategies is to superimpose each and every biotic and abiotic layer upon the other, so that an eco-retrofitted system could be created; a system of life that would begin from the forests of Marka via cultural paths/nodes, then it will flow alongside the dynamic canals of Mosselva, running through the housing area and ever further down to the new Verket central, multi-functional area, and it would end up in the sea, where river delta conditions would be naturally mimicked.

In conjunction to that, human-made landscapes will be introduced as com-

plementary installations to natural earthwork, such as an elevated bikeway (aligned to the regional initiatives for inter-connectivity and sustainable mobility) and wooden structures by the waterfront, for instance a public sauna would be the first intervention for the area and act as an invitation for the residents of Moss in order to get to know and use the place. In the end, the proposing process plan attempts to holistically activate the greater area of Verket, in close relation to Nesparken and efficiently inter-connecting the forest, the urban core and the water bodies.

“A blue-green gossamer via threads of culture!�

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

EDGE CONDITIONS

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The study circle Elinor Thornblad, Sweden

AERIAL VIEW

Sustainable Urban Landscape

For almost 200 years the city of Moss has been a flourishing industrial area in the Oslo region. Upcoming industries included paper sacks, paper manufacturing and forestry. Around 2013 the factory went bankrupt and the production stopped. A vacuum in the industrial tradition emerged. The city of Moss, like the city of Malmö has had a history of growing industries and high levels of employment. When the industries shut down both cities lost their identities.

How can we build a new identity for the city of Moss?

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The main strategy is to develop an alternative to the major university cities of Oslo and Ås in order to strengthen the whole Oslo region. With the help of 3 core values: Education, recreation and connection the goal is to create a new sustainable campus area that is an asset to the citizens of Moss. By creating a sustainable environment that attracts students and employees to live, work and study in the area, Verket can hopefully

be a new educational node for the east part of the Oslo region.

It is an issue that young people leave the area to study elsewhere and that planned dwellings are expensive and rentals are rare. By investing in new residential areas with a big share of student rental apartment the younger population will hopefully be grow.

Along with the educational situation is also the environmental. The soil is polluted and the railway creates a barrier towards the waterfront. By moving the railway into an underground tunnel the sea is easier accessed.

To connect to the surrounding marka the site has 4 new green corridors, the urban, the historical, the native and the industrial. All four of them had a different character and offers different experiences. Different building typologies offers different programs and creates new places for businesses, family life

and education to flourish. The residential area consists of closed block structures with private courtyards. The site opens up to the recreational waterfront with more open rectangular structures.

To the north are the historical industrial buildings that form the base of the campus facilities.

“Could education be the new identity for the sleeping city of Moss?”

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

PARK VISUALIZATION

INDUSTRIAL SITE VISUALIZATION

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Jeløya Waterfront - From Blue to Green Erik Appelgren, Sweden

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“Jeløya’s unique features with its massive warehouses and dramatic landscape will be

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utilized in this vision.”

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The city of Moss will be a part of the rapid expansion of the Oslo region. To compete with other cities in the region Moss will have to offer something unique as its location might not be as attractive as others. The possibilities for this though, are quite good, as it has features that are not offered someplace else like the natural landscape and cultural scene. The city is also involved in a massive infrastructure plan where its connection to Oslo will be greatly improved.

Moss consists mainly of four areas; the city center, the harbor, verket and Jeløya.

The city center is badly defined and lacking urban life, the harbor and verket is not even constructed yet and Jeløya, which this project is focused on, is often overlooked in the expansion plans.

This is in my opinion a mistake from the municipality, as it offers the previously described uniqueness that is required in order for Moss to work within the Oslo region context. This plan for Jeløya is focusing on the waterfront and its po-

tential to bind the existing and future parts of Moss together. By making the harbor of Jeløya an attractive place to visit, work and live, an important gap in the city is filled. Jeløyas unique features with its massive warehouses and dramatic landscape will be utilized in this vision, and its history as an industrial area will be included in the plan.

The first phase is about connections, where a new bridge will be built and the waterfront will become an important feature in the city. The second phase will focus on densifying within the current structure, allowing people to live and work in the new neighborhood. The third and final phase will expand onto the industrial harbor and create a continuous waterfront with access to the south and north parts of Jeløya as well as the city center.

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

CONCEPT COLLAGES

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Where our ways meet Fanny Sundberg, Sweden

AERIAL VIEW: CENTRAL SPINE

“Improvements in some strategic spots will complete

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and simplify the urban grid.”

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Moss, surrounded by the rich recreative landscape and expansion plans the coming years have great potential to become a shining pearl by the fjord.

Improvements in some strategic spots in the center will complete and simplify the urban grid, the orientation in it and with other part of the city.

The closeness to the landscape is hard to tell while being in central Moss, even though the idyllic location of the center in between the dramatic landscape of Jeløya, the recreative park Nesparken and the direct contact to the fjord. The project aim to continue the landscape into the center, make it visible and usable public spaces and streetscape. Open storm water management will lead you through the center to the waterfront by taking advantage of the topography tilting towards the fjord.

The water that travels through the city will make pauses in ponds and bio swales and be filtered and possible to be

re-used to vegetation and the public sauna by the waterfront.

The center has today relatively few residents and monofunctional structures such as the large shopping mall and parking garages. These areas need to be re-vitalized and occupied during all day.

The new built structure will solve the monofunctionally, form a clear structure in the urban grid and ease the orientation and form new public spaces. Public places and spaces will be improved by additions in functions, vegetation and blue structure. The improvements will suit the specific location of each place which means both vivid and calm spots in the grid with places to pause and view the fjord and places to experience the rich culture scene that Moss is famous for today.

BLUE AND GREEN STREETS - LEADING THE WAY FOR WATER AND PEOPLE

BLUE AND GREEN STREETS - LEADING THE WAY FOR WATER AND PEOPLE

PHASING 1. STREET - GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE 2. PUBLIC SPACE - ESTABLISH FUNCTIONS 3. BUILT STRUCTURE - COMPLETE STRUCTURES

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Healing the harbour Heena Srinivasan, India

CONCEPT COLLAGE

““Decentralising the OSLO region.Closed flow of energy

Sustainable Urban Landscape

and work in Moss!�

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Decentralising Moss and empowering the industrial quality of the city in a domestic scale. Creating a self-sustaining energy loop with producing, selling, using, recycling and sourcing available to all. Planning neighbourhoods that promote productivity, using the landscape within the urban fabric as glue to promote theloop. Neighbourhoods which combine the work environment with the tranquility of being close to nature.

Blurring the lines between private and public. Making a good stability between working and socialising within the harbour area by exploiting the availability of water, sun and green. These interventions can feed the immigration of people of younger generation. Promoting shared spaces and a more healthy public realm.

Strengthening cargo shipping opens the grounds for transporting materials for marketing and trade. It encourages the small scale industries and producing. A recycle plant close by completes

the energy loop. The boundary created by the train track is mitigated by a pedestrian , bike bridge. This bridge takes youthrough a journey along the diverse characters of the harbour area resulting in an interesting ride through.

Introducing new vegetation uncharacteristic to the region into the area to create distinct character along the shoreline of Moss.Giving Moss an identity in the regional context. This makes our vision of a sustainable city environmentally, ecologically and socially come alive.

CIRCULAR LOOP - CENTRALISING MOSS

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On The Green Track Isabella Persson, Sweden

LANDSCAPE STRATEGY

Sustainable Urban Landscape

One of the main qualities in remodelling the harbour in Moss is that once the harbour has been moved south, a decent sized plot opens up by the waterfront.

Moving the train station and digging down both the railway and road for cars from the heavy traffic coming to the harbour opens up opportunities to give the area a pedestrian and bicycle friendly area focused on the aspects of a human scale perspective.

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The main strategy in this project is to link the landscape within the city to the forests in the outskirts, and thereby bring the qualities of the landscape and nature into the city but in different shapes and forms, here categorised into four; the forest, the city park, the private courtyards and the green streets. The forest is big, beautiful and natural and appreciated by the Norwegians today.

The city parks suggested in the harbour is the railway park, the green dock and the canal park. The railway park is a linear park stretching from the city centre

to the new train station via the old rails along with a bicycle path and a variety of meadowland vegetation. Adjacent to the rails the old train station is repurposed into a cafe with access to the greenery within the park.

The private courtyards are framed by the 2-5 story mixed use housing to emphasis what is a private garden and what is a park. Within the courtyards the housing which consists of townhouses have their own garden.

The green dock is an urban forest with the vision to be something in between the natural forest and the detailed and programmed park where different kinds of trees grow and develop over time.

The canal park is situated by the shoreline promenade, surrounded by both new and old housing and connected by a pedestrian and bicycle bridge to Jeloya.

The idea is for the park to function as an activity park with activities such as volleyball, football and frisbee.

The streetscape is mainly for pedestrians and bicycles. Selected streets are connected to the green spine with trees and green stormwatersolutions leading towards the water.

“The main strategy is to bring the nature and landscape from the forests in the outskirts into the city�

DETAILED PLAN OF THE RAILWAYPARK

VISUALISATION OF THE RAILWAY PARK PATH

CITY PARK

GREEN STREET

COURTYARD

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Live-It Work-It Play-It Verket Joe Scotchman, Scotland

DETAIL PLAN

Sustainable Urban Landscape

Using a polycentric regional plan, Moss is expected to grow from a population of 32000 to 40000 by 2040, and these people will need a home. The former factory site at Verket is a prime location for part of this.

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It is next to the cultural heart of the town in an old industrial area of museums, libraries and the like – these normally attract residents to live close-by but the area is lacking in provision for this.

Verket has a strong industrial heritage but with much larger spaces that have more scope for mixed redevelopment, perfectly suited to expand the cultural heart while also providing sorely needed living space.

The proposal aims to provide an appealing alternative to expected suburbanism. There is a focus on accessible open/enclosed public space that works all year, alongside new uses that build on Moss’s industrial heritage to push into modern frontiers of culture, creativity,

education, and innovation. Connections to the rest of Moss are strengthened and barriers are broken through the splitting and reconfiguration of existing factory structures, new bridges and transit routes (i.e. reuse of the old railway, eastwest links between newly accessible waterfront and the hills/woods). Improved connections lower car dependency and improve walk- and bikeability.

Circulation alignments and landmarks play a key role in the planning of the site, using lower and denser development with the factory buildings and chimney stacks as skyline-breaking landmarks, and direct links east-west to the waterfront through various sequences of outdoor spaces including green/blue structure, routes squeezed under the old railway mirroring the nearby river, and between old buildings with visual connection to function.

Public spaces are activated through a

mix of programs such as markets, sports, leisure, and aesthetics (i.e. lawn, park, beach, wetland). New building typologies are developed from local vernaculars starting at the south, blended with contemporary blocks and street sections.

These elements combine to give a comprehensive phased development and activation strategy. .

“Activating public spaces, expanding the cultural heart and preserving the historic”

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PROCESS PLAN

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Compositions Malin Markkanen, Sweden

“Composition as a tool to

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connect various ideas.”

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In my proposal, I’ve chosen to work with Verket due to its historical, industrial structures and its proximity to the city center and to nature. It has been a delight to try out different ideas and concepts on this site. The possibilities were endless.

The top priority of my project has been to create a highly dense area that combines multiple usages. Dwellings, office space, facilities for education, a grocery store and other kind of necessities have been knit together through a well-considered road network. Ideally, it shouldn’t take more than fifteen or twenty minutes for the inhabitants to run their errands.

I’ve also prioritized good public spaces, in order to convince Norwegians to give up their own garden for something more suitable for big city life. Questions about social sustainability and what makes a good public space, have almost required an investigation on its own.

I have used composition as a tool to try to knit together a plethora of ideas, hence

the name of this proposal. The ambition to densify has been parallel with the aim to refurbish the old factories in Verket, and to create a design that mirrors the dramatic topography and Norwegian nature. I had to sketch on a specific kind of typology, in order to mitigate the sharp contrast made up by the small wooden cabins on site. It has been a unique, stimulating and complex challenge that has involved so many different layers and dimensions. There is so much that architects and urban designers can learn from sites like this.

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Harbour Intersection

María Margarita Rodríguez Ángeles, Mexico

MASTER PLAN

“Create a new area with vibrating and diverse urban life accesible to all people on the

Sustainable Urban Landscape

region.”

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Moss is a fjord city located between Oslo and the Swedish border, the city’s geographical location and its transport connections (ferry, train, highways) are one its biggest advantages, allowing to commute to Oslo in a short period of time, which also generates kind of a dormitory city effect. Moss situation would probably change due to the construction of the new train satiation that will aloud to reach Oslo in a shorter period of time.

This in combination with the future increase in the population will create new opportunities for development in the city, requiting new housing areas and even new jobs.

Working with the harbor area gives the chance of develop with easy access to transportation hubs, to densify without destroying existing green areas and to re-connect with the waterfront, nature and the rest of the city. The question is, how to keep these values and characteristics of a place which such a huge change in the city? And how this will be

properly incorporated to the landscape?

The aim is to develop a new sustainable area with different spatial characteristics and functions, keeping and creating important links to sea, nature and the rest of the city. Where you can find lively urban spaces, housing for different socioeconomical backgrounds, works and commercial areas in nearby places where is not necessary or wanted to use the car and you can get anywhere walking or using public transportation. Also, making stronger the presence of water, greenery and public spaces.

The landscape would have an important change with the new developments, however, with the use of the elements before mentioned and an adequate building typologies, the landscape and cultural characteristics will be sharpened, creating a unique place is region Oslo that will be enjoy by locals and visitors.

DETAIL PLAN

WATERFRONT PERSPECTIVE

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Revisiting The Suburb Mathilde Severinsen, Denmark

Municipality (planning)

Municipalit (construction

Citizens

Developers

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Relinking, Restructuring and Repurposing Jeløya. This project was carried out as a second phase of a regional strategy of the Oslo Region where especially renewable energy based mobility, new typologies and ownership relations adapted to Norway’s altering family patterns and the importance of access between natural biotopes and city was a focus.

In the projects proposal Jeløya in Moss south of Oslo, becomes a part of a loop based transit system of the Oslo region, to enhance Moss as a commuters city. With the society changing regarding how often people need to physically show up at their workplace combined with a change in family types, the project combined a wide range of housing possibilities with flexible work structures for locally based workspaces. A last element was to reinforce the existing paths between fjord, town and cultural landscape.

The revisiting the suburb is researched through 6 themes which should be implemented in the project in phases.

Transformation of local streetscapes: Relinking built landscape and maritime landscape for pedestrians. Repurposing secondary, suburban structures (eg. garages) on private lots into small living units.

Construction of wayfinding elements and access links: constructing elements re-connecting the built landscape with the cultural landscape and restructuring arterial road to avoid congestion in rush hours.

Transformation of canal area: Repurposing the ferry terminal into a park east of the canal and densifying on empty lots and existing park west of the canal.

Marina repurposing: Repurposing the use of marinas from leisure based activities to dwellings and office spaces.

Co-creation: Repurposing smaller spaces for temporary or permanent elements based on citizens initiative.

Transformation of industrial area: Relinking the area to the surrounding areas and repurposing relating to use and ownership.

“I chose to work with the suburb because of its creation of car dependency, socially homogenous ares and land occupation.”

TRANSFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL AREA

Municipality (planning)

Municipality (construction)

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Transformation of canal area A Detail plan for densification around the canalarea.

B

Developers buys and constructs on the empty lots and the existing park on the western side of the canal.

C

People move into the new buildings.

Marina repurposing A

Detail plannning in collaboration with current owners opening up for housing, officespace and hotel business.

B

Municipality puts department or touristoffice in the northern marina to activate it.

B

People buy boats and long term rent dockspace in the southern and nothern marina.

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Municipality rents boats for temporary housing of e.g. refugees.

Citizens

Developers

PROCESS FRAMEWORK

TRANSFORMATION OF LOCAL STREETSCAPES

Transformation of local streetscapes

Co-creation: Altering public space

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Detail plan for areas with detached housing concerning liveable percentages of total areas and streetscape.

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People gets ideas and wishes for new activities and use for their local public spaces.

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Municipal restructuring of selected streets to adapt wastewater sewage, rainwater management, central heating, leisure.

B

Municipality process the wishes through a mobile app and possibly allow/support/fund/construct the new features.

B

Some people might start to repurpose their garages for idealistic or practical reasons.

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People construct/use new facilities.

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Increased landvalues and new detailplan creates motivation for people to rent out or sell parts of their land.

Wayfinding and accesslinks

Transformation of industrial area A

Municipality makes detail plan for the industrial area, defining densification, repurposing, infrastructure etc.

B

Owners might rent out buildings according to new plan.

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Detail plan for canalarea, mainroad (Helgerødgata) and bridges together with appropriation regarding mainroad.

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Owners sell the land in the lots defined by detail plan.

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Construction of southern and central wayfinding element as well as construction of temporary sencond bridge and canal park.

C

Municipality creates infrastructure of the new area together with wayfinding elements on slope and by the waterfront.

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Citizens involvement: Citizens define temporary park.

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Housing development and repurposing of structures.

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Design competition and subsequent construction of pedestrian bridge and canal park.

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We Have More Than Oil Mohammad Al Hamwi, Syria

BIRD-EYE VIEW

“The Aim of the Project is to Create A Plus Energy Costal City Relying on Hydrological,Solar and Wind

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Power.�

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This project will study the harbor area, due to its closeness to the city center, and with 86 percent of the land vacant, there is many opportunities for investment. .

The proposal will expand into the sea instead of expanding outside the city boarders into the markka. This expansion will create the power bonds, which will work as a battery for the city and save the city from sea level raising and from the storms, and will help to install the hydrological turbines. Along with the hydrological power, solar power and wind power is an important part of the energy production on the site, and the plan shows where the best place to be placed in. where it can be most efficient.

In addition, the proposal will bring the biodiversity back to the site, which used to have many butterflies and will create strong connection to water as making the shoreline public and use one of the industrial building as indoor park for public to use it especially in summer.

Furthermore, saving as many building as possible is part of the strategy. Along with creating new streets connecting to the city centers and the rest of the city.

This new streets will work as visual axes between the city center and the waterfront and the public spaces.

In addition, the harbor and the cargo will be moved to the south side and will be connected to ring roads. This will reduce the traffic jam in the city center and provide more space for residential investment and retail facilities.

The goal of the strategy is to create identity to moss as a coastal city and form the waterfront for the fjord. Using the renewable power to make it a plusenergy neighborhood and including it in the city planning and make it visible to the citizens.

DETAIL PLAN

OVERALL MASTERPLAN

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Net-Verk-It

Parvaty Balagopal, India

MASTER PLAN OF VERKET

“Networking Verket to the city

Sustainable Urban Landscape

and beyond- Net-Verk-It!�

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The regional strategy focuses on easing the pressure on the city of Oslo by connecting the cities along the Fjord. By upgrading the rail link between Oslo and the cities towards the south of the Fjord, there would be a significant drop in the traffic congestion and urban development within the city of Oslo. This would in turn instigate a boom in the development of the cities along the rail line.

Moss being a significant link in the strategy would undergo a steady transformation from the quiet city it is at present.

With the new train station being the prime gateway into the city, connections to the station from all parts of Moss becomes essential. The city of Moss has an abundance of diverse landscapes all around. These landscape typologies are scattered in various parts of the city and poorly connected. Despite the opportunities to create a strong landscape identity of its own interwoven with a rich industrial history, Moss has succumbed to being just a transit city.

The site at Verket has the potential to create strong local identity. It is important that Verket is connected well to the center and the train station. The design strategy focuses on creating better connectivity to the Fjord, Mossmarka, Nesparken and Vansjo River. The connection is further strengthened by pulling in elements from the surrounding landscape into the street network.

It also focuses on developing within a demarcated development area in order to preserve the landscape around.

The final proposal is a livable urban space with new opportunities for the locals that blends in well with the surrounding landscape, well connected to the city and through that, better connected to the entire region.

AERIAL VIEW OF SITE

SECTION THROUGH A STREET

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Moving Towards a New Moss Paul van Amstel, The Netherlands

ZOOM-IN PLAN KIRKETORGET - 1:1000

“People want to spend their Sunday afternoon in the city, rather than walking around

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Jeløya or Vansjø.”

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The Oslo region is growing and at the same time undergoing a transition to a different, more sustainable way of life.

Although Norway are already world leaders, there are many more opportunities to improve even further.

Changing the way people move around, live and work, in the Oslo region, creates a more sustainable region as a whole, with shorter distances and cities that complement each other.

Moss is in such a transition with the new railways’ construction. It is now essential to strengthen the city in the short term and the connections to its direct surroundings to make Moss a destination, rather than just another station, now slightly ‘closer’ to Oslo.

The centre is the vital part to establish a sustainable and thriving city, by making it the link that binds Moss together. However, currently the centre feels isolated from its surroundings, because of the

busy Rv19, the elevated railroad to Oslo and the river, only crossed by a single bridge. The area lacks clarity as well, because there is no hierarchy in the streets, making it difficult to find your way. The core project was therefore this change in the networks of the city, from car-centred to designed for people.

The transition in mobility has an enormous impact for this area, as this opens opportunities throughout the city to make it more green and active. In the streets this is expressed by the introduction of natural elements into the profile and around the streets with new developments and refurbishments, which creates space for small-scale business, industry and public functions. All this will establish Moss as a more pleasant, healthy and active city, where people don’t just pass through, but also stay.

WAY TO KIRKETORGET

STRATEGY: PROMOTING ECOLOGY

STREET SECTIONS: STREETS ARE GREENER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS

STRATEGY: EMPHASISING ACTIVTY

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Aquarium inside the water Priscila Portugal Jorge, Brazil

INSIDE THE AQUARIUM

“Come to visit the New

Sustainable Urban Landscape

Aquarium inside the water!�

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Oslo Region has potential to develop quickly because every city in the Oslo fjord has particular economic value.

The proximity of Moss to Oslo helps it to become an attractive city to live and to work.

solar access inside the courtyards. The typology of the buildings in the area is a combination of dwelling and offices.

Some constructions located close to important connections have a commercial on the first floor.

The chosen area is the Harbour. The area analysed faces two problems: a blocked waterfront by the industrial harbour and the lack of green areas. The aim of the project consists in to create an attractive waterfront and more non- commercial public outdoors. The proposal provides places for socialising, contemplation and play which they can be used for a large part of the year. A new park close to the old train tracks is the connection to the waterfront to the centre. The connection to Jeloy is with a pedestrian bridge.

The waterfront has three different areas to create a particular experience with the water. One is the place to observe the ocean and enjoy the commercial area.

Another one is close to the water where is possible to have directly contact with it. The last one is an area bellow the sea level, where people can have the experience to have contact with marine life without attending. I believe this project is important to the city to give people more contact to the water.

The location of the expansion in the water is the south position to get a good solar access. The height of the buildings was also considered, thinking of to protect against the wind and to have a good

WATERFRONT

DETAIL PLAN

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Verket - Reactivate the Industrial Area Silvia Paris, Italy

MASTERPLAN

“Come to visit the New

Sustainable Urban Landscape

Aquarium inside the water!�

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Verket is surrounded by different typologies of landscapes, is close to the lake and the park, runs along the sea, has a view on Jeloya. The area is located on a slope facing the waterfront. The water plays an important role thanks to the presence of the lake, a river and the fjord.

So do the vegetation, characterized by a park and a forest.

The actual character of Verket is determined by the former factory, that covers a big part of it; only a few buildings were demolished, and the remaining are abandoned. Nevertheless, they still preserve their heritage qualities and are a big potential for a future development.

My vision for the new development of Verket is to densify the area in order to make it part of the city, as a new mixed expansion. Green corridors will join Nesparken with the coast and the canal will be reopened to preserve biodiversity and also to improve the connections in the eastwest direction.

A new grid will be formed by following the slopes and the existing structure of thearea will give the shape to the future connections; strengthening the accesses from the east and opening new path crossing the river will create a new hierarchy of roads and paths.

New buildings will be located in the quarters shaped by the new system of connections. Their height and shape will be determined by microclimate and spatial definition. Permeability of the buildings will depend from the hierarchy of roads. New public areas and urban green will be located in between the buildings.

The river bank will be opened and activated, while the public spaces inside will be smaller because of the microclimate issues.

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See, experience and enjoy - Verket by water Sofie Norin, Sweden

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When the Oslo region grows with its expected 25 % more inhabitants in twenty years, it is crucial that the easy access to nature, culture and service is kept. These qualities can be kept in the city of Oslo, if the other cities in the region can enhance their qualities and attract more people.

Moss has the potential to attract people and be a part of a sustainable network in the Oslo region. With the new railway, the train ride will only take 31 minutes, which facilitates living and working in two different cities. To plan for a more sustainable Moss, the city need to attract a more diverse age group, enable a car free life and take care of the valuable nature. The development of Verket and its unique character with the industrial heritage and the presence of different water features has the possibility to meet these demands. This design proposal focus on opening up Verket to the public and taking advantage of the different water elements framing the area.

The new bridge is the starting point, it overbridges the barrier that Mossefossen is today and gives a direction to the public space in the area. The public spine consists of a shared space street and a sequence of public spaces with different characters depending on microclimate and the buildings functions. The proposal enables taking advantage of the water elements in three different ways.

The strongest quality of the Oslofjord is its visual appearance, and the waterfront is designed so people can see it. Mossefossen is a very active water element and you shall experience it, therefore small spaces close to the water are formed so that you can stop and breathe in, listen and touch the river..

Prioritizing the public space allows for a vivid street life which along with enhancing the connections to large nature area lays the foundation for a new lifestyle that attracts people who seeks for a city life with strong landscape features.

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Letting Nature In Sonjaly Juraszek, Brazil

PERSPECTIVE OF THE BLUE/GREEN CORRIDOR

“The water shapes the public spaces and acts as a way finder on the area.�

Moss has an extremely privileged location on the Oslo Region, on the coast side, very close to the fjord on the west and Nesparken on the east side. Today, however, these natural elements are not completely accessible to the public or are difficult to reach. This was the key challenge of the design: opening up to nature.

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The water shapes the public spaces and acts as a way finder on the area. The main blue green corridor connects the park to the fjord and has the purpose of treating and containing storm water. The design allows the area to flood in storm events, containing and cleaning the water before releasing it slowly. All along the corridor, water is celebrated in different ways, with a waterfall, an interactive water square, etc. On rainy days, the public spaces become containers for the

water, while in other days these same spaces are used to sit and play.

Public functions and housing are connected to the corridor, both in new buildings and repurposed industrial ones. The main factory on the site, for example, is repurposed to become a green house - the structure of the factory is maintained, while the interior becomes an urban farm.

A promenade along the fjord was created to open up the coastline as a public leisure space. This promenade along the fjord continues along the river, with more bridges created connecting to the existing centre. The former train tracks become a bike and pedestrian path, connecting the area directly to the new train station.

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Moss Between the Lines Tommaso Baiocchi, Italy

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Due to a large increase of the population of the Oslo region, the idea of the densification of cities leads to gradual development of the area along the fjord, connecting all the cities and developing each of them by improving their characteristics.

The Marka around the cities’ boundaries will come inside the city creating new green networks connecting them to the landscape.

In the middle of this is Moss, a city with a vivid cultural scene, but where the landscape is totally absent right now in daily life. The strategy is firstly to develop the connection between all the districts of the city, improving the bicycle and pedestrian system and then to emphasize the landscape, one of the most important charateristics of Moss, welcoming the nature into the city.

The generators of this system will be the old railway track and Skoggata, rethought as green pedestrian and bicycle paths that run through the centre and

allow a fast connection between all the surrounding areas, like the developing Harbour and Verket districts. Parking lots within the urban fabric will be new densification areas.

These two roads are cut by two green axes that create a new green-blue system within the centre, highlighting the connection between the historical centre and the landscape. The green axes will be recreational areas. At the intersections of these roads, public spaces for activities are created. To emphasize a direct view from the green axes down to the fjord, and strengthen the connection with the water, the railway is lowered in the southern part. Underused spaces along these green connections, such as the musikkpaviljongen, will be used for public activities and events.

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HUMAN-EYE PERSPECTIVE: THE WORKSHOP SPACE

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Verket - Lost and found Viktor Brandt Johnson, Sweden

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The Oslo region is growing, rapidly.

But it is a growth that in many ways is complicated and has a lot of issues. The Norwegian culture of living close to the nature, skiing, going on a “tur” to the “hytte” or taking your boat in the fjord are all things that must be respected if the future development shall be socially sustainable and keep the high life quality. Still the tradition of living in detached houses must be challenged to create more compact settlements with lower carbon footprints.

This might create a clash. A clash of how the local culture can be respected but still improved to meet future needs. In Moss, and at the Verket site, this is highly relevant. It’s a site that has gone through massive change during history and has a lot of built and landscape heritage to relate to. To handle these questions Verket – Lost and found is based on four key components:

-To bring in the natural landscape trough green spines and rooftop parks -To re-establish canals through the area and connect it to the fjord -To work with, highlight and preserve industrial buildings, strucutres and landmarks, and use characteristics and old materials for the new houses -To develop the area incrementally with small plots so it fits into the urban patterns and traditions of Moss By using these components, Verket can be transformed into a vivid, atmospheric area with public spaces that allow meetings and temporary events, making it attractive for diverse user groups. The tide is turning, and it is now time for the lost industrial site Verket to be rediscovered and found by a Moss that is looking forward.

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Ro Moss i Havn Viktor Wallström, Sweden

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The Oslo region is encompassed by the forest—marka and has its geographical heart within the fjord. The green areas of marka surrounding the city of Moss have in my proposal been given the chance to enter the city and meet the fjord within an urban environment.

This concept of green connectors travels from the regional perspective and lands in the Moss harbour area, using vegetation—and production forest—as binding elements between important public and private functions such as the city’s new train station, industrial harbour as well as improving the connections between the mainland and neighbouring Jeløya.

The two main corridors in this proposal are characterised to reflect the cultural heritage of the site. The northern one— Stasjonsparken, is using the old train tracks at their current locations as a way finder to the new train station from the city centre and possibly all the way up

to the Verket area. This park, also cover the new train tunnel, and furthermore allows people to take a detour up on the train stations roof to experience the bird’s, or butterfly’s view of the harbour.

The southern green corridor takes the form of a boulevard with a green strip following the old coastline as it was located before the industrialisation of the harbour, as well as providing an important connection to the south with an ecoduct, thus bridging the gap between southern Moss’s green areas and Jeløya.

This green network greets the fjord by a new square wedged between the water, green, corridors, the train station as well as a new beach—the relation between these elements being this project’s key challenge. This square is divided into two large elevated steps, giving one a raised perspective over the water. Sev-

eral “islands” of green are found on the square, both working as stepping stones for wildlife (and people!), providing wind protection and shade. Furthermore, the east part of the square also affords bus traffic as well as the possibility for direct access to one of the stations platforms, encouraging a future of sustainable transportation and living in Moss.

“The new square connects the water, green corridors, and provides direct access to the train station’s platforms.”

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Exhibition

Exhibition Spring 2017 The results of two SUDes Master’s Program design studio Sustainable Urban Landscape were presented by students on May 18, 19, 2017. Later there were exhibited in the Foyer of the School of Architecture.

The autumn semester design courses resulted in 68 unique proposals and sustainable visions for four parts of Moss sites: Jeløya, The Harbour, Verket and the Center of Moss .

The students have challenged the conventional approaches to sustainability and present

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