NEW STATOIL OFFICES
10/04/2013.
By A-lab. [Fornebu, Oslo] Norway
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Project Text
With this new building at Fornebu outside Oslo, Statoil is gathering its international and regional offices under one roof. The innovative new offices will provide an inspiring and very flexible working environment for 2500 of the company’s employees. The design by a-lab was the winning proposal in an international competition held in February 2009.
After a detailed project planning phase and a construction period of less than 20 months, Statoil’s new headquarters were completed in the autumn of 2012.
Limiting the environmental footprintA-lab is an internationally oriented, young and innovative architectural firm based Oslo, Norway. Established by partners Odd Klev and Geir Haaversen in the year 2000, a-lab currently has 43 employees with diverse backgrounds and experience, most of them architects. A-lab’s projects portfolio is broad in scope with regards to type, size and complexity. For instance, a-lab designed the Arctic Culture Centre in Hammerfest, as well as three of the buildings in the Barcode Project in Bjørvika, Oslo. A-lab is committed to sustainable building and urban development solutions, and firmly believes that innovative architecture can have a positive social impact.
CREDITS
Place.- Fornebu, Oslo, Norway.
Developer.- IT Fornebu.
Client.- Statoil ASA.
Construction.- Skanska.
Type.- Commercial building.
Size.- 65,000 m² total office area.
Construction time.- 20 months.
Completion.- September 2012.
Architects.- a-lab (Arkitekturlaboratoriet AS)
Interior architects.- a-lab (No) and Momentum Arkitekter (NO)
Landscape architects.- Østengen og Bergo (NO) -concept, and Rambøll Norge (NO) -detail
Construction.- Skanska (above-ground commercial building) / PEAB (foundation and underground structure)
Annual energy consumption, estimated.- 103 kWh/m2
Average R-values (insulation).- Windows (including frames) 0.8 W/m2K. Façades 0.18 W/m2K , roof 0.15 W/m2K
Energy source.- District heating (85 % heat recovery)