Student housing
Per date, we have contributed to about 2150 student homes in Oslo. We collaborate with the biggest actors in this segment. Students need the city as the city need students, thus making looking at student housing in relation to urban development an exciting intersection within urbanism that we are particularly interested in. See more of our student house projects here.
Adaptive reuse/”ROT”
The future’s buildings are already built they say. At A-Lab we have transformed existing buildings into new life and functions in different settings and genres. We like the challenge of working within the constraints of adaptive reuse as it gives us new perspectives and guides us to a more sustainable practice. We do adaptive reuse in all scales - from single buildings to city plans. Read more about these projects here.
Urban floor/”Bygulv”
We have worked with urban floors for two decades and developed our own methodology. The city is experienced from the eye level, so it makes sense to work from that perspective. Check out some of our on-going and previous projects here.
CURRENT ENDEAVORS
Vulkan student home in Oslo city architecture award exhibition
The project we did for SiO together with the landscape architects from Lala Tøyen was nominated for an award for best architecture in Oslo. For the exhibition we came with the idea to make a modell of the project that conveyed the essence of the project: the vibrancy a student home in an urban meets nature setting can bring to its’ environment. We wanted to have fun with the model so we made a cross section to show the furnished dorms with action inside it.
Busting myths on TV
Christoffer Angell is one of our architects who works with adaptive reuse. He appeared on the show Boligrådet together with Torstein Blumer from Magna Construction Managament, where they talk about the established myths about adaptive reuse. Read Christoffer’s op-ed about this topic here and check out the project the two worked on here.
Some of the clients we help shape cities, places and homes
