Zero Lab
Addressing climate challenges are at the forefront of all our work and we strive to implement sustainability in all stages of the design process. We meet design challenges with investigation and research.
Sustainable Design Process
We design the built environment with focus on creating vibrant communities, working with climate, enhancing natural systems, and reducing emissions through decarbonized design.
Our designs result from a broad understanding and investigation into place, culture, community, program, climate, ecology, and resources. Our multidisciplinary process inspires creativity and supports a culture of collaboration, knowledge, and new design methodologies. The result is conceptually clear, beautiful architecture and meaningful urban design for our clients and community.
“Sustainability is about building a bridge between all existing building mass and the way we think new buildings and the lifespan of these buildings. We must think about reuse, multifunctionality, and our relationship with the environment in a new way. To succeed we need to have new processes. If we continue approaching the field in the same way as before, we will just end up doing the same mistakes over again.”
Founding partner and CEO Geir Haavarsen.
Oslo Science City - Greenest Innovation District in the World
Sustainability in city perspective
When designing Norway´s first innovation district it is about designing the future for Norway after the oil is out of the picture, and this include a city plan that the inhabitants will benefit from in decades to go. It is about diving into the city plan and create solutions that will not only give Norway an economcal foundation that can replace oil, it is about creating a green and sustainable city development that will benefit social, econimical and environmental sustainability.