Good space is used space
Metropolitan Workshop was commissioned to do a planning study for the site next to the new Oslo Opera House.
The site is part of a new masterplan for the harbour front area of Bjørvika in Oslo. Metropolitan Workshop undertook an extensive review of the immediate context and the masterplan proposals for the area and concluded that the site would be overdeveloped. The masterplan has an over provision of open space and proposes streets that lack enclosure.
The practice proposed seven manifesto points which would improve the masterplan and create a harmonious situation more appropriate to a city the scale of Oslo. These ranged from simple moves that can be easily achieved, to more dramatic measures that would mean a more extensive revision of the plan.
Metropolitan Workshop produced two schemes, one compliant and one non-compliant in order to illustrate the benefits of the revised masterplan.
Team: Metropolitan Workshop with Space Syntax
Metropolitan Workshop Team: Marcus Brett, Margaret Bursa, Neil Deely, Daniel Dendra, John Oliver, David Prichard, Tomas Stokke
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