Kongeveien 5, Oslo, Norway
JDS Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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The Holmenkollen hill plays a significant part identifying Oslo. In the Oslo panorama its characteristic profile is a clear icon, up close its majestic
steepness rises towards the sky, making heads tilt and from the top, the panorama view towards the fjord are fantastic. It is a building beyond conventions, and it is no wonder that it is one of Oslo’s most visited tourist attractions. To create a new slope on the soil of the old requires full awareness of its traditions.
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The new Holmenkollen Beacon is extending tradition… to the sky! In emphasizing the existing landmark’s values, it strives to keep the fine balance between majestic and simple, while introducing contemporary materials and design. Conceptually the project works with three stages of visibility: the far-away panorama, the close-up at the foot of the slope and the view outward from the top. The shape of the silhouette is emphasized with a sharp and simply cut. The given wind protection profile is utilized and offset in a parallel manner downward, creating a smooth bended rectangle hosting the slope, the main elevators and the top in-run program. The top is then sliced horizontally to accommodate a viewing platform. The Knoll building is moved further up the hill to serve as an anchor point for the structure, letting it cantilever and avoid visually disruptive structural supports. From a distance the structure will appear as a milky-white sharp profile extending further into the sky with a diffused beam of light; a beacon for Oslo.
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Our project aims at unifying the various elements present in a ski jump into one single expression, shape and action… rather than having a series of dispersed pavilions, infrastructure on site we’ve managed to combine them into one organism. The judge booths, the commentators, the trainers, the royal family, the VIPs, the wind screens, the circulation, the lobby, the entrance to the arena and the arena itself, the lounge for the skiers, the shop of souvenirs, the access to the existing museum, the viewing public square at the very top, everything, is contained into the shape of the jump in a magical symbiosis of programs and experiences…”
JDS Architects
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The people
Architects: JDS Architects
Location: Oslo, Norway
Partner in Charge: Julien De Smedt
Project Managers: Kamilla Heskje, Morten Sletbak Have
Project Team: Aleksandra Kiszkielis, Alex Dent, Alf Lassen Nielsen, Andrea Weisser, Carlos Cabrera, Derrick Lai, Dries Rodet, Edna Lueddecke, Elina Manninen, Erik Olav Marstein, Felix Luong, Filip Lipinsky, Gunnar Hoess, Ieva Maknickaite, James McBennett, Johanna Kliment, Joue Gillet, Kristoffer Harling, Liz Kelzey, Magda Kusowska, Marco Boella, Michaela Weisskirchner, Pauline Parcollet, Robert Huebser, Tineke Vanduffel, Torkel Njå, Wolfgang Mitterer, Wouter Dons
Competition Team: Babara Costa, Derrick Lai, Mads Knak-Nielsen, Mikkel H. Sørensen, Victoria Diemer Bennetzen
Collaborators: Norconsult, Grindaker, Metallplan, Intra
Budget: 29,000,000 EUR
Project Year: 2008-2010
Construction team: VEIDEKKE | TRONERUD | LECOR
Engineers: NORDCONSULT
Consultants: HANSEN & HENNEBERG | INTRA | METALLPLAN
Client: Oslo Municipality
Arena capacity: cca. 29,012 spectators, sitting and standing
Structure: steel. 1030.4 tons, screws: 10 450
Length:
-K 120
-HS 134
-cantilever length (the extension from concrete base): 69 m/75yd
-Skijumper’s running slope length/ In-run: 95m/104yd
Height:
-HOP structure lowest to highest point: 77.65m/85 yd
-ground from concrete base to top: 58m/63.5 yd
-elevator height, length, maker and ride time?: 100m/109.4 in length, 60m/65.6yd high, ca. 2 min
Building materials: tower/inrun in steel, stands in steel and concrete
Status: Completed 22th February 2011
Photographs: JDS, Marco-Boella, Nikolaj Moeller
