01 / 08
Promenade and key activities
The bridge and waterfront route connect Kirkebukten and Damsgårdssundet. Public activities are distributed along the shore rather than concentrated at a single destination.
Fjorden
A mixed-use waterfront district connecting Bergen, its industrial heritage and the fjord.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
A new neighbourhood at the water.
Fjorden sees Laksevåg as a small urban district bringing together new ways of living, start-up businesses, local artists and public life. The proposal carries Bergen’s architectural heritage forward while strengthening its relationship with the fjord and the surrounding mountains.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
Reconnect the shoreline.
A continuous promenade activates a waterfront that is now disconnected. Cafés, small workplaces and waterside pavilions bring activity to the route. Blue-green public spaces are proposed as places for people and habitats, connecting daily urban life with the edge of the fjord.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
02 / 08
From the city to the mountains
Reopening the local stream gives the public realm a landscape structure. The route links Bergen’s waterfront with Melkeplassen and the mountain paths beyond.
03 / 08
A connected neighbourhood
New pedestrian connections pass through the development, combining public programmes with routes towards the surrounding neighbourhoods.
04 / 08
Parking and logistics
The source strategy concentrates access and parking so that the waterfront can support pedestrian and cycle movement. The illustrated arrangement remains a proposal.
05 / 08
A raised promenade
The source diagram studies a future storm-surge scenario and a raised waterfront edge. These are concept-stage flood-resilience measures, not a verified engineering design.
06 / 08
Retain the industrial fabric
Existing buildings and new volumes are considered together. Retained halls offer a framework for new uses without erasing the waterfront’s industrial character.
07 / 08
A mixed-use district
Housing, offices, innovation spaces and commercial ground floors support different rhythms of use. Public functions connect the larger buildings to the promenade.
08 / 08
A framework that can evolve
The source sets out three phases. The masterplan allows the district to develop through related interventions rather than a single isolated building.
Selected item 1 / 8
01 / 08
Promenade and key activities
The bridge and waterfront route connect Kirkebukten and Damsgårdssundet. Public activities are distributed along the shore rather than concentrated at a single destination.
02 / 08
From the city to the mountains
Reopening the local stream gives the public realm a landscape structure. The route links Bergen’s waterfront with Melkeplassen and the mountain paths beyond.
03 / 08
A connected neighbourhood
New pedestrian connections pass through the development, combining public programmes with routes towards the surrounding neighbourhoods.
04 / 08
Parking and logistics
The source strategy concentrates access and parking so that the waterfront can support pedestrian and cycle movement. The illustrated arrangement remains a proposal.
05 / 08
A raised promenade
The source diagram studies a future storm-surge scenario and a raised waterfront edge. These are concept-stage flood-resilience measures, not a verified engineering design.
06 / 08
Retain the industrial fabric
Existing buildings and new volumes are considered together. Retained halls offer a framework for new uses without erasing the waterfront’s industrial character.
07 / 08
A mixed-use district
Housing, offices, innovation spaces and commercial ground floors support different rhythms of use. Public functions connect the larger buildings to the promenade.
08 / 08
A framework that can evolve
The source sets out three phases. The masterplan allows the district to develop through related interventions rather than a single isolated building.
Selected item 1 / 8
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
A district, not an isolated object.
The complete axonometric brings the proposed office buildings, reused halls, housing, pavilions and public bridge into one waterfront composition.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
01 / 08
Daylight, views and terraced forms
Tapered volumes open views towards the fjord and bring daylight into the spaces between buildings. Terraced façades take cues from local geological formations and offer planted outdoor spaces.
02 / 08
A new working life for the halls
Existing industrial halls are proposed as flexible workspaces with rentable modular units. Their reuse supports a community of start-ups while retaining the character of the waterfront.
03 / 08
Industrial heritage as a public room
The waterfront hall could become an art gallery or museum, with a food hall or other commercial use as an alternative. New housing frames the retained structure and reconnects it with daily life.
04 / 08
Housing with shared outdoor space
Angled rooflines and lowered corners seek better daylight and views. Shared terraces and potential roof gardens provide places to gather and grow food; solar panels and green roofs remain alternative possibilities.
05 / 08
A connection and a destination
The bridge meets the water through garden platforms. Planted islands become places to sit and look down the harbour, while the illustrated opening span maintains the concept of passage for larger boats.
06 / 08
Small programmes along the promenade
Cafés, kayak clubs, cycle hire and evening uses can occupy the waterfront pavilions. Their angled roofs frame views while seeking to avoid obstructing neighbouring buildings.
07 / 08
Activity above and below the bridge
The proposal includes a skatepark beneath the bridge, where the deck offers shelter from rain. Public activity and routes to the mountains extend the bridge’s role beyond crossing the water.
08 / 08
More ways to live by the fjord
Two additional courtyard blocks are explored on proposed new land. Openings towards the water bring light and views into shared gardens, with adaptable commercial or office uses at ground level.
Selected item 1 / 8
01 / 08
Daylight, views and terraced forms
Tapered volumes open views towards the fjord and bring daylight into the spaces between buildings. Terraced façades take cues from local geological formations and offer planted outdoor spaces.
02 / 08
A new working life for the halls
Existing industrial halls are proposed as flexible workspaces with rentable modular units. Their reuse supports a community of start-ups while retaining the character of the waterfront.
03 / 08
Industrial heritage as a public room
The waterfront hall could become an art gallery or museum, with a food hall or other commercial use as an alternative. New housing frames the retained structure and reconnects it with daily life.
04 / 08
Housing with shared outdoor space
Angled rooflines and lowered corners seek better daylight and views. Shared terraces and potential roof gardens provide places to gather and grow food; solar panels and green roofs remain alternative possibilities.
05 / 08
A connection and a destination
The bridge meets the water through garden platforms. Planted islands become places to sit and look down the harbour, while the illustrated opening span maintains the concept of passage for larger boats.
06 / 08
Small programmes along the promenade
Cafés, kayak clubs, cycle hire and evening uses can occupy the waterfront pavilions. Their angled roofs frame views while seeking to avoid obstructing neighbouring buildings.
07 / 08
Activity above and below the bridge
The proposal includes a skatepark beneath the bridge, where the deck offers shelter from rain. Public activity and routes to the mountains extend the bridge’s role beyond crossing the water.
08 / 08
More ways to live by the fjord
Two additional courtyard blocks are explored on proposed new land. Openings towards the water bring light and views into shared gardens, with adaptable commercial or office uses at ground level.
Selected item 1 / 8
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
Bergen’s roofscape, reinterpreted.
Angled roofs and a human-scaled waterfront reinterpret the city’s timber-building traditions. The source proposes timber construction and possible reuse of concrete from lower-quality industrial structures. These material choices express an environmental intention, not a measured carbon-negative result.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
Read the site as a network.
The wider site plan locates the proposed district between existing neighbourhoods, the harbour and the landscape beyond. The waterfront connection is part of this larger urban network, not simply an internal development route.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
The waterfront at ground level.
Pavilions, garden islands, retained halls and pedestrian routes meet along the proposed promenade.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2
From harbour edge to hillside.
The sections show how building heights, public routes and planted terraces relate to the changing ground. They explain spatial relationships rather than claiming a resolved structural or construction design.
- Project and location
- Fjorden, Bergen, Norway
- Year
- 2021
- Typology
- Work / Residential / Public / Masterplanning & Urbanism
- Program
- Urban Planning – Mixed-use, Residential, Office, Retail, Culture
- Size
- 60,700 m2