Sunnfjord Museum | Førde | Sogn og Fjordane | Norway | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

The facility is located in close relation to the specific elements of the site, in the tension between cultural and natural landscape, with a spesific contact towards the lake, Movatnet, and the buildings of the open-air museum. The project was resolved in harmony and scale with thebuildings of the museum’s dimensions. The new building and outdoor elements of the project will highlight the museums identity and regional character.........more

City center development | Hyllie, Malmö in Sweden | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

location: Hyllie, Malmö in Sweden
program: City center development, shopping, office and culture
client: Steen & Strøm AS
size: 180 000 m2
commision type: Invited competition 2nd Prize (2006)
status: Competition Project
year: 2006
Building a single structure which is to contain the entirety and dynamic of city life is a huge challenge that requires special attention to aspects of human fulfilment and dignity in the way these are conditioned by the urban environment. The concept of “the city as a house” seeks to build upon the success of the single-structure shopping mall and develop the principle further by infusing the single structure with all the other aspects of life, i.e. housing, workplaces, leisure etc. This creates a dynamic reminiscent of the medieval walled town where the entirety of life was lived within tight parameters........more

NATIONAL TOURISTROUTE MARINATOMTA | Stranda, Norway | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

location: Geiranger harbour, Stranda, Norway
program: Viewpoint and recreation area
client: Norwegian public roads administration
size: 500 m2
commission type: direct commission
status: sketch project
year: scheduled completion 2011
The Geiranger fjord is listed on the UNESCO world heritage list and ranks as one of the most spectacular fjord landscapes in the world. The sheer intensity of impressions can sometimes be overwhelming, for on clear days it is as if the world was never quite as transparently deep and saturated as it is in Geiranger. The project is located in the midst of this natural intensity, by the water’s edge. The intention was to create a platform –in the figure of a wooden pier– that would work as a discreet yet robust element where travellers and local people could meet and blend in an unassuming and relaxed manner; a kind of counterweight to the spectacular scenery, which makes the experience of Geiranger even richer....more

Saemien Sijte | South Sami Cultural Center | Nord Trøndelag, Norway | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

location: Snåsa, Nord Trøndelag, Norway
program: New Museum and Cultural Center for South Sami heritage
client: Statsbygg; Norwegian Public Construction and Property Management
size: 2000 m2
commission type: 1 of 3 winners, open competition (2009)
status: competition
year: 2009

Saemien Sijte holds a very important position in the education and preservation of the South Sami culture, identity, language, history and community.
The historic settlements of the South Sami culture, with its elementary shapes, its materials and ways of construction, have inspired RRA to this distinctive project. The aim was through translation of this to create one plant, to achieve a varied and articulated continuations of rooms, each with contact to the landscape, the Cultural Center’s outdoor area or inbetween the rooms themselves.
The building’s architectural shape, plan and its material brings the culture and the sites characteristics together as one unit.....more

National Museum of Norway | Oslo | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

location: Vestbanen, Oslo, Norway
program: New National Museum of arts, design, industrial design, architecture and contemporary art and Offices for the Norwgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
client: Statsbygg; Norwegian Public Construction and Property Management
size: 46500m2 + offices buildings 32.500m2
commission type: Open International Design Competition (2009)
status: competition proposal "137 Kunstens Hus"
year: 2009
The National Museum is to be a forward-looking and innovative arena for the experience of the visual arts. At the same time it should be a safeguard for the community’s memory of this. With this project the nation will have a unifying and worthy National Museum, which is well- exposed, extrovert and easily accessible. The overall concept holds rationality and possesses openness that gives great opportunity for the flexibility of the different functions. At the same time the building contains of dramatic and challenging room sequences in a unique and very compact building. The experience of the project should be characterized by the interaction and synergy between the sites’ distinctiveness, the different parts of the project and the overall architectural expression. As a comprehensive and unique building will the museum emerge as a national icon....more