Strandgata 8

Location
Tromsø

Size
9,000m²

Principal
Pellerin A/S

Year
2021

Strandgata 8 is a mixed use building in the heart of Tromsø. The building is 6,800m2 and consists of offices, parking and shops on the first floor.

In addition to the transformation of a dilapidated warehouse building, the project also establishes a new connection with an atrium walkway linking Storgata to the seafront and the parallel street, Strandgata. The facade construction is designed as "urban camouflage", where both facades are designed to fit in with the surrounding and varied environment. The two streets are very different; Storgata is an axis through the city with smaller wooden houses in more or less orderly rows. The facade construction on the first two floors mirrors these forms. The facade facing Strandgata is more playful. It adapts to the swinging street structure that follows the shape created by the water's edge and opens up to the fantastic view of the fjord and the mountains behind.

The office floors have an atrium that lets in light and provides a view to the north towards Tromsø Cathedral.