This proposal’s point of departure is Oslo’s character and scale: from the new Filipstad district older adjacent districts stretch out to the fjord with their identities and provide a “water neighbourhood” with a “water space” as the central spatial entity. The area’s six main divisions (each of about 80,000 – 90,000 m²) feature individual characteristics and represent development stages. The structure of the original landscape follows the main strike of the geologic layers in the fjord basin. From the water neighbourhood the landscape returns to the natural slope of the city behind it.

1) Business park. These “Headquarters” tie in with the Storebrand area and function as a solitary development in a park, with a monumental garden running down to a generous stretch of water.

2) “The Island Community” is on a flat dock and connects with the Tjuvholmen development.

3) “The brick town” stretches out towards the fjord between Hansteensgate and Parkveien.