The project is a transformation and refurbishment of a listed office building from 1892. The front building toward the street is completely rehabilitated, and the wings surrounding the inner courtyard are demolished and replaced with a new structure.
Øvre Vollgate 9 – transformation and refurbishment
Architect: PUSHAK
Project location: Oslo City Center – Kvadraturen
Completion Year: 2018
Gross Built Area: 3000 m2
Photo credits: Ivan Brodey
The courtyard is enclosed in the new building as a glass covered interior atrium, that connect the old and the new building and admit daylight into the office spaces.
All functions are accessed via the large, brass clad main stair that stretches from the underground cafeteria to the roof terrace.
PUSHAK
PUSHAK AS was founded as a joint-stock company in 2008 by Camilla Langeland, Sissil Morseth Gromholt, Marthe Melbye and Gyda Drage Kleiva. The office currently has 8 employees and engages in a wide range of architecture projects from landscape installations and urban furniture to housing, office buildings, crematoriums, kindergardens and transformation.
Regardless of project size or function PUSHAK seeks a thorough understanding of place, program and users, and regard these as an essential foundation for architectural quality.
