A-lab of Oslo, Norway and SEA of Copenhagen, Denmark) have collaborated for the winning design proposal in a competition for a new urban development on Skien Brygge, Norway. The former harbor area, which occupies four hectare, is the site of a new urban community. The site is defined by the water’s edge on the west and a steeply rising landscape on the east.
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The architects believe that urban planning starts with the understanding that a city is a growing organism that thrives on social interactions along cross-cultural lines, be it age, interests, gender, social status or religious affiliation. People meet, interact, and grow from these interactions. Skien in particular is one of the oldest cities in Norway, with today’s population reaching 50,000. Over the centuries the harbor has always been a point of entry, interactions and exchanges for the city. The activity of the waterway characterizes the city as this type of hub for interchange.
