Oslo Opera House

Oslo’s Opera House is a top attraction and one of the country’s most prominent architectural gems. The award-winning opera house is one of the first buildings you see when you approach the city from the sea. With its white marble lines sloping gently from its roof into the Oslo Fjord, the building is reminiscent of an iceberg, bridging the space between Norway’s famously astonishing countryside and its capital city. The opera house invites visitors to climb its roof year-round, providing a serene place from which to enjoy the sunset during the summer or chat with friends. In winter, the white marble mimics the slabs of ice which fill up the fjord. Oct. 1, 2019

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Oslo Opera House. Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019

The roof of the building angles to ground level, creating a large plaza that invites pedestrians to walk up and enjoy the panoramic views of Oslo. An operahouse is designed and built to have a long lifespan. This means that a simple, modern metal cladding, such as we associate with factories and workshops, needs to be re-evaluated and redesigned.
After a consideration of aesthetics, longevity, maleability and the possibility to make very flat panel, aluminium wa chosen. To give the panels further quality, a collabarative process was begun with two artists.
The design team initially aimed for an industrial modulrity but that the panels themselve should have greater visual quality. The panels were punched with convex spherical segments and concave conical forms. The pattern was developed by the artists based on old weaving techniques.
In all, eight different panels were designed which give a constantly changing effect depending on the angle, intensity and colour of the light playing on them. Oslo, Norway. Oct. 1, 2019

Oslo Opera House A6250 Crop Med