Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway
Nygaardsplassen is a mixed-use complex of buildings designed by Mad Arkitekter for a previously run-down area of the city center of Fredrikstad, Norway. A square dating from the 1800s surrounded by old wooden buildings, some of them listed log structures, and some postmodern brick buildings, had ov...
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Nygaardsplassen is a mixed-use complex of buildings designed by Mad Arkitekter for a previously run-down area of the city center of Fredrikstad, Norway. A square dating from the 1800s surrounded by old wooden buildings, some of them listed log structures, and some postmodern brick buildings, had over time turned into an ill-defined and neglected open space, constituting the rear of the surrounding urban fabric. The new buildings filling it have provided the area with a new layout including a lively piazza and street, with restaurants and cafés on the ground floor and apartments above. The massing, detailing, and brick façades align the new buildings with the existing context, providing a coherent and humanized whole which has proved hugely successful.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8dc3879072654e40bc4ec22df473e41d2022-12-22T03:38:59ZengINTBAU SpainJournal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism2660-58212660-583X2022-11-013Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, NorwayKaroline Kolstad Heen0Simon Oien1Trond Elverum2Martin Wesley-Holand3Mad ArkitekterMad ArkitekterMad ArkitekterMad Arkitekter Nygaardsplassen is a mixed-use complex of buildings designed by Mad Arkitekter for a previously run-down area of the city center of Fredrikstad, Norway. A square dating from the 1800s surrounded by old wooden buildings, some of them listed log structures, and some postmodern brick buildings, had over time turned into an ill-defined and neglected open space, constituting the rear of the surrounding urban fabric. The new buildings filling it have provided the area with a new layout including a lively piazza and street, with restaurants and cafés on the ground floor and apartments above. The massing, detailing, and brick façades align the new buildings with the existing context, providing a coherent and humanized whole which has proved hugely successful. https://traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/581SquareMixed-useRedevelopmentBrickHousing |
| spellingShingle | Karoline Kolstad Heen Simon Oien Trond Elverum Martin Wesley-Holand Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism Square Mixed-use Redevelopment Brick Housing |
| title | Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway |
| title_full | Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway |
| title_fullStr | Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway |
| title_short | Nygaardsplassen: A New Public Piazza in Fredrikstad, Norway |
| title_sort | nygaardsplassen a new public piazza in fredrikstad norway |
| topic | Square Mixed-use Redevelopment Brick Housing |
| url | https://traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/581 |
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