Living city, living sea

2021
Team point of view
Living City, Living Sea proposes a new Fagerstrand where urban development, value creation and preservation of flora and fauna form a healthy balance. In light of the environmental crisis, we must address the growing biological challenges on land and in the fjord. Industrial artefacts are integrated into a new area where sustainable production and innovation co-exist with urbanity. Fagerstrand prioritises health-promoting and green mobility. A green corridor serves as a recreational path weaving the area together. The project proposes strategic interventions to save the fjord – preserving vegetation to retain water, improved water management and restoration of habitats. Urban structures set in the natural landscape provide better living conditions for all species, above and below sea level.

Jury point of view
The proposal addresses both Fagerstrand’s past as an important industrial node along the Oslo fjord, and the current discourse on how to densify in communities with a rural identity. It successfully addresses a range of larger regional issues and local challenges in a bold and convincing manner as it combines programs for small scale production that takes advantage of the existing infrastructure, measures to preserve marine life, the role of this development in the regional setting while retaining a flexible urban structure that extends local identities and developing Fagerstrand as one place with a unique identity.