Ås

Only Åsheim is certain to be kept. The program invites participants to consider keeping other buildings and adapting them to new use. The benefits of either tearing down or preserving buildings should be made clear in the presentation.

Sadly not, but the essence is this:

Variations of green show forrest.

Yellow, orange show farmlands.

Purple shows urban areas.

More pictures have been uploaded. Moerveien is the main shopping street in Ås, Raveien is a side street with some shopping and Brekkeveien is primarely a road for car traffic through the centre of Ås.

The areas or blocs south of the site are dominated by shopping on ground floor, some office buildings and high density of housing.

Here is the BRA and FSI for the neighbouring blocks of the Europan site:

Sentrum Nord #1 (housing), 2013
BRA = 2950 m², BYA = 737 m² - FSI = 2, GSI = 0,5

Kiwibygget (housing, commercial), 2008
BRA = 15395 m², BYA = 3000 m² - FSI = 2, GSI = 0,4

Hotellkvartalet (housing, commercial), 2014
BRA = 8000 m², BYA = 1700 m² - FSI = 2.16, GSI = 0,46

Nylundkvartalet (housing, commercial), 2013
BRA = 9353 m², BYA = 1200 m² - FSI = 3.87, GSI = 0,5

Posten (offices), 1964
BRA 2130 m², BYA = 710 m² - FSI = 0.65, GSI = 0.22

Mattilsynet (offices), 1964
BRA = 3200 m², BYA = 1065 m² - FSI = 0.9, GSI = 0.3

Boligkvartal #1 (Moerveien 14) (housing), 2010
BRA 3500 m², BYA = 1100 m² - FSI = 1.45, GSI = 0.45

Boligkvartal #2 (Moerveien 16) (housing), 2006
BRA = 4600 m²,  BYA = 880 m² - FSI = 2, GSI = 0,4

Close proximity single-family housing areas in southwest (Sagaveien) and northwest (Kaja) within the study area:
GSI = 0.25, two-story houses or GSI = 0.3, one-story houses

Please see page 20 in the program.

No. Competitors are only asked to make a proposal for the project site and the study site as described in the program on page 20.

Unclear what buildings you are referring to. Buildings south of the project site will remain. Of the buildings on site we refer to the program:

"Participants must take into consideration the preservation of
existing buildings. Only the Åsheim building is certain to be
kept, but participants are asked to examine the potential of
keeping other buildings. Åsheim’s fi rst fl oor is kept for housing,
but the ground fl oor and the surrounding garden should be
integrated in the new concept for the larger site."

Competitors are asked to speculate about the density on site. We refer to previous question and answer about density on neighbouring sites.

The winning team will be invited to negotiate a contract with the site owners for the design of  the Europan site. All the different land owners of the site wants development within a short time period and are ready for realizing building projects soon after the Europan competition has finished.

BRA: Floor area
BYA: Built area (the building footprint)
FSI = Floor Space Index

GSI = Ground Space Index

We have uploaded a map showing the regulation of the site west of the project site in the competition folder.

Also there is an illustration showing the plans called ÅS-NO-PS-M4-2.pdf already in the folder showing how the neighbouring site will look.

It exists a zoning plan for the areas south of the site dating from 2002. It is the municipality's wish not to show this because major parts of it has not been implemented and they feel it will confuse the participants to show it.

We have uploaded a map showing the regulation of the site west of the project site in the competition folder.

Also there is an illustration showing the plans called ÅS-NO-PS-M4-2.pdf already in the folder showing how the neighbouring site will look.

It exists a zoning plan for the areas south of the site dating from 2002. It is the municipality's wish not to show this because major parts of it has not been implemented and they feel it will confuse the participants to show it.

See page 17 in program for answer.

Little effort has been made so far in developing schemes for the new master plan. It is apparent however, that a central part of the discussion will concern which areas of centrally located land will be included for future development.

 The most controversial and difficult political discussions will most likely concern whether the northern part of agricultural lands east of the railway tracks (Dyster), and to what extent parts of western agricultural lands (Sørås), will be made available for development. As well as potential development in the northern ridge stretching towards the university.

That being said, work produced in the Europan competition has great potential to inform the master plan process which is set to start this fall.

Sadly no 3D-models of any of the buildings are available.

See Site Visit Report for answer.

The railway tracks are at the same height as site ground level.  (C +95)

See Site visit report for answer.

The wooden house to the north is about the same age as the other wooden buildings on site. It holds no apparent heritage value and will not likely be preserved.

Yes, with exception of the Åsheim wooden building to the south east, which will remain. However, the outdoor space and programming of the ground floor can be discussed. Other than that the entire area is free to dispose as participants see fit, including the grove.There is a construction limit towards the northern county road (20 meters from center of the road) and the railway tracks (30 meters from the center of tracks) as per governmental regulations. Although reasonable dispensations from these rules may be allowed, there is no guarantee.

It relates to the center of the tracks.

Sadly no layered dwgs are available. There is an interactive GIS-service at http://www.follokart.no (currently being updated) which may help referencing various layers, however it is strictly in Norwegian.

It should have the same location.