Raufoss (NO)

Yes, you find the map in the Complete site folder under 3-Project site; PS-c_map of the project site.; NO-Raufoss-PS-M1.dxf.

There has been uploaded a new DXF file with the terrain in 3d. The map has normal contour lines for every one meter, and index contour lines for every five meters of elevation.

You can find the new DXF, NO-Raufoss-PS-M2, in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

Regarding the parking regulations, we submit here an English translation to some specifications included in the regulation plan of Vestre Toten municipality and in the regulation plan for the specific area of Brubaken- Kortos. 

Also, there is a need for a new regulation plan for the area, turning Raufoss into a more dense city. In that process the municipality will try to reduce the amount of car parking and for that, is expecting to be presented good solutions for people to share cars or live with no car at all. 

 According to the regulation plan of Vestre Toten municipality:

§ 1-6 Parking requirements (cf. PBL § 11-9, no. 5)

The committee for technical operation and planning matters may, in exceptional cases, approve that car parking places be arranged wholly or partly on other property in reasonable proximity (neighbouring property, resettlement) against the registered right.

· Car parking places must be dimensioned so that they at least satisfy the minimum requirements specified in the Byggforsk series 312.130.

· All car parking places must be able to be used independently.

· The car parking spaces should be easily accessible and up to 30% can be marked/reserved.

· Solution of the requirement for car parking spaces must be approved and the implementation is ensured before the start permit for construction is given.

· Requirements for car parking spaces provided in approved regulation or building plan

goes ahead of this provision.

Requirements for the number of parking spaces per. flat:

· Housing <30 m2 min. 0.2

· Housing 30-60 m2 min. 1.0

· Housing> 60 m2 1.5-2.0

There are separate requirements for the centre areas.

3.3.2. Provisions for land use, cf. PBL § 11-10

§ 2 Buildings and facilities (cf. PBL § 11-7, no. 1)

§ 2-1 Center purpose

· In the case of new measures that may affect the possibility of densification in a quarter or other contiguous area, the municipality shall consider whether requirements shall be made for a common zoning plan for several properties.

· Number of parking spaces (housing per housing unit, otherwise per 100 m2):

●       Housing <30 m2 min. 0.2 for car and 1.0 for bike

●       Housing 30-60 m2 0.3-1.0 for car and 2.0 for bike

●       Housing> 60 m2 0.8-1.5 for car and 2.0 for bike

●       Retail 0.8-1.0 for car and 0.5 for bike

●       Shopping mall 0.8-3.0 for car and 1.0 for bike

●       Office 0.8-2.0 for car and 1.0 for bike

§ 2-2 Residential buildings

Parking spaces established in accordance with § 1-6 of the provisions, unless otherwise stipulated in the zoning plan (cf. PBL § 11-9 no. 3).

According to Europan-Europe rule 2.2.3. Disclosure of Names: “The projects assessed by the experts and juries are anonymous. Once the decision of results is taken, the jury reveals the names of the winners, runners-up and special mentions. This operation is done through the European database, which automatically links the codes of the projects and composition of teams.”

Roar Svenning is in the jury of this session of Europan in Norway. Therefore, to guarantee anonymity and a fair judging on equal grounds, there should not be any contact with any member of the jury before the results are published.

The industrial park owns 2 parking lots in the study area. These are more or less shared with the shopping mall Amfi. Contestants are free to plan buildings on top of the parking, to move the parking or suggest less parking on the ground. 

Regarding sanitation zones, Raufoss Industrial park has its own waste treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant.

All wastewater is led from the treatment plant to one sand filter before it runs out into Hunnselva. All types of degreasing liquids, wash water and emulsion from the  industrial area area treated in a separate ultrafiltration plant before it is pumped out in Hunnselva via sampling tank after the sand filter. The dry sludge after the filter press is transported to an externally approved recipient.

According to the regulation plan of the Industrial park:

There should be considered a distance of 400m between the factories and residential areas.

The plan for the industrial area is not ready, and in the inner city centre of Raufoss the municipality will allow housing closer by. The southern part of the industrial park contains the old buildings where there is no longer mechanical production, but offices and areas for visitors.   

Veolia Norge AS - company located in the industrial park since 2008-  has an operation and waste processing agreement with Raufoss Industrial park, which includes services for all the park's tenants. Their  services in the industrial park consist of treatment of waste disposal and processing of hazardous waste. Raufoss Industrial park counts also with an own treatment plant and an own drinking water / wastewater treatment plant.

The treatment plant processes all types of concentrates in separate tanks where they are  stored before being driven into a chamber filter press. 

All wastewater is led from the treatment plant to one sand filter before it runs out into Hunnselva. 

Waste from production is also recirculated, being the goods from the material production reused in other processes from the same or different fabrics.  

According to Mjømuseet:

Protection class 1 (VK1) - Preserving cultural heritage / cultural environment with national and / or regional importance. Can be worthy of protection

Therefore the main character of the buildings should be preserved, but some modifications or extensions can be considered depending on the quality of the proposals.  F.ex new entries, annexes, and additional elements.

The program is already set and described in the brief on page 23: “For the Catapult Centre in building no. 5, the entrance from the town centre should be given more visibility, signalling that the building is now open to the public. Proposals are welcomed to provide the centre with facilities for guests and users of the building: seminar rooms, shared open working spaces, offices, open lounge areas and restrooms. These facilities could be looked at in relation to a possible new use of buildings no. 3, 4 and 313, or as a new extension.”

There has been uploaded a new PDF document containing some information on this matter. The new document, NO-Raufoss-PS-M5, is located in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

The dam is owned and regulated by the industrial park who destinies water to cool down some industrial processes. Its water runs through all the year.

The water does not meet the contamination of national standards, meaning that it is not clean enough. The industrial park has a program for measuring the levels of pollution, and they are followed closely by the national government to improve the current situation.. The municipality is renewing the pipelines for wastewater in the area.

There are fish in the river and the national bird “Fossekall” lives also around the Hunnselva river.

See attached a report -in Norwegian- made by the industrial park for flooding. The new document, NO-Raufoss-PS-M8, is located in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

Yes. See also question and consequent answer regarding parking requirements.

The Catapult Center  MTNC is the one representing the Industry park as a whole. Located in building nr.5 along with a visiting centre, the Catapult centre organises different activities to divulge the activity of the Industrial park.  According to the municipality, it could be possible to organise open public expositions on the venues but maybe not so realistic.

There has been uploaded a new map from the Vestre Toten municipality showing the different types of skiing trails running through Vestre Toten. You can find the new map, NO-Raufoss-PS-M4, in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

You can also find some useful information the web- page of Skiforeningen, including the different trails and its characteristics: https://www.skiforeningen.no/marka/loyper/?id=554 

The Industrial park of Raufoss offers different types of internship programs; Raufoss Industrial Park preferably needs technological expertise and has therefore focused its attention on students / skilled workers with this background. 

According to the Raufoss industrial park web-page: http://www.raufossindustripark.no/rekruttering/index.html

Apprentices

Recruitment of skilled workers with a certificate is very important for the companies in Raufoss Industrial Park. Therefore, a separate office has been set up that manages all apprenticeships. The Industrial Education Training Office at Raufoss - OIR (http://www.oir.no) (...), and it is OIR who assumes responsibility for the recruitment and training of the apprentices.

On the basis of the individual member companies' budgets and plans, OIR announces every spring after a certain number of apprentices in different industrial courses.  The total apprenticeship for most industrial subjects is a total of 4 years (2 years of upper secondary school / 2 years of apprenticeship in business). Learning time in the business usually starts right after the company's summer vacation.

Summer Jobs

Some of the companies in the Industrial Park offer summer job positions.  

Trainee

The industrial park Raufoss is a member of Trainee Innlandet through NCE (Norwegian Center of Expertise). This is Norway's first and largest regional trainee program for graduates. Through this program newly graduates have the opportunity to get specific work experience from many larger employers. 

Schools and educational institutions

The companies in the Industrial Park have good cooperation with various schools and educational institutions. The collaboration takes place at different levels and areas.

The municipality does not have any other drawings, but there has been uploaded a new PDF document containing some photos of these buildings. The new document, NO-Raufoss-PS-M7, is located in the complete site folder under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

This area is a part of the green structure alongside the river and is regulated as park. The public access to the river is very important for the area. Construction could be proposed. There is a big water pipeline from the dam to the industry running through the area.

Yes, it is dimensioned for an additional level on the southern part.

There have been uploaded some new drawings of the shopping mall. The new drawings -NO-Raufoss-PS-M6-Amfi - are located in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

As a general rule, and according to the Norwegian Planning and Building Action Acts-section § 1-8. Prohibition against measures etc. along the sea and waterways -Forbud mot tiltak mv. langs sjø og vassdrag- you cannot build closer than 100 meters from the shoreline to the sea, water and rivers unless the municipal area's land section or zoning plan decides something else. In that case, there should be asked an exemption. 

The municipality is open for regulating buildings closer to the river, but the river bank must be considered as a public green structure with leisure purposes.  

There has been uploaded a new DXF file with the terrain in 3d. The map has a normal contour lines for every one meter, and index contour lines for every five meters of elevation.

You can find the new DXF, NO-Raufoss-PS-M2, in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

Yes, the regulation plan says the following concerning underground parking on the Brubakken property (F/K/B-3):

“Parking must be established in underground parking facilities during the construction or under public parking P2.”

There has been uploaded a new DXF file with the terrain in 3d. The map has normal contour lines for every one meter, and index contour lines for every five meters of elevation.
You can find the new DXF, NO-Raufoss-PS-M2, in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

Primarily housing - see brief page 16: “(...)Today, the Brubakken site is privately owned. The limited company Raufoss utvikling AS plans to convert the former school building into housing as well as developing new housing on the Brubakken plots. A restaurant is being considered in the old gymnasium.”

The owner is open for different kinds of housing, both for sale and for rent. Hotel and other solutions for short-term stays could be a very interesting possibility. Housing for students could very well be combined.

Described in the brief on page 16. The private owner and the municipality are mutually dependent on each other for further development of the Brubakken site. The municipality is encouraging Europan participants to look at the two adjacent properties (the parking lot owned by the municipality and the Brubakken property) as a whole and not as separate properties when proposed new programs. 

Depends on what the plan implies. The municipality has a special focus on urban space, new places to meet, and improved connections. If the plans involves the construction of buildings, e.g housing on the municipally owned parking lot, or transformation of the industrial heritage buildings, the municipality is dependent on investors.

There has been uploaded a new DXF file covering a larger area of the project site. You can find the new DXF, NO-Raufoss-PS-M3, in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

There has been uploaded a new DXF file covering a larger area of the project site. You can find the new DXF, NO-Raufoss-PS-M3, in the complete site folder, under 0-New_docs_after_launch.

1.

No, it is up to the contestants to investigate and propose different numbers according to each-teams strategy. However, you should take into account, as stated in the Brief: 

“Proposals within the entire project site for mixed-use buildings for working and living, bringing life to a productive urban context, can be investigated in the overall plan. This can include new building masses on the northern parking lot and extensions on top of the parking garage, and investigating flexible accommodation possibilities.”

2.

Yes, existing buildings could be used for this purpose. Especially ground floor spaces can be explored for common facilities. See excerpt from the brief::

“The municipality is interested in proposals that investigate possibilities for a new type of library – a public programme and a multi-purpose space that can be integrated into mixed-use buildings in the town centre, emphasising the role of the library in community building. Hybrids of housing and public functions that encourage new forms of sharing and provide a range of amenities for all user groups could enrich the urban scene in Raufoss.”