Civic Master plan competition
Bodo Norway
Elastic Urbanism is a synthesizing surface which enhances the civic
nodes of Bodo's cultural foundation by developing a single surface
incorporating program as the main generator creating a formal urban
strategy. A set of axis existing on the macro scale of the site yielded
spatial connectivity, and placement of the three cultural institutions,
a library, theater, and Slooping museum.
The library
is the anchor point to the artificial landscape. This surface allows
for multiple paths connecting the theater at the opposite end and the
Slooping museum at the focal point of the project. The intention is to
offer a variety of circulation modes which allow the body to experience
the harbor in variety of vantage points. This master plan responds to
the development strategy by creating an intensively coherent,
heterogeneous single surface produced by the integration of several
spatial and programmatic elements.