Teknobyen Student Housing

Trondheim, Norway

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Teknobyen Student Housing

Trondheim, Norway

Firm

Murado & Elvira, Architecture and Design

Type

Residential › Student Housing

YEAR

2011

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

Photos

Miguel de Guzmán (7), MATTHIAS-C.A S-HERZOG (1)

The core of the building contains a multipurpose lounge with no hierarchy, or spatial definition, in which different ambiances are located. Room floors surround this lounge. The general layout is articulated by stripes occupying the space as they approach or distance the existing limits. Rooms mimic the building's internal scheme, structured in functional bands (storage, prefabricated bathroom and a bed).
Assuming the existing urban conditions, the student housing detaches as much as possible from the surrounding buildings and shapes its volume in order to extract potential from the views and sun.
Beyond formal pervasiveness or image creation, Teknobyen student housing stresses the importance of social, financial and environmental innovation by creating an updated and dynamic way of life for students, a key social ecology for nowadays society, maximizing social bonds within modest yet committed architecture.