Vækerø Station / 2018

At Gottlieb Paludan Architects I was the project leader of the team winning the competition for a new underground station, Vækerø Stasjon. The project is one of six new stations on the new underground rail line, aka the Fornebu Line (Fornebubanen) in Oslo, and the line is set to become Oslo’s largest expansion of its public transport system for many decades. The project was done in association with the Norwegian architects L2 Arkitekter.

The new underground line will be eight kilometres long and will link Majorstuen in the centre of Oslo to the former airport area on the Fornebu peninsula. The line will hook up with the existing underground rail and is expected to cost a total of about NOK 13 billion.

Vækerø Station is located inside a mountain and will be designed as one long, continuous connection between two entrances, both adapted to the local scale. From one elevated entrance to the other near Oslo Fjord, the station will be interconnected by a sculptural sky of golden metal, creating cohesion and identity for the station. At this station too, underground bicycle parking will be installed with access via cycle ramps.

A total of 85 architectural firm put in bids on the prequalification, 14 of which were selected for prequalification. Gottlieb Paludan Architects also ended up winning the Skøyen Stasjon. The plan is to complete the eight kilometre long Fornebu Line, complete with a total of six central stations, in 2025.

Additional project information can be found here.