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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Nordic Architecture & Design Norway
ABOVE: At Rica Ishavshotel Tromsø, Scenario has provided an inviting, relaxing atmosphere for the guests.
TOP: Siemens’ brand identity shines through at its new Norwegian headquarters. ABOVE: Cannon’s new office: offering enough space for the employees to thrive.
TOP: Scenario is highly focused on letting the customer’s brand shine through. This is from Wärtsilä Norway. ABOVE: Managing director Linda Steen
Three-dimensional culture creator The Norwegian interior architecture company Scenario AS transforms your design dreams into reality by creating perfect scenes visually as well as functionally. From private mountain cabins to the new Munch museum, no job is too big or too small. By Celine Normann | Photos: Gatis Rozenfelds
Managing director Linda Steen originally wanted to become a scenographer. Instead, she used the dream as brickwork to establish Norway’s oldest and largest interior architecture company, celebrating its 30-year anniversary this year. “Scenario creates scenes. The customer is our inspiration, and we create solutions by transforming their briefs and thoughts into reality. Good interior architecture is for us not only visually and decoratively perfect, but also functional and practical,” says Steen.
thetics are important, Scenario also ensures that the planning solution has the right infrastructure and materials, or as Steen puts it, “all rooms we create have to be a place people actually want to be.” Entering a new project is something Steen considers both very exciting and a huge responsibility. “We have a large interdisciplinary team and also work with a range of other specialist agencies. We always enter a new project with enthusiasm and humility. Customer satisfaction is the most important aspect for us.”
3D branding Supported by the company’s solid experience, Scenario has the courage to go the extra mile. “Our mission is to express the customer’s values and brand in the best way, something we do by three-dimensional branding,” says Steen. While aes-
multiple exciting projects are on the go, with a new Norwegian headquarters for Siemens, an ongoing partnership with the Scandic hotel chain, and the new Oslo public library, Deichmanske Bibliotek, to name a few. Amongst prestigious new projects there is also the exciting challenge of creating the interiors for the new Munch museum in Oslo. “Our main task is to create all common areas situated in the front of the building, overlooking the Oslo fjord. Here, we have an exciting opportunity to show our ability to express a visually and modern but still long-lasting and functional design. Inspired by vertical museum structures, such as London’s Tate Modern, we are excited to share our design with Oslo’s population, as well as its visitors,” says Steen.
New Munch museum Scenario is massively flexible in the sense that no project is too small or too large. From private cabins to office rebranding and new-builds, there is nothing the innovative company cannot do. Currently,
For more information, please visit: www.scenario.no
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