Brattøra Friområde Where the sea, sky and land meet
An urban harbor promenade that reestablishes contact between the city and the sea and gives the people a place to enjoy on hot summer days, rough autumn days, frigid winter mornings and budding spring days.
Service: Landscape and urban space design Location: Trondheim, Norway Type: Urban space Client: Statens Vegvesen Design period: 2009-2011 Realization: 2013 Area: 2,3 hA Collaborators: Pir II (building architects), Myklebust, SWECO, COWI (engineers)
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As the meeting point between the sea, river and land, and between the historic port and industrial area Brattøra has always had crucial importance to Trondheim’s development until the railway track separated the area from the city. Today, Brattøra Friområde (literally: Brattøra Open Space) reestablishes the close relationship between the city of Trondheim and the sea. With the use of local materials and a variety of different ways to experience the water - from stairs leading into the sea to ramps, ebb and flow-pools and lookout areas – Brattøra Friområde has become a place that inspires the citizens to go swimming, bathing, diving, fishing or take a walk while experiencing the raw forces of nature and the ever changing expressions of the sky, the sea and the world-famous Trondheim light at first hand.