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Thermo Fisher Scientific – raw material building

Category

Status

Bygget

Year

2022

Area

90

Client

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Adress

Svelleveien 29, Lillestrøm

‘Vernacular architecture is an oxymoron. By its nature, it cannot be appropriated without becoming something else. One could say that architecture is the conscious appropriation of building into culture. As soon as we go near the vernacular, we kill it.’ Charles Holland, 2019

The raw material building is a small storage building for flammable chemicals. The building’s design takes into account its context and refers to industrial contruction practices; a pragmatic aesthetic characterized by applied building elements, such as external guides, spiral staircases and other ad-hoc steel structures.

The facade grating is represented as an examplary material for industrial architecture. By formulizing the grid as an architectural element that simultaneously organizes and represents, a framework of referance and identity is built.

Structure, texture and contour gives the building its character. The depth of the facade communicates a security and robustness that reflects the building’s function.

The proud red colour and precise details reflect Thermo Fisher Scientifics values. Despite the fact that the building is modest in scale, it gives as much as possible to its surroundings.