The Orkla City Project: dynamic glazing for wellness focused ligthing
The Orkla City Project: dynamic glazing for wellness-focused lighting
The Orkla City Project has succeeded in combining wellness, energy efficiency and modernity in an office building located in the heart of Oslo. Guardian Glass's high performance glazing solutions, perfectly complemented by dynamic liquid crystal windows, have played an essential role in this!
What are the characteristics of the Orkla Project?
Orkla, the world's leading supplier of consumer goods, is now headquartered in Skoyen, near Oslo, Norway. This impressive building, a real miniature city, is the emblem of contemporary architecture: intelligent, state-of-the-art, focused on the well-being of its occupants and, of course, highly energy efficient!
In this use case, you will review the details of the Orkla City Project, from its beginnings to its inauguration in March 2019.
Two types of glass to help meet the projects requirements, inclusing uniformity
The main challenge for the design of the Orkla City Project was combining thermal insulation and facade transparency to help maximize the comfort and wellness of its users. Keep the sun outside, while preserving the light: this is a common dilemma for all architects! However, using blinds or tinted glass weren’t viable options. It was necessary to aim higher and design a real success for the project team, the Orkla client and all users to help:
- Respect environmental constraints
- Provide on-demand lighting wellness with comfort, performance and aesthetics
- Deliver the project on-time
- Stay within the anticipated budget
For these reasons, the project's designers, NSW Arkitektur and Staticus, chose dynamic liquid crystal eyrise® glazing solutions for the Orkla City project cafeteria space.
Guardian SunGuard™ SuperNeutral and ClimaGuard™ glass are used in the other areas of the façade to contribute to the energy efficiency of the building.
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