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Ny-Krohnborg, Bergen – Centre for Education and Culture

A limited relocation scheme grew to a large project including a school, a sports hall, and local cultural facilities.

Architect: Arkitektgruppen Cubus AS and Rambøll AS
Published 12 Dec, 2013
 
Ny-Krohnborg, Bergen – Centre for Education and Culture. The existing building has been renovated, and the old brick walls, stone foundations and slate roofs are reflected in the colours of the modern materials of the new extension.

Ny-Krohnborg, Bergen – Centre for Education and Culture.
The existing building has been renovated, and the old brick walls, stone foundations and slate roofs are reflected in the colours of the modern materials of the new extension.

The new building frames the school yard.

The access to the school yard with the main entrance to the underground multipurpose hall to the right.

The existing school building with the new pedestrianised street.

Rogagaten street with the new main entrance.

From the main stair in the vestibule.

From the vestibule by the hall. Artwork in the stairway by Tine Aamodt.

New use of the corridor.

Entrance from Rogagaten street with a view down into the new hall.

Dance studio in the existing building.

New staff common room in the existing building.

From the pedestrianised Møregaten street, where the afterschool care group have their outdoor playground.

From the pedestrianised Møregaten street, where the afterschool care group have their outdoor playground.

Landscape plan.

Plan level 1, school yard level.

Plan level 0, lower level with sports- and multipurpose hall.

Completion: 2012

Address:
Rogagaten 9, 5055 Bergen

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Photo:
Hundven-Clements Photography, Arkitektgruppen CUBUS AS

In 2005, Cubus were asked to examine the possibility of locating a new sports hall at Årstad in Bergen. The limits of the originally proposed site, however, quickly required a rethink, and the sports facility was replanned as part of the rehab and extension of the existing Ny-Krohnborg School from 1924. The project was extended to include culturalvand after-school sports facilities for the larger community.

To make the most of the site, the sports hall was placed beneath the schoolyard, which is landscaped according to the functional requirements below. The existing building has been renovated, and the old brick walls, stone foundations and slate roofs are reflected in the colours of the modern materials of the new extension.

The outdoor parts of the project include the schoolyard, a kindergarten playground and the Møregaten pedestrian street.