Kjelsrud Rejuvenated

KJELSRUD REJUVENATIONEMERGING URBAN TERRITORIESEMIL NYUTSTUMO HORN

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BACKGROUNDOslo will be an applicant for hosting the winter olympic games in 2022. In light of this, Kjelsrud in Alna city district in Groruddalen has been selected by Oslo municipality as one of two possible sites suitable for building the olympic village. It has been named as the most risky option, but also as the site with the most potential for improvment. The keyword here is legacy. What happens after the games is what is the most important.

Today Kjelsrud is a very problematic site. Most of its area is in use by either industry or important infrastructure like highways, local roads and railroad. The microclimatic conditions are bad, both the air, water and the soil is polluted after decades of industrial use and being the location of dumpsites. It is a place for the car, not for the human being.

As Oslo is the fastest growing city in Europe, it is natural to think of Kjelsruds future as being a part of the urban city. But if Kjelsrud is to be a livable place in the future, a lot has to change. My goal is to design Kjelsrud for the future, and to change some fundamental elements. Kjelsrud has become a wrinkly old man, and this project attempts to rejuvenate him.

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Background

3 Kjelsrud situation

4 Today

5 Mapping summary

6 Cold air flow

7 Site plan

8 Sections

9 Breivoll cold air drainage and filtering park

10 Vegetation filter

11 Pedestrian and bicycle path system

12 Breivoll retention dam and waterfiltering

13 Kjelsrud plan

14 Housing structure

15 Public spaces

16 Kjelsrud structures

17 New Strømsvegen

18 Shared space street

19 Shared space and courtyards

20 Shared space street view

21 Timeline

22 Oslo 2022 olympic village plan

23 Model pictures

24 Kjelsrud by night

25 Breivoll during winter

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KJELSRUD 9KM

BJERKE 6KM

KJELSRUD

LILLESTRØM 21KM

EKEBERG 4,3KM

ALNA CITY DISTRICT

OSLO CENTRAL STATION

KJELSRUD SITUATION

CITY CENTER

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KJELSRUD TODAY

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MAPPING SUMMARY

The green structure in this area is scattered at seemingly random spots, except along the open parts of the Alna river.

This mapping of overlapping systems of landscape shape and aerial quality shows that the cold air flow stagnates over Kjelsrud. This creates a cold, humid and polluted air quality that is not recommended for habitability.

A very high percentage of the area in Kjelsrud is in use for industry.

The Alna river is in pipes underneath the Alnabru terminal.

Scattered green structure

Air stagnation zone

Industrial useMissing waterlink

Topographic landscape

The landscape in Grorudalen is declining in a southwest direction. The moraine crossing the valley on Alfaset is an important part of this landscape, greatly affecting the microclimate in Alna.

The Alfaset moraine is blocking and redirecting the cold air flowing down the valley and from the hillside on quiet days. The cold air flows down the Alna river valley.

Strømsvegen is creating moderate air pollution, while the E6 highway is creating heavily poluted air.

The E6 highway is of high importance in this area. So is the railroad with the Alnabru terminal. Strømsvegen is an mportant local road along the valley, and Nedre Kalbakkvei provides an important local cross-connection.

Cold air flow Air pollution

Infrastructure

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By pouring steam created by dry ice through a model with exaggerated elevations, I investigated the impact of the terrain and built structures on the cold air flow. It was evident that the steam in a large degree stagnated on Kjelsrud because of the glacial moraine.

I experimented by implementing different housing structures, but it did not have a big impact on the flow of the steam. What had a big impact was altering the terrain. By lowering parts of the Alfaset moraine south of Kjelsrud, the steam could flow freely on both sides of Alfaset.

COLD AIR FLOW

Experimentation in model

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SITE PLANAlna riverpark

Site for the Olympic media center, and legacy institution.

New Furuset sportshall.

Strømsvegen

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Nedre Kalbakkveg

Lindeberg creek reopened and redirected.

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New Kjelsrud housing

Alfaset graveyard

Alnabru cargo terminal

New bridge

Breivoll retention dam

Vegetational airfilter

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Section B: Kjelsrud

Breivoll retention dam

Kjelsrud housingAlfaset moraine

New bridge

New bridge

Breivoll drainage park

Furuset sportshallSports areaDrainage parkBreivoll drainage park

Breivoll drainage park Buffer zonevegetation filter

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Kjelsrud housingAlna river

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Section C: New bridge over the drainage park

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BREIVOLL COLD AIR DRAINAGE AND FILTER PARK

A bluegreen connection

Today the Alna river is in pipes beneath the Alnabru terminal, and the green structure is disconnected along the valley bottom. This project creates a link between the disconnected parts of this bluegreen structure. This can function as a new main touring path along the valley.

Old landscape, 1 meter contours New landscape, 1 meter contours

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BREIVOLL DRAINAGE PARK AND BRIDGE

Polluted airCleaned air Vegetation filter

The cold air flow will be polluted, primarily by the E6 going by the park. It is therefore vital to have a layer of vegetation to absorb gases like CO2 from the airflow, releasing cleaner air in the bottom of the park. A mix of evergreen and desidous trees native to the Oslo area will ensure a filtering effect all year around. While the cold air effect is usually most severe during the winter, and the soil may be quite moist in this area, a majority of spruce.

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Pedestrian and bicycle path system

Today, the pedestrian pathway along the Alna river is ending at Nedre Kalbakkvei by the Alnabru cargoterminal. This new development creates a link in the green structure as well as the path system, providing another step in the way of creating a connected pedestrian and bicycle path along the vally bottom.

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Polluted water

Cleaned water

BREIVOLL RETENTION DAM

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Site for the Olympic media center, and legacy institution.

Strømsvegen boulevard.

Furuset sportshall

Kjelsrud square

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Kjelsrud farm preserved

Media square

Lindeberg creek reopened and redirected.

200m0

Outside sports area

Old AGA gas tower preserved

Old railroad bridge preserved and implemented to the pedestrian path system.

Alna riverpark

KJELSRUD PLAN

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HOUSING STRUCTURE: Building Kjelsrud for the future

Pilestredet park footprint

The city of Oslo is the fastest growing city in Europe, and the city is expanding. Because of the strict Marka borders, we can not expand more hosizontaly. The solution has to be densification. Therefore it is reasonable to think of the future of Kjelsrud as being a part of the inner urban Oslo.

Pilestredet park has been my inspiration for a good city development and is a part of the city I think creates high quality, dynamic spaces in the city. An a bit more suburban version of this structure is what I have been aiming for, and think can work both in short- and longterm in Kjelsrud.

By opening the coutyard structures to the southwest, I aim to create sunfilled and dynamic spaces in the urban structure,

The apartments structure is layed out so that there are windows on both sides of the building, granting each apartment sunlight at most times of the day. On the first floor, the hallway will also have access to both sides of the building.

After the olympics, some apartments can be merged, to make familysize apartments.

approximately

60m²per apartment

Total housing area:

318 000 m²approx. 10 600 people

Total area in olympic village:


Total area in athlete village:


Total area in media village:


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SHARED SPACE SQUARE / COMMON AREA

Commercial ground level facades

Commercial/public use

Subwaystation access, commercial and public activities

Kjelsrud square (urban commercial square)

Smaller local city square space

Kjelsrud farm, (larger open parkspace)

Public functions (kindergarten, cafe, etc.)

Media square, (public space connected to the media institution)

PUBLIC SPACES

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KJELSRUD STRUCTURES

NEW AIRFLOW PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRESERVATION

Old railroad brigde, reused as pedestrian bridge.

AGA gas-tower, preserved as a landmark, and memory of the industrial history of Kjelsrud.Kjelsrud farm

Bus routes

Subway line

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SHARED SPACE STREETDetail 1:200

Street guest parking zone

Vegetation separators

Waterdrainage

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Partial street

parking

Shared space street

Courtyard

SHARED SPACE AND COURTYARD

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SHARED SPACE STREET

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TIMELINE

PHASE 1: FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION PHASE 2: 2013 - 2022 PHASE 3: AFTER 2022 PHASE 4: FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

Metroline construction tied to the reshaping of Strømsvegen

Underground parking lots

Housing and institution construction

Parts of the housing can be built after the olympics, to free up space for olympic logistics use

Brevoll drainage park will create an attractive space for hosing development and city expansion in the future.

Construction of Breivoll drainage park

Media institution like NRK take over, and create jobs in Groruddalen.

Construction of the new bridge

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OSLO 2022 OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAN

ATHLETE VILLAGE

MEDIA CENTER

MEDIA VILLAGE

ATHLETES TRAINING FACILITY

OLYMPIC LOGISTIC SPACE: Satfarm/parking etc.

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MODEL PICTURES

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