EXPERTISE
STRÅ has experience in all stages of project delivery, from feasibility studies and zoning plans through planning permission, tendering and working drawings to building site follow-up.
Leading our projects from the first sketch through their realizations, we have acquired in-depth experience with a broad range of typologies, including private houses and cabins, large-scale residential projects, commercial, educational and cultural buildings, sports halls and public infrastructure.
Strong interpersonal skills coupled with extensive experience achieving architectural quality within stringent budgets, ensures good relations with our clients and collaborators.
We offers expertise in the following areas
- Concept development / Konseptutvikling
- Feasibility studies / Mulighetsstudier
- Detailed planning / Detaljprosjektering
- Tender packages / Anbudsbeskrivelser
- User processes / Brukermedvirkning
- Masterplan work / Masterplanarbeid
- Zooning planing / Reguleringsarbeid
- BIM planning / BIM-prosjektering
- Strategic design principles / Strategiske designprinsipper
- Sustainable design / Bærekraftig design
- Planning permission / Ansvarlig søker
- Marketing material / Presentasjonsmateriale til markedsføringsformål
including physical models, sales drawings and visualizations
PROCESS
We understand that realizing a project for many is the venture of a lifetime. It is furthermore a collaboration between client and architect that will last for many months. We, therefore, take pride in having good client relations, considering every commission an ongoing conversation that evolves throughout the process.
Our projects arise through inspiration, observations, and analyses of both the physical surroundings as well as the non-physical conditions of each context. Every project and every site is unique, possessing its own set of criteria. Our projects are direct responses to these conditions, - unique criteria require unique responses.
Interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue are essential ingredients in a good process, and the best solutions arise through collective efforts. We work through a variety of media, supplementing precise digital drawings and 3D-models with hand sketches, diagrams, and physical models.
AWARDS/ PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / EXHIBITIONS
2024 Winner, Flishuset, Arnstein Arneberg prisen, Norge
2024 Publication, Villa Amalia, Nordic Homes, Architecture Immersed in Nature, UK
2024 Nomination, Flishuset, Årets trebyggeri, Norge
2024 Publication, Petersen tegl, Denmark
2023 Publication, FLO, Tidningen Glas, Sverige
2023 Publication, FLO, Enki Magazine, UK
2023 Publication Cabin Knarrvika 2, Nytt Rom, Norge
2023 Publication Cabin Knarrvika 1, Nytt Rom, Norge
2022 Prize, Hvitstenveien 280, Vestby Byggeskikkpris
2022 Publication, Villa Furuholmen, Avivre magazine, Frankrike
2022 Publication, CASAS Internacional 188, Argentina
2022 Lecture, Designinstututet, Norge
2021 Lecture, Oslo Arkitekthøyskole, Norge
2021 Publication, FLO, Bortom Allfarveg, Norge
2021 Exhibition, Fading Boarders, Venice Biennale
2021 Lecture, Ion Mincu University of Architecture, Romania
2021 Publication, Villa Amalia Residence magazine, Sverige
2021 Publication, Villa Amalia, Enki magazine, UK
2020 Publication, Villa Amalia, D2 magazine, Norge
2020 Publication, Villa Amalia Bo Bedre magazine, Norge
2020 Lecture, Huritgpraksis, Norge
2020 Publication, Villa Amalia, ARK Finnish Architectural Review
2018 Publication, Settlement, Ecology & Tectonics, Book edited by Drewniak
2018 Lecture, Akademisk Arkitektforening København
2017 Lecture, COWI København
2017 Exhibition, Rigsdagsgården FN verdensmål 2017
2017 Exhibition, Circular Economy in Architecture, København
Among printed publications, the office work has been published on several architectural websites including, Divisare, Dwell, Archdaily, Afasia, Dezeen, Monocle, and Subilitas.
INITIATIVES FOR BETTER COMMUNITIES
At STRÅ, we are committed to contributing to positive change in our cities. Recognizing that an urban project has a multitude of stakeholders, from clients to users to citizens, we look for responses that will play a positive public role, making our cities safer, more active and more attractive.
A lot of our work takes place in small towns and rural communities, where we through close collaborative processes with municipalities, associations and locally engaged individuals create installations, public buildings, spaces and infrastructure to inspire, activate and increase social interaction. Often springing out of genuine passion and entrepreneurship, these projects can have a big impact, making the processes very rewarding.
Sometimes creating meaningful change means taking initiative. Self-initiated projects are a great way to set the agenda, attract like-minded stakeholders and spark public debate. We have started considering it our social responsibility to articulate opportunities that we discover in the urban fabric, and sometimes, like with Ørje Production Square, they turn into reality.
