ASTRUC SOLA

We are currently working on a new renovation project, a single family house at Laksevåg originally designed by the Bergen architect Victor Ogann and built in 1963.

We are happy to announce that three of our digital drawings have been selected as contributions to the annual Arkitektenes tegninger (Architects’ Drawings) exposition at ROM for Arkitektur og Kunst in Oslo held 27. nov–14. des. The drawings will be sold off the wall as prints, of which the income will go unabridged to the […]

Building permit has been given for our proposal for transformation of the basement in Wernerholmsvegen.

We are thrilled that our house extension project in Friggs veg has been given planning permit (rammetillatelse) from the municipality of Bergen.

New project at Paradis in Bergen involving the transformation and renovation of parts of the basement/ground floor of a single family house built in the 1960s. The basement spaces will be transformed into a study and a leisure room, with a new window towards the garden.

We’re excited to start a new project this week, an extension of a single family house at Nesttun in Bergen. The existing house, approximately 150 sqm, was originally built in 1959 and sits on top of a small hill in a quiet, green residential area.

Our workshop area is now up and running. We designed and built a large, custom workshop table in order to accomodate our specific needs in terms of size and function. The table is sturdy and solid, but also demountable and easy to move around. Very grateful for Bergen Kommune for the support of this project, […]

Today visiting Tag Team Studio in Møllendalsveien 17, an artist-run gallery and workspace in Bergen, exploring a possible new project.

We are honoured and grateful to have received an establishment grant from the City of Bergen (Bergen Kommune) for developing and expanding our studio with a workshop and production area. The additonal space will be used for material exploration, design development, model building and more, which will enable us to develop Astruc Sola as an […]

Our essay ‘Om å gjøre akkurat nok’ (On Doing Just Enough) has been published as part of the antology ‘Arkitekturforståelse’ (Understanding Architecture). The collection of essays, edited by Gro Lauvland and published by Uten Tittel, discusses the importance of place and architecture in our time. The book is available here.

We made a website for the office. The design is intented to be simple and responsive, with special attention put to typographic and graphic design principles. The website follows the office’s graphic profile developed by Øystein Arbo studio.

We have designed and built a large and flexible table for our studio space. Cloud table is a whimsical and fun table made of white-stained plywood and solid pine. The table seeks to provide a functional, bright work surface which encourages creativity and the shaping of big and small ideas.

We are currently working on a new interior concept for an appartment in Bergen. The appartment building is situated by the central railway station, and dates back to 1901.

Our essay ‘Om å gjøre akkurat nok’ (On Doing Just Enough) has been shortlisted for an antology by the Faculty of Architecture and Design at NTNU.

We’ve completed a feasibility study for a new housing project at Nidarvoll in Trondheim. The work includes a thorough site analysis as well as a volume study.

Today we have been exploring the site of a new housing project at Nidarvoll in Trondheim. We have been comissioned to make a feasibility study of the plot.

We are now a part of NAL’s Wildcard program along with other emerging architecture offices in Norway. You can read more about the program on their website.