Bergen Airport, Norway: a 65,000 m² terminal with a glass “fjord” between its two wings, glowing like a lantern at night.

Reference project — not a Eurowindow project. This article summarises public information from the sources listed at the end, with our own commentary. Images belong to their owners and are embedded directly from Pinterest with a link back to the source.

The project at a glance

• Name: Bergen Airport, Flesland, Bergen, Norway
• Architect: Nordic — Office of Architecture (responsible partner: Eskild Andersen)
• Client: Avinor
• Area: 65,000 m², per ArchDaily (year listed on ArchDaily: 2019; the new terminal entered service in 2017 per other sources)
• Capacity: raised from 2.8 million to 7.5 million passengers a year
• Form: two wings spread wide, separated by a glazed space resembling a fjord cutting through a valley, with offices raised above
• Glazed facade engineering: Newtecnic
• Night effect: the facade glows like a lantern

What stands out on the facade

According to Archello and Archinect, the terminal has two wings spread wide, with a glazed space between them resembling a fjord cutting through a valley, tying it to western Norway’s landscape. The office volume is raised above that glazed space.

The glazed facade engineering was carried out by Newtecnic, aiming for a skin that is both transparent and environmentally responsive. At night the facade glows like a lantern.

Note: figures and descriptions above come from the sources cited at the end; we quote them for reference and have not verified them independently.

Our take

From a curtain-wall contractor’s view, an airport facade raises three points:

1. Large glass in a terminal must balance daylight and heat load. A hot, humid climate like Vietnam’s needs the right insulating glass and shading even more.
2. Working in an operating zone needs its own safety procedures. Unitised panels shorten time on site.
3. An airport facade runs for many years, so gaskets and sealants decide its lifespan. See Eurowindow curtain wall systems.

If you are weighing options for a high-rise project, send your brief to the Eurowindow technical team to discuss specifics.

Sources

• ArchDaily — Bergen Airport / Nordic Office of Architecture
• Nordic — Office of Architecture — Bergen Airport
• Newtecnic — Bergen Airport, Norway
• Pinterest — pin Bergen Airport – Gateway to the Fjords

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