Verket Atrium and Panormana are part of Verksbyen, a new urban development project that will comprise 56 units in apartment buildings. The project and associated land areas are fully owned by the real estate developer Arca Nova Bolig AS. The demo project, also called Vaxpian, is part of a wider neighbourhood regeneration scheme of about 2000 new housing units during the next ten years in the former industrial district of Verksbyen, in Fredrikstad.
A sustainable and efficient energy system will be set up in Verksbyen including mobility and energy exchange solutions between buildings and future neighbourhoods in the area.
All buildings are built with passive house standard:
The Norwegian demo case is a new development in Oslo, representing a cold climate. It has circular shape that emphasises the social issues of sustainable neighbourhoods like sharing of spaces, functions, energy, and infrastructure. As such, the project has high symbolic value in showing the importance of community issues in neighbourhood developments.
