Program:
The main task is to connect the city of Hamar to the lake Mjøsa, and complete the missing link in the sequence of recreational shoreline spaces. The site consists of partially released railway and goods station areas that border on Mjøsa, Norway’s largest lake. The city has adopted a master plan for the area, opening up for extending the city with new urban areas along the shoreline, but the roles of the shoreline and the existing city needs to be discussed further. Candidates are asked to investigate the right balance between open and built spaces, and interventions as part of a long-term sustainable development strategy. Accessibility and programs for new public spaces must be conceived already in an early development phase, giving priority to soft mobilities.