Lars Bakke/Architect

10TH. SEMESTER DIPLOMA: SOLARIS / INVESTIGATIONS OF UNINTENTIONAL SPACE / STATFJORD A / THE NORTH SEA

After more than 40 years in production, the Statfjord oil field in the North Sea will close down by 2020. The Solaris project aim to transform and revitalize the oldest platform (Statfjord A) and turn it into a remote post-oil refugium.
In a hundred years, the world is probably emptied of its petroleum. The intention of this project is to show how one particular oil rig can be transformed from its current status as a production platform into an alternative program that displays the architectural potential of the structure. Could these structures become symbols of the oil age?