TYPOLOGY showroom / multi-use space
LOCATION Grensen, Trondheim, Norway
DATE jan. - aug. 2022
STATUS built
ROLE part of leader group in trestykker 22
KEYWORDS reuse, designing for deconstruction, architecture as politics
Can architecture catalyze change? Grenseløs, a showroom situated in the politically charged Grensen area of Trondheim, is more than a building, it stands as a call to action—pressing for the long-overdue urban planning of this neglected site.
The project explores alternative modes of architectural practice, grounded in reuse and the principles of a circular economy. It serves as a testbed for a construction industry built not on extraction, but on renewal.
In a design culture often fixated on polished, product-driven outcomes, Grenseløs offers a departure. Design here emerges from constraint—guided by what is already at hand. Existing windows dictate spatial dimensions. Weathered materials shape richly textured facades. Offcuts of timber find new life as patterned flooring. In embracing limitation, the project uncovers unexpected beauty and ingenuity.
