Public Realm in a Design Portfolio — Selected works by Snøhetta, Part Two

© Snøhetta

Snøhetta impacts the public realm by directly reaching enormous populations through these two works. Visual signs and symbols that move and connect people are key to designs for Vy visual identity and a new banknote for Norway.

Renewable Folded Shell

© Dennis Radermacher, photographer

Located near New Zealand estuarial waters, a community building is framed with pleated edges that form a zigzag perimeter. When people arrive to a community centre they arrange their personal effects along the wall: bags, mats, towels, and water bottles. The community of Mount Pleasant has individual-sized niches along the floor so they may separate… Continue reading Renewable Folded Shell