Inspiria Science Center
Experience and learning center for popular science
Location
Grålum, Norway
Developer
Inspiria Eiendom
Size
7,000 sqm
Competition
Winning proposal in an open, international project competition 2007
Status
Completed in 2011
Architect
AART
Engineer
Cowi
Consulent
Yit
Multiconsult
Expology
Multiconsult
Expology
Honorary award
Energy Globe World Award
Iconic Award
Prime Property Award
Arnstein Arneberg Prisen
Østfold Prisen for Universel Udformning
Iconic Award
Prime Property Award
Arnstein Arneberg Prisen
Østfold Prisen for Universel Udformning
Inspiria Science Center is designed as an experience and learning center for popular science where children and young people can use play as a mean to earn knowledge about energy, environment, and science via everything from interactive exhibitions and audience workshops to a planetarium and an outdoor science park that connects the building’s two exhibition levels.
It is impressive to see what Inspiria Science Center has achievedJens Stoltenberg / Former Norwegian Prime Minister
New space for play and learning
By combining play and experience with learning and knowledge, the Inspiria Science Center stimulates children and young people’s desire to learn. The science center creates new spaces for learning and shows how sustainability can strengthen the quality of life for both the environment and people. To promote a sustainable way of life, the science center has been designed as a low-energy house and pilot project within new forms of waste and rainwater management.
Focus on sustainability
The focus on sustainability is repeated in the building’s base form, where the cycles of nature, cyclical repetitions, and spiral shapes merge with the cycles of technology expressed in the universal strength of the circular base form. The aim is to create a distinctive building that contributes to the branding of the Inspiria Science Center by clearly communicating its vision.
Architecture awards
2015
Energy Globe World Award
Nominated as one of the world’s most sustainable projects.
2013
Iconic Award
Named one of the world’s most iconic buildings
2012
Prime Property Award
Named one of the world’s most holistic sustainable buildings
2012
Arnstein Arneberg Prisen
Awarded for its contribition to the elevation of the Østfold region with its remarkable architecture
2012
Østfold Prisen for Universel Udformning
Named as Østfold Region’s most accessible building
Promotes knowledge about energy and the environment
The science center is part of a long-term strategy to promote a more sustainable way of life and make knowledge about energy and the environment the Østfold region’s most important asset. As mentioned, this is not only reflected in the activities of the science center, but also in its architecture, as the center is designed as an identity-shaping building with the aim of strengthening the regional interest in science and national interest in the region.
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