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“Kjelsrud” an old industrial and farm area which, since the 1970s, has had elements of light industry with offices and smaller warehouses and outlets. The area is located on Alna, and the proposed ambulance centre will have a strategic location in relation to emergency services. Centrally placed with quick access to both national highway 4, national highway 163 and E6. The surrounding area has large green areas, including a district park which will be completed during 2024. The park is connected to the Alna river environmental park, which the whole area borders. 

The building's location on the site provides a division of functions between emergency services and public access. The main function, emergency calls, takes place on the east side of the building with a direct exit to the access road. 

The main entrance to the ambulance and competence center is located to the south, separated from emergency services in order to have a good traffic overview in case of emergency services without crossing traffic. The ambulance centre has a clear distinction between the 1st floor, which is dedicated to the carriage hall for the ambulances, and the 2nd floor, which houses all functions for employees and visitors. At the back of the carriage hall is a cloakroom on the 1st floor, with direct access via a sliding stand or stairs from the living areas on the 2nd floor. On the west side of the building are larger functions such as a service garage and storage for medicine and uniforms with a generous ceiling height. Product deliveries for service and logistics as well as access to the service garage, wash hall and carriage hall are located more sheltered to the north.

The ambulance centre is unformed with a dark base clad in fibre-cement panels. Where glass doors allow light to enter the carriage hall and service garage. The second floor is shaped like a light gold box above the dark base. Here, the facade is divided into vertical elements, warm stained wooden cladding and areas with windows have metal cladding. The windows appear as part of the vertical metal fields and thus reinforce the vertical slits in the elongated facade. External laths provide relief and a shadow effect in the wooden cladding to create depth in the facade. The stairwell is used to clearly mark the main entrance, which makes the building more readable. Appearing like a red brick box which should also be legible from the interior.