Urban Transformation of the current Bodø airport - a feasibility study

• Main Author: Lind, Trygve Ellef
• Other Authors: Kathrine Omnia Strøm
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences 2022
• Subjects: Norway; Bodø; Bodø Airport; Nordland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3050112

The city of Bodø in Nordland county has, over the last decades, grown to a medium sized city in Norway. It is an important urban centre in Norway, being the second largest urban centre north of Trondheim. Bodø is expected to grow further in the years to come. Based on this, the Municipality of Bodø has set an aggressive growth target for the period up until 2030. An increase in the population from today’s level of approx. 52,500 to approx. 70,000 is the basis on which they are planning the city’s development in this period. A key factor in achieving this target is the reuse of the acreage now occupied by Bodø’s airport. This will be moved to a new location at some point during the next 5 8 years, releasing a huge area close to the city for alternative use. This thesis is focusing on how the transformation of this area from airport to a new, mainly residential district in Bodø can be facilitated by reusing the current terminal building and control tower complex on the airport in a manner which can make these facilities and the surrounding outdoor area a “connector” between the city and Bodø’s main suburb, Mørkved, where Nord University is located. Drawing the students and faculty at the Mørkved campus closer to the city and the residents of and business community in Bodø closer to each other is considered a key success factor for a development of Bodø towards the goals set by the Municipality. This thesis will explain how the theoretical concepts “the Creative Class” by Richard Florida and “Triple Helix”, from Henry Etzkowitz & Loet Leydesdorf and support the importance of this. The thesis will, furthermore, present various proposals for the short and longer term upgrading of the outdoor area adjacent to the terminal building and the control tower at the current airport.