Norwegian furniture manufacturer Vestre and BIG celebrate the opening of The Plus – a new furniture factory experience centre and 300-acre public park.
The colourful manufacturing village is dedicated to the cleanest, carbon-neutral fabrication of urban furniture, leading the way for manufacturing facilities and high-efficiency production of the future.
Norway’s single largest investment in furniture industry in decades, the 7,000sq m production facility doubles as a public park for hiking and camping and aligns with the region’s mission to establish a green manufacturing hub outside of Oslo. Constructed in just 18 months, the building is made of local mass timber, low-carbon concrete and recycled steel, and is set to become the first industrial building to achieve the highest environmental BREEAM Outstanding rating.
“The Plus will be the world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory. Building The Plus is an important step in reaching this goal. By using cutting-edge technology and Scandinavian collaboration, we can produce faster and greener than ever. In that way we will ensure global competitiveness through our leadership in environmentally-conscious production,” says Stefan Tjust, CEO of Vestre.
