Oslo Rådhus

An IFC4 model of Oslo City Hall built from photographs, OpenStreetMap footprints and published dimensions. Drawn first, then modelled and checked against the photos and on the VibeIFC cloud service.

model city-hall-opus.ifc 1 775 IFC products · 662 windows Arneberg & Poulsson · 1931–1950 drawn 2026-10-20 · Sindre

VibeIFC Commercial Showcase & Soundtrack

Full 1080p cinematic presentation of the Oslo City Hall OpenBIM model featuring contextual audio branding and construction synthesis.

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Model views

Rendered by the VibeIFC headless renderer, which also serves vibeifc_capture_viewport.

Model seen from the south-west with both towers — South-west, from Rådhusplassen

Harbour facade straight on — Harbour facade, 17 bays of 3.4 m

Courtyard side between the towers — Borggården between the towers

View from the south-east — South-east, clock on the east tower

Aerial view from the north-east — Aerial from the north-east

Close view of the courtyard facade with astronomical clock — Courtyard facade, astronomical clock Ø 5 m

Blueprint sheets

Generated from the same spec that builds the IFC, so drawing and model cannot drift apart. Dimensions in mm, levels in m. Tap a sheet for the full-size vector drawing.

Sheet A-101 ground floor plan — `A-101` Ground floor plan, cut +4.000

Sheet A-102 roof plan — `A-102` Roof plan

Sheet A-201 south elevation — `A-201` South elevation, harbour

Sheet A-202 north elevation — `A-202` North elevation, courtyard

Sheet A-203 east elevation — `A-203` East elevation

Sheet A-301 section through the main hall — `A-301` Section A-A through Rådhushallen

Key dimensions and sources

Part	Model	Source
Main block	60 600 × 49 700, parapet +31.000	OSM part 621514223; height from a straight-on photo scaled to the OSM width
Rådhushallen	31 000 × 39 000 × ~21 000	no.wikipedia; matches OSM hall roof part 503263073
Towers	16 000 × 32 100, tops +66.000	OSM 292242403/405; 66 m east, 63 m west from ~3 m higher ground (oslobyleksikon)
Link block	31 000 × 11 900, +32.000	OSM 404712578; height from the courtyard photo
Courtyard wings	3 800 deep, +9.600, arcade @ 3 400	OSM 1062312302/03; photos of Borggården
Tower clock	Ø 8 600, south face of east tower	oslobyleksikon
Astronomical clock	Ø 5 000, west of the granite bay	lokalhistoriewiki; position from photo
Carillon	steel frame to +73.400	OSM 503349980 (49 bells per lokalhistoriewiki)
Facade brick	275 × 130 × 85	Hovin teglverk, on cast reinforced concrete

How it was checked

PassLoaded on the deployed VibeIFC service: IFC4, metres, 1 775 products, all with geometry.
Passvibeifc_get_bounding_box on the east tower's top wall: 16 000 mm wide, top at +66 000 mm. Hall wall: 39 000 mm long, inner faces 31 000 mm apart.
Passvibeifc_create_final_file wrote models/final/city-hall-opus.ifc in the Contextual project.
Passvibeifc_capture_viewport renders the full building headless on the cloud service.
PassClose-up renders compared with the harbour and courtyard photos. Fixed after review: clock side, ground gaps, statue size, dial z-fighting.
AssumedInterior layout beyond the hall, floor counts in the main block, roof covering colour, and the exact granite type. Ground is modelled flat; the real west side is about 3 m higher.

Reference photographs

From Wikimedia Commons, used to measure facade bands and place details. Each links to its file page with author and licence.

Towers seen from Fridtjof Nansens plass — From Fridtjof Nansens plass

Courtyard with swan fountain — Borggården