Aquaculture & Hatchery

We design land-based aquaculture facilities - from flow-through hatcheries to large-scale recirculating aquaculture systems producing tens of millions of smolt per year.

Water treatment, biosecurity and environmental control are not secondary systems added after the building is designed. They are primary drivers that determine the building’s structure, spatial organisation and infrastructure capacity from day one.

What we deliver

Complete facility design from feasibility through construction documentation. Tank hall layouts, water treatment buildings, biosafety zoning, pipe and utility corridor planning, laboratory integration, feed storage, staff facilities and site infrastructure. Every design accounts for phased expansion - structural grids, pipe corridors and electrical supply are sized for future production halls from the start.

Why it matters

Land-based aquaculture is capital intensive and operationally complex. Biological risk, water chemistry and mechanical uptime are directly tied to spatial design. Facilities that cannot be maintained without production shutdowns, or that cannot expand without rebuilding, carry a permanent operational cost. We design for serviceability, biosafety isolation and staged capacity growth as core requirements - not afterthoughts.

Documented experience

Multiple hatchery and smolt production facilities across Norway, from compact coastal sites to large inland RAS installations. Projects include greenfield facilities, phased expansions of active operations, and feasibility studies for new production capacity.