This is how we made a gold tiger at Oslo Airport Gardermoen using projection mapping.

If you are traveling to or from Norway through Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL), you have probably seen the tiger atop the restaurant Tigerstaden. In this article, we’ll give you a short breakdown of our process when creating immersive installations like this.

As is often the case, we received a call that essentially boiled down to: “Is this even possible?” This time, the call came from Grid Design and SSP, who had the idea of placing a spectacular tiger atop their restaurant. But how to make it truly spectacular and impressive was unclear.

In situations like these, we quickly assemble a team and conduct a short pre-project where we explore known and unknown challenges, ambitions, technologies, and possibilities. As a result, this leads to a brief of possibilities—a document outlining suggestions and what the final result might look like.

A project like this typically involves quite a few parties. In this case:

• Avinor owns the property.
• SSP develops and operates the restaurant.
• Grid Branding develops the restaurant concept together with SSP.
• Foodtech builds the restaurant.
• Goldbox created 3D renderings and designed the tiger.
• Netron handled the “tiger part”—concept and content—engaging Måneproduksjoner and Eker Design for the build.
• Back managed the technical setup of the projector and IT infrastructure.

The magic—bringing the tiger to life—was up to us at Netron!

An important part of our workflow is documentation as we move along. We run a lot of tests and make decisions on both big and small challenges throughout the process. Therefore, keeping track of the choices we make—and those we don’t—is crucial to achieving the final result. If we had to call a meeting for every single challenge, we wouldn’t get much else done.

That’s why we usually maintain project blogs, updating them frequently. Not only does this keep everyone informed and engaged, but it also serves as a collective learning resource for future projects. We always learn something new—and ideally, it’s best to share that knowledge. Moreover, this also keeps everyone up to speed.

If you can imagine it – we can make it!