This thesis explores and develops a design proposal for a neglected public square in Alesund, Norway. The square is the Queen Sonja's square, and is the topic of an architectural controversy that revolves around its future. As the result of an long ongoing master planning process, the local authorities has decided to sell the square to private developers in order to facilitate construction on the site, in accordance with the masterplan. The masterplan prescribes a building placed in the middle of the square, with a volume much greater than the surrounding historic buildings, predominantly all constructed in the years 1904-1910 with strong influences from the Art-Nouveu movement.