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Cottage on Vega Island
Antarctic Peninsula Building Refurbishment in Norway ? design by Kolman Boye Architects AB
31 Dec 2016
Cottage on Vega Island
Design: Kolman Boye Architects AB
Location: Vega Island, Norway – Vega kommune, Nordland
Cottage on Vega Island
The house stands on the island of Vega in the Norwegian archipelago not far from the polar circle. The site is distinctive for its grand and harsh northern landscape with wide panoramas of the Norwegian Sea and the jagged mountains rising from it.

Not far from the site, near the ocean shore, stands a group of traditional seaside huts, in Norwegian called Naust, whose forms and materials reflect many years? experience of building in these conditions. The outermost hut shelters those behind ? the huts being placed at odd angles to each other, partly due to topography and partly due to chance. The windowless weathered wooden facades have a straightforward tectonic and a strong material vocabulary.

We believe that good buildings engender the refinement of everyday life, having a curious, evocative and empathic nature. We have aimed to build a contemporary Naust with an unpretentious presence and a distinctive character, developing themes from the vernacular architecture.

Seemingly growing from the landscape, the house sits on a rock beneath a granite shoulder negotiating the uneven terrain.
As not to disturb the dominant view to...