Skjervet Service Cabin in Granvin Municipality
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Skjervet Service Cabin in Granvin Municipality
West Norway Building ? design by Fortunen AS, architects
29 Jun 2017
Skjervet Service Cabin
Architects: Fortunen AS
Location: Granvin Municipality, Norway
Skjervet Service Cabin by Skjervsfossen Waterfall
photo © Steinar Skaar
On the site of Skjervsfossen (Skjervet waterfall), Fortunen have designed a small service building consisting of two restrooms and a small technical room, while the landscape design is made by Østengen & Bergo. The client, Nasjonale turistveger, challenged Fortunen and Østengen & Bergo to accentuate and enhance the experience of the natural landscape, whilst not competing with it. The overall aspiration was to create a unique and surprising experience. The main concept has been to make the wild nature accessible without hurting it.
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photos © Fortunen
The service building designed by Fortunen AS is the winner of the World Architecture News Small Spaces Award 2016. The wider context surrounding the building is both breath-taking and exciting. The river Storelvi flows from a semi-open agricultural landscape, into a narrow channel formed by rock, finally dropping dramatically, creating the impressive two-step waterfall. The building itself sits within a larger open landscape and takes advantage of wide views towards the steep mountain walls, and the moving valley. Rough, yet poetic wa...
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