The site is known as Utsikten (?The View?) and is a natural place to stop when driving over the Gaular mountain along the western coast of Norway. For those who have made the trek over the mountain itself, the site affords a sudden and surprising vista overlooking a majestic landscape. Conversely, for those driving up from below, Utsikten constitutes the ever visible apex of the ascent rising up through a series of hairpin bends.

© Jiri Havran

Architects: CODE: arkitektur

Location: Norway

Structural Engineer: Consept

Area: 850.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jiri Havran , Courtesy of CODE Arkitektur

© Jiri Havran
From the architect. The site is known as Utsikten (?The View?) and is a natural place to stop when driving over the Gaular mountain along the western coast of Norway. For those who have made the trek over the mountain itself, the site affords a sudden and surprising vista overlooking a majestic landscape. Conversely, for those driving up from below, Utsikten constitutes the ever visible apex of the ascent rising up through a series of hairpin bends.

© Jiri Havran

CODE?s project at Utsikten is a large, triangular concrete platform situated right at the side of the road. The platform is 80 cm thick but appears to rest lightly atop the terrain with raised, wing-lik...