Work Examples

jarmund/vigsnaes arkitekter shapes rabot tourist cabin in norway

Located 1,200 meters above sea level in the okstindan mountain range, the ‘rabot tourist cabin’ is one of many lodging facilities built across norway. designed by jarmund/vigsnaes arkitekter, the highly durable structure is named after the french geographer charles rabot who explored the region in great detail.

Aet amid the rugged terrain, the site is inaccessible via road and is only reachable on foot or by ski. the main cabin, which is supplemented by a secondary rescue hut, is shaped by the behavior of snow and heavy winds with no protruding elements. two large chimneys respond naturally to the undulating terrain, forming two man-made peaks above the simple timber volume below.

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Vennesla Library and Cultural Center, Vennesla, Norway

 This awesome contemporary library, took on the question "where are library design heading"?

With fun and interactive solutions the architects removed the barrier of a library as a solitaire quiet place and instead made it a participating and communicative area that is as much used for social gathering as the seek for knowledge. Libraries have to change (in my humble opinion) towards the ever changing social society that we have now. If we do no adapt to the new / contemporary library idea, we exclude the future readers from the herd of users. The idea behind a library is simple yet complex, it is, and should be for every body. Some old libraries have completely lost their place in society because they have not been either adapted to the users, or were poorly designed in the first place. Not all Libraries should be re-done, absolutely not, there are great beautiful old libraries that are as important and well functioning today as they were hundreds of years ago, I am saying there should be place for both. I like this library, because it takes the strides necessary to close the gap between Library as old, and library as contemporary. 

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Naust Paa Aure by TYIN tegnestue Architects:

The boathouse is a cultural hallmark for Norway. The entire country is almost one long coast line. The location for "Naust Paa Aure" was chosen in the middle of the eighteenth century, it was a old fishing "naust" (fishing boat storage) volume there, but the state of it was so bad that the owner deceided to tear it down and build a new "naust". The "naust would be used as a summer house and was to be true to the old simple and honest use of materials form the old days. 

 The weather on coastal Norway can be rough.

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