Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten by Manuela Hardy

Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten by Manuela Hardy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award di Ferru in Disignu d'Architettura Competition Category.

FerruArchitettura· 2022

Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten

by Manuela Hardy

Client: Lampholmen & Røst sjømat

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Architettura Category

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The Design

About Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten

Portale di Lofoten hè un edifiziu d'appartamenti cuncepitu per Roest in Lofoten. A forma hè ispirata da e case di pesca tradiziunale è da a longa storia lucale di a pesca di u merlucciu è di a pruduzzione di stoccafissu. E usanze custruttive lucale guidanu a forma è a scelta di i materiali, mentre chì un toccu mudernu hè aghjuntu grazia à i tetti à dui pende specchiati nantu à a parte bassa di l'edifiziu. A struttura bassa hè leggera è penda da a stessa lastra di calcestruzzu chì sustene i livelli superiori. L'edifiziu face 38 metri di larghezza, 7,7 metri di prufundità è hà trè piani d'altezza. Cuntene studii è appartamenti più grandi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Gateway to Lofoten Portale di Lofoten hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The design of the appartements located in Roest, Lofoten, stand out in its design. The local and also traditional building customs are being found in its form and use of materials, but there is also a futuristic and different twist to the design. It is the perfect balance of tradition and modern design.
Dimensions & Packaging: 38 meters wide and 7,7 meters deep. The building is 3 stories high, and will have some studio apartments, but also bigger apartments.
Tags: boathouse, fishing house, architecture, lofoten
Production Technology: The methodology for creating this design was mainly instinctiv. Usually all of Manuelas work is. The idea of the mirroring was a result of working on the formas, and the wish for a simple design, yet surprising and new-thinking.
Design Challenge: The main challenge with this design at this moment, is to calculate the existing groundwork. We should use and keep the existing situation at its very best, but might need to support it additionally.
Research: We did some research on the existing buildings in Roest, the materials and colors of the architecture. The houses are build with a wooden frame, and thereafter cladded with wooden cladding, either vertical or horisontal. The building should not be too complicated, and the lower construction, or mirrored roof in the bottom, is a lighter construction, hanging in the same concrete slab that supports the upper levels.
Inspiration: The inspiration behind this project, is to tell a story through form and color. It is inspired by old fishing houses and Roests long history with cod fishing and stockfish. The weather conditions at Roest have for a long time been optimal for stockfish production, and they export most of it to Italy, having a long and strong history with the country. The design is however mostly inspired by the fishing houses. The mirroring of the gabled roofs is a simply, though powerful twist to the form.
Project Duration: The project is unbuilt, it will hopefully be finished within a few years.
Operation Flow: The usage og the apartments will be as any other building, but the experience should reach a new level. It should of course feel as if you are floating on the sea, but still be on shore.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Manuela Hardy, 2021
Team Members: Manuela Hardy.
Michel T. Nation
Image Credits: Damir Fattakhov