Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům by Manuela Hardy

Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům by Manuela Hardy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Železná cena A' Design Award in Architektura Competition Category.

ŽelezoArchitektura· 2022

Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům

by Manuela Hardy

Client: Lampholmen & Røst sjømat

Železná cena A' Design Award Winner in Architektura Category

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The Design

About Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům

Gateway to Lofoten je bytový dům navržený pro Roest na Lofotech. Jeho tvar je inspirován tradičními rybářskými domy a dlouhou místní historií lovu tresky a výroby sušené tresky (stockfish). Místní stavební zvyklosti určují tvar budovy i výběr materiálů, zatímco moderní nádech přidávají zrcadlově otočené sedlové střechy v nižší části budovy. Spodní konstrukce je lehká a je zavěšena na téže betonové desce, která nese vyšší podlaží. Budova je 38 metrů široká, 7,7 metru hluboká a má tři nadzemní podlaží. Obsahuje studiové byty i větší bytové jednotky.

The Recognition

About the Železná cena A' Design Award

Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům je vítězem Železné ceny A' Design Award, prestižního uznání udělovaného dobrým designům, které splňují profesní a průmyslové požadavky očekávané od dobře navržených výtvorů. Železní vítězové prokazují velké dovednosti, vysokou specializaci, odborné porozumění a tvůrčí kapacitu svých tvůrců. Očekává se, že Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům bude vysoce ceněným, obdivovaným a oblíbeným výtvorem, který je praktický a inovativní. Tento design, který získal Železnou cenu A' Design Award, integruje osvědčené postupy odvětví a má kompetentní technické vlastnosti spojené s know-how a talentem. Gateway to Lofoten Bytový dům je vážen pro svou důkladnost a je navržen tak, aby poskytoval zlepšení kvality života, která pomáhají činit svět lepším místem.

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