Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola by Snorre Stinessen

Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola by Snorre Stinessen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ouro in Deseño de Arquitectura, Edificación e Estruturas Competition Category.

OuroArquitectura· 2020

Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola

by Snorre Stinessen

Client: Narvikfjellet

A' Design Award de Ouro Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola

A Estación de Góndola de Narvik é a estación no cumio da montaña dunha liña de góndola nunha estación de esquí sobre a cidade de Narvik, Noruega. A estación ofrece un espazo abrigado onde os visitantes e esquiadores soben e baixan da góndola, e organiza o fluxo de persoas. O edificio ten 41 metros de lonxitude e entre 15 e 26 metros de anchura, cunha estrutura de aceiro e cimentacións de formigón armado. O revestimento metálico negro mate fai referencia á industria local do mineral de ferro, mentres que a madeira úsase nos interiores. A forma foi optimizada para ventos fortes e grandes cargas de neve.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ouro

Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola gañou o A' Design Award de Ouro, un recoñecemento inmensamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de primeira clase, marabillosos e sobresaíntes. Os gañadores Ouro son creacións sumamente innovadoras, visionarias e glamurosamente deslumbrantes que reflicten o xenio, a sabedoría e a destreza dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola sexa unha invención moi eloxiada, pioneira e monumental que ofrece un valor sen precedentes. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ouro é un proxecto espectacular e respectado que beneficia moito a arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía e fai avanzar os seus límites. Narvik Gondola Station Estación de Góndola crea intensos sentimentos de desexo, esperta a paixón, anima a creatividade e fascina.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Narvik top station is the mountain top station for the new gondola on the top point of the ski slopes in Narvikfjellet, a ski resort directly above the Narvik city centre and characterised by one of the steepest height to length ratios - from a 1000 meter above sea level down to the sea, offering some amazing scenery with the view out the Ofoten fiord to the World Heritage area of Lofoten.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length: 41m
Width: 15-26m
Top height above average terrain: 12m
Tags: gondola, topstation, skiresort, narvik, narvikfjellet, alpineresort, skiing
Production Technology: The construction planning focused on optimising shape, construction and materials against heavy wind force and snow loads. Steel frame construction. Reinforced concrete foundations. Matte black metal cladding.
Design Challenge: Optimisation of the combination of gondola requirements and natural forces to be accounted for.
Research: Optimal positioning of gondola cable line, specific bottom and top station location as seen in connection with complete slopes, flow of people and overall organisation of resort. Climatic conditions, wind forces, snow loads and snow drift patterns. Functional requirements (visitors, skiers, technical requirements). Structure optimisation, shape and minimising material usage.
Inspiration: The design forms part of the overall design philosophy of the Narvik Arctic Resort which seeks to express a connection between the city's industrial history and the surrounding dramatic nature. Narvik is shipping-port for the rail and ship transportation of iron ore, represented in the black metal cladding and shaping of the buildings of the resort and the forested mountains represented in the wooden interiors.
Project Duration: Built during fall of 2018, opened for the 2019 winter season in Narvik, Norway.
Operation Flow: The structure is tailor made to gondola specifications and also climatic conditions, while at the same time adhering to the overall design strategy of the resort. It provides safe landing at the top of the mountain for the gondolas with visitors and skiers exiting or boarding the gondola in a sheltered space which also organise the traffic flow of people.
Team Members: Snorre Stinessen
Emanuela Bonardi
Image Credits: Rune Dahl - photos