Gateway to Lofoten Edificio de Apartamentos by Manuela Hardy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Arquitectura, Edificación e Estruturas Competition Category.
FerroArquitectura· 2022
Gateway to Lofoten Edificio de Apartamentos
Client: Lampholmen & Røst sjømat
A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Arquitectura Category
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The Design
About Gateway to Lofoten Edificio de Apartamentos
Gateway to Lofoten é un edificio de apartamentos deseñado para Roest, en Lofoten. A forma inspírase nas tradicionais casas de pesca e na longa historia local da pesca do bacallau e da produción de peixe seco. Os costumes construtivos locais guían a forma e a elección dos materiais, mentres que se engade un toque moderno mediante tellados a dúas augas reflectidos na parte inferior do edificio. A estrutura inferior é lixeira e queda suspendida da mesma laxa de formigón que soporta os niveis superiores. O edificio ten 38 metros de largo, 7,7 metros de profundidade e tres plantas de altura. Contén apartamentos tipo estudio e apartamentos de maior tamaño.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Ferro
Gateway to Lofoten Edificio de Apartamentos gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Gateway to Lofoten Edificio de Apartamentos sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Gateway to Lofoten Edificio de Apartamentos é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.
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
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