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Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅 by Manuela Hardy

Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅 by Manuela Hardy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.


鉄建築· 2022

Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅

by Manuela Hardy

Client: Lampholmen & Røst sjømat

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅

「ゲートウェイ・トゥ・ロフォーテン」は、ロフォーテン諸島のロストのために設計された集合住宅である。その形態は、伝統的な漁師小屋、そしてタラ漁とストックフィッシュ(干しダラ)生産という土地の長い歴史から着想を得ている。地域の建築慣習が形状と素材の選択を導く一方、建物下層部の反転させた切妻屋根によって現代的な解釈が加えられている。下層の構造体は軽やかで、上層階を支えるコンクリートスラブから吊り下げられている。建物は幅38メートル、奥行7.7メートル、地上3階建てで、ワンルーム住戸とより広い住戸で構成されている。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Gateway to Lofoten 集合住宅は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

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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