Narvik Gondola Station Taɣsert n Tkerrust n Usawen (Gondola) by Snorre Stinessen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb in Afeṣṣel n Tansekta, Lebni d Teɣssa Competition Category.
DdhebTansekta· 2020
Narvik Gondola Station Taɣsert n Tkerrust n Usawen (Gondola)
Client: Narvikfjellet
Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb Winner in Tansekta Category
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About Narvik Gondola Station Taɣsert n Tkerrust n Usawen (Gondola)
Taɣsert n Narvik Gondola d taɣsert n yixef n udrar n yiwet n tṛegwa n tkerrusin n usawen deg yiwen n unafag n uski nnig temdint n Narvik, di Nurvij. Taɣsert-a tettak-d amkan yettwaḥerzen anda imerza d wid izellgen ɣef udfel ttalin yerna ttsubbun seg tkerrust, yerna tesseddu tikli n yemdanen. Lebni ɣezzif 41 n lmitrat, tehri-ines gar 15 d 26 n lmitrat, s ukatar n wuzzal d llsas n usimu iǧehden. Aɣlaf n uzzal aberkan war lemri yettmeslay-d ɣef tmegzert n uzzal n temnaḍt, ma d asɣar yettwaseqdac deg wagensu. Talɣa-ines tettwaheggi akken ad tqabel aḍu iǧehden d taɛkumt meqqren n udfel.
The Recognition
About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb
Narvik Gondola Station Taɣsert n Tkerrust n Usawen (Gondola) d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Ddheb, tagmat tuffirt i yisnulfa n umezwaru yelhan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Ddheb d isnulfa d imaynuten d imeqqranen. Narvik Gondola Station Taɣsert n Tkerrust n Usawen (Gondola) ad d-yefk lqima ur nesɛi amgarad, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.
Behind the Design
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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
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