Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi by Manuela Hardy

Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi by Manuela Hardy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

UʻameaFausaga Fale· 2022

Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi

by Manuela Hardy

Client: Lampholmen & Røst sjømat

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Faitotoʻa i Lofoten o se fale mautotogi na mamanuina mo Roest i Lofoten. O le foliga ua faʻamalosia e ala i fale faifaiva masani ma le talafaasolopito umi o le fagogota koto ma le gaosiga o iʻa mago i lea eria. O tu ma aga faʻale-lotoifale i le fausiaina o fale e taʻitaʻia ai le foliga ma le filifiliga o mea faufale, aʻo faaopoopo ai foi se vala faaonaponei e ala i taualuga faʻataʻitaʻiaga e faʻaaliga faapaʻu-faʻataʻoto i le pito i lalo o le fale. O le fausaga i lalo e mama ma tautau mai i le ma'a sima (concrete slab) lava lea e lagolagoina ai fola i luga. O le fale e 38 mita le lautele, 7.7 mita le loloto ma e tolu fogafale le maualuga. O loʻo iai i totonu ni fale mautotogi laiti (studio apartments) ma ni isi fale mautotogi telē.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Gateway to Lofoten Galuega Autu: Fale Mautotogi ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

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