Khauta Meaho · 2021

Aurora Lodge Chalet

by Snorre Stinessen

Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award 2021 in Meaho
CLIENT: Snorre Stinessen Architecture
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About Aurora Lodge Chalet

Aurora Lodge ke chalet le lodge e nyane e fumanehang libakeng tse hole tsa Lithaba tsa Lyngen naheng ya Norway. Moaho o moholo o otlolohile ho pholletsa le sebaka se bataletseng sa tlhaho ka mora mola o le mong wa lifate, mme o na le sebaka sa bolulo se kopanetsweng, likamore tse hlano tsa ho robala tse nang le likamore tsa ho hlapa tsa poraefete, hammoho le kichine le kamore ya lijo. Suite e ikemetseng le sauna li eme haufi le tsela, ka mose ho molatswana. Sebopeho se sekametseng sa A-frame se lumellanya marulelo le sebopeho sa lefatshe, se fana ka lekunutu ka lehlakoreng le leng le ponahalo e bulehileng ka lehlakoreng le leng. Mekato ya konkreite, sebopeho sa tshepe le lehong, ho kwahelwa ka koporo le likhalase tse telele tsa sebopeho li lumellana le sebaka se pepenene sa lebopong la lewatle.

About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award

Aurora Lodge Chalet ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. Aurora Lodge Chalet e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Aurora Lodge Chalet e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.

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Unique Properties: Located in the remote Lyngen Alps, this project is partly private retreat and a small lodge. Organized within a main structure comprising two units and terraces, a separate suite and a sauna across the creek. With respect for the nature the design endeavors to complement the site, with the main building stretching out across the natural plateau, just behind a single line of trees. High ceilings and seamless glass walls invite the sky and landscape into the building.
Dimensions & Packaging: Main building: Length 32 x Width 8 x Height 6m
Tags: chalet, lodge, cabin, A-frame, shelter, Lyngen
Production Technology: Floor and foundations are combined in a concrete slab. Combined steel and wood construction ensures a solid, but slim envelope in spite of hurricane wind loads and massive snow loads. Buildings are clad in copper to withstand the salinity of the ocean air. Insulation, vapor barrier and complete construction ensures air transmission and construction breathing. Glass panels are upto six meters in height, structural glazing, glued directly to the steel pillars.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was in the making of a design that both respects and embraces the fantastic natural surroundings. The technical challenges include construction and logistic planning for a very remote and inaccessible site, very limited building season etc and a very advanced construction demanding millimeter precision in all elements, the craning from a base 100m away and 50m higher of 6x2,5m glasses to be placed down between steel constructions on a very exposed site.
Research: The plot was originally bought more than 10 years previously by the architect privately, and much time has been spent on site to understand the terrain, seasons, winds, and other factors thoroughly analysed prior to the design of the project, positioning of buildings, landscape design, pre-production design, production, infrastructure, logistics planning and construction planning. The design even encompasses complete furnishing and equipment as a lodge and complete hospitality planning.
Inspiration: The concrete floor and terraces are an extension of the natural terrain. A simplistic A-frame design echoes a fundamental shelter; however here tilted back from the seaside to an angle where the roof is aligned with the surrounding terrain, to provide privacy on one side and panoramic views on the other.
Project Duration: Construction started July 2020, completed February 2021. Planning actually started 10 years earlier with the architect buying the plot privately and eventually developing a project for sale. The main layout is in line with the original design, although modifications where made in the detail planning upto construction.
Operation Flow: The main unit houses a fully independent communal living space, five bedrooms, all with private, en-suite bathrooms. The northernmost unit houses the main kitchen and dining room, designed like a winter garden observatory to provide fantastic views across the sea to the horizon.
Along the path to the main house, a separate annex/suite follows the same design approach. Across the creek, the sauna sits as a separate building with its interior all focused on the view towards the ocean.
Image Credits: All Images: Snorre Stinessen