Gateway to Lofoten 公寓楼 by Manuela Hardy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

铁建筑· 2022

Gateway to Lofoten 公寓楼

by Manuela Hardy

Client: Lampholmen & Røst sjømat

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Gateway to Lofoten 公寓楼

"罗弗敦之门"是一座为罗弗敦群岛的勒斯特设计的公寓楼。其形态灵感源自传统渔屋,以及当地悠久的鳕鱼捕捞与干鳕鱼生产历史。建筑的造型与材料选择遵循当地建造传统,同时通过建筑下部镜像倒置的山墙屋顶注入现代气息。下部结构轻盈通透,悬挂于支撑上部楼层的同一混凝土楼板之下。建筑宽38米、进深7.7米,共三层,内设单间公寓与面积更大的公寓单元。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Gateway to Lofoten 公寓楼是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Gateway to Lofoten 公寓楼将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Gateway to Lofoten 公寓楼因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

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