Trowall Restaurant

It’s a new cursor at the foot of the Troll Wall; The architecture of the new visitors‘ center next to E139 is an outcome of the sites‘ close connection to the impressive mountain wall, Europe‘s tallest vertical, overhanging rock face in The Romsdal Valley. The Romsdal valley has some of the tallest, sheerest cliffs in Europe and is a popular place for BASE jumping including “birdmen“ jumping off cliffs in Wingsuits! This location allows for an exciting setting for the new service- and information center. RRAs proposal is carefully planned in relation to the Troll Wall. At the same time it is building a character and identity which in itself will be an attraction in the region. The building has a simple, though flexible plan, with
a characteristic roof that has its character from the majestetic surrounding landscape. These simple ways of design gives the building its character and identity that makes the Service center an eye-catcher and an architectural attraction in the region. The building is constructed on raft concrete foundation with predominantly vertical supports of extremely slender steel columns. The west facade is dominated by a structure of slim, welded steel profiles. Its presence provide a visual contrast to the immense mountain face, placing its vast dimensions in a human scale. The external cladding consists of black stained pine on walls and roof, glass doors and recurring elements. The interior walls and ceilings are lined with pine plywood, and floor is in-situ, polished concrete. All visible steel is painted white. The main interior lighting consists of seventy suspended light bulbs. The visitor center is only open in summer, which has facilitated very precise transitions between inside and outside, glass and wood.