{"id":22750,"date":"2014-09-08T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/trollstigen-national-tourist-route-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-01T18:29:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:29:32","slug":"trollstigen-national-tourist-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/trollstigen-national-tourist-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Trollstigen National Tourist Route"},"content":{"rendered":"

Located on Norway\u2019s west coast,Trollstigen is perched within a dramatic pass between the deep fjords that characterize the region. This panoramic site can only be visited and constructed in summer, due to severe winter weather. Despite \u2013 or perhaps because of \u2013 the inaccessible nature of the site, the project entails designing an entire visitor environment ranging from a mountain lodge with restaurant and gallery to flood barriers, water cascades, bridges, and paths to outdoor furniture and pavilions and platforms meant for viewing the scenery. All of these elements are molded into the landscape so that the visitor\u2019s experience of place seems even more intimate. The architectural intervention is respectfully delicate, and was conceived as a thin thread that guides visitors from one stunning overlook to another. The RRA project will enhance the experience of the Trollstigen plateau\u2019s location and nature. Thoughtfulness regarding features and materials will underscore the site\u2019s temper and character, and well-adapted, functional facilities will augment the visitor\u2019s experience. The architecture is to be characterised by clear and precise transitions between planned zones and the natural landscape. Through the notion of water as a dynamic element \u2013 from snow, to running and then falling water- and rock as a static element, the project creates a series of prepositional relations that describe and magnify the unique spatiality of the site.<\/p>\n