Skigard Hytte: Intimate Connection to Surroundings

Skigard Hytte: Intimate Connection to Surroundings - urbanNext, November 8, 2023. - 156 words.

Energy and sustainability, Expanding design practices, Low Density, Mork-Ulnes Project, Technology and fabrication

Architecture & Nature, Comfortable environment, Dealing with Nature, Extreme environments, Norway, Private housing, Rural environment, Structural grid, Thermal comfort, Vernacular, Wood construction

On top of a mountain in Kvitfjell, Norway is a regular grid of 45 wooden columns. The columns lift a 144 sqm cabin 1.5 m above the ground, allowing native grasses that sheep and cows graze on to grow below.The columns are clad with skigard, a long and narrow quarter-cut log that is traditionally laid out diagonally for use as fencing by Norwegian farmers.

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Technology and fabrication Low density Rural environment Wood construction Kvitfjell, Norway Norway

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