Public Works
A walkway providing easy access to the coastal area of Senja in northern Norway proves that public architecture can be just as attractive as custom-built private—with the added benefit of allowing everyone to enjoy the structure.
Code Arkitekter, an Oslo-based architecture firm, created a small parking lot and walkway that leads down to the water and was recently completed this past summer. Simple but also startlingly beautiful in a most fundamental way, the 180-foot walkway is made of untreated larch wood and zig zags to the sea in haphazard form, much as someone would have to hop from rock to rock if a path weren't available.
Although this project is especially noteworthy, it's just a small part of an overall plan called the National Tourist Route funded by the Norwegian government to make nature a little more accessible to everyone. Started in 2001, emerging architects are given a chance to create interesting structures along Norway's coasts and fjords and, so far, more than 140 architects have taken part in the effort. Which is a nice nod to those in wheelchairs, to whom such walkways as that pictured above make navigating the rocks not just easier, but possible.
(via Icon Eye)
Code Arkitekter, an Oslo-based architecture firm, created a small parking lot and walkway that leads down to the water and was recently completed this past summer. Simple but also startlingly beautiful in a most fundamental way, the 180-foot walkway is made of untreated larch wood and zig zags to the sea in haphazard form, much as someone would have to hop from rock to rock if a path weren't available.
Although this project is especially noteworthy, it's just a small part of an overall plan called the National Tourist Route funded by the Norwegian government to make nature a little more accessible to everyone. Started in 2001, emerging architects are given a chance to create interesting structures along Norway's coasts and fjords and, so far, more than 140 architects have taken part in the effort. Which is a nice nod to those in wheelchairs, to whom such walkways as that pictured above make navigating the rocks not just easier, but possible.
(via Icon Eye)
Posted by: Amara Holstein on Dec 14, 07 at 09:00 AM PST
