Article source: Eriksen Skajaa Architects + Pushak Architects + Bjørbekk & Lindheim Landscape Architects

1st prize in a competition for new gateways to the Sjunkhatten National Park. Nordland, Norway.

”Saivu” is a sami word for a portal to another world. Based on the magic realism of the sami people and their understanding of nature, the construction system of their ”lavvo”, and an interpretation of old sami signs, we made the proposals for three gateways to the Sjunkhatten National Park. The park has a focus on children and the jury found the proposal’s focus on the mythical fit suitable to enrichen children’s experience of nature.  It is a dramatic and beautiful  landscape close to Bodø in northern norway between fjords and snow covered mountain peaks.

The golden information disc

• Architect: Eriksen Skajaa Architects + Pushak Architects + Bjørbekk & Lindheim Landscape Architects
• Name of Project: Saivu
• Location: Nordland, Norway
• Program: New gateways to the Sjunkhatten National Park

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