Article source: Reiulf Ramstad Architects

Located on Norway’s 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—or perhaps because of—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 moulded into the landscape so that the visitor’s 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.

Images Courtesy Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Diephotodesigner.de

• Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Architects – RRA
• Name of Project: Trollstigen national tourist routes project
• Location: Romsdalen – Geiranger Fjord, Norway
• Client: The Norwegian public roads administration
• Commision type: Invited Competition 1st prize in cooperation with Multiconsult 13.3 landscaping (2004)
• Status: Under construction
• Photographs: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Diephotodesigner.de

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