Narrow valleys, mountain peaks and deep fjords, the site I'm proposing has both a close and a distant view towards this characteristic nature in the district of Indre Sogn. The surrounding pine forest creates intimate spaces in an endless landscape, a quality that has been important in my approach.
While animals are usually relegated a secondary role in the farm, the project is trying to challenge this usual dynamic, by approaching architecture from an an imalperspective. The set geometries, the architectonic elements and outside spaces used in the project that go with horse activities are thoroughly investigated.
By equally emphasizing the outside spaces as much as the built, I have proposed a place like a big garden where the relation between horse and rider, with the local life and landscape as a back drop, can be fully physically experienced.
The approach of the project was to make a factory producing building- and paving-stones from waste material provided by the quarry, and to show the characteristics and potential of the available stone in the architecture.
The larvikite rock dates back 300 million years. The crossover of architecture and nature in this building therefore pushes the concept of time to the forefront. It raises the question of what the site used to be, what it is now and what it might become in the future.
