Snefjord Road stop / Pushak
Architects: Pushak
Location: Snefjord, the road to Havøysund, Finnmark, Norway
Project Year: 2005
Client: Norwegian Road Administration, The National Tourist Road Project
Photographs: Pushak
The site of the road stop is a paradox. Oftentimes, the hardest winds blow off the sea, and yet the most attractive view is toward the fjord. The obvious response in order to shield tourists from the wind would be to construct a view-blocking wall. Instead three “bench-boxes” prefabricated at a local wharf dot the area, and their differing orientations allow visitors to choose where to sit according to wind and sun conditions.
Two persons or groups can use each box at once while they retain some privacy. The structure is built with steel bars with cantilevered benches and roofs. The interiors are covered with oak. The exteriors are coverd with copper sheets.
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Those are really cool, both functionally and aesthetically.
I think it could be transformable to a capsule for extream situations as an extra functionality. The form itself mention to that idea.
Oh, I would like so much to live and work in a country wich has enough sense and sensibility to finance such architectural pearls…
for me it much more interesting like social object than architectural. It’s great that community pay attention to such things. Architecture – yes it’s modern, but the form is too much contrasting to landscape and I do not see the reason why to do that. They serve to observe the nature, but not them:) The colouring is good. Function – I don’t thing that it’s nice to sit there then it rains