A Body Ski Lodge / Måns Tham Arkitektkontor
Textual content description offered by the architects. The A-frame ski-lodge is constructed with pre-fabricated A-frames and curved dormer home windows. The triangular form makes the home into slightly mountain in itself. As snow piles up in winter the sting between the bottom and home will get blurred. The home is drawn intimately, in and out with bespoke furnishings and interiors made to boost the A-frame construction.
The tent-like form of an A-frame home is as primary and conventional as could be. A-frames sometimes have home windows on gables solely. However for an A-frame home this large, dormers are obligatory to herald gentle to the 25 m lengthy home and to make helpful areas on the in any other case tiny higher flooring. The home is split into 5 sections, 5 meters every.
The gable sections are with out dormers to maintain the visible readability of the body form. The dormers are mirrored asymmetrically on all sides. The curve of the dormer roof makes them align with the general form of the home. The dormer home windows seem like eyelids or the branches of the old-growth fur timber round. On the within, the asymmetrical rhythm of dormers and triangles end in sequences of rooms with various and stunning character. (see sectional drawings)
The plan structure has social areas and a grasp tub on the decrease flooring. Lengthy sight strains and a variation between glassed-up views and the protected picket inside have been fastidiously balanced. The hearth is customized: a monolithic block with a northern-lights-inspired curved house for the hearth. The bricks are glazed in a neighborhood manufacturing facility. The customized twelve-meter-long couch embraces the large room and the panorama window towards the forest.
The objective was to present the doorway stage a free move with hidden sliding doorways that makes all rooms together with the spa be a part of the identical motion and the identical house. The doorway within the harsh northern facade works as a digicam aperture with totally glazed views straight by the constructing in direction of the mountains throughout the valley. The five-meter vast entrance touchdown has curved ski storages that emphasize the motion into the home. South of the doorway space there’s a sunken terrace with a scorching tub.
The higher stage has two equivalent suites with 5 beds every and a tent-like gable room. One with morning solar and one with afternoon gentle. The stair results in a small higher den that has a curved ceiling that follows the form of the dormer.
