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Visiting center fall 2012 Trollh채ttan, SWEDEN The idea of the project is to illustrate and lighten the historical importance of the water sluices at the city of Trollh채ttan by providing the area with a visiting centre. In this centre the visitors can understand and learn about the historical background of the various existing water channels and enjoy the beauty of the landscape. The visiting centre will provide the visitor with a clear idea of how the channels were built and improved upon in different eras. They will learn about the history of the many industrial factories which could flourish by taking advantage of natural sources, such as regaining energy through water power.
The building
Materials
The building is located on the high part of the 1800-sluice to provide a dramatic view of the landscape, this by letting a considerable part of the building flow over the deep and hollow sluice in a challenging construction.
By using mainly natural materials such as stone, glass, wood and grass the building gets an organic architectural expression which plays in harmony with its surroundings.
The building is integrated with its surroundings by letting some of its main parts be dug in under the ground in the rocky hill and thereby creating a balance between preservation of the landscape and new architectural expressions. The building’s wider part is well attached to the ground which gives a feeling of both holding and pulling back the whole structure and preventing it from “falling off the cliff”. Meanwhile the roof gives you a feeling of freedom by trying to fly up over the sluice due to its lightened angle and tapered shape. This creates a dramatic contrast in shape, construction and expression.
SEDUM (ROOF) The sedum plants need low maintenance and provide instant greening to the roof
WATER (INTERIOR & EXTERIOR) Water has been brought into play both on the inside and outside to enhance the dynamic scenes
IPE WOOD (DECK)
STONE (WALLS)
A type of wood known for its durability, strength, and its natural resistance to decay and wet conditions.
Stonewalls and rocks play a central role in the design to give the building a rustic feel
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GROUND PLAN
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Entrance
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Staff/Kitchen/Toilet/Storage
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Cloakroom/Toilets
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Reception
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Hole
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Elevator
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View deck
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Plans GROUND PLAN Through a well dimensioned vestibule, the visitors arrive at the main hall, a generously open area with unlimited view over the landscape through the curved curtain glass wall and terrace. At the main hall the visitors have direct access to wardrobe, toilets, information desk and elevator and get to rest by sitting down and admire the view. In the middle of the room there is a circular hole, with approximately 2 meters diameter, going through the bottom floor and all the way down to a cave. Looking down the hole you can see the streaming water, arriving from outdoor, falling down along the rocky walls. This tunnel creates a big impact and curiosity for the visitor to travel down the tunnel and it also allows a direct contact between the different levels of the complex.
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The entrance floor is well provided with daylight through the embracing curtain glass walls and from the big hole in the ceiling, placed directly above the circular hole in the floor, which also lets the light travel all the way down the hole to the cave. The elevator and staircase is by purpose placed to hide one part of the view, when entering the building, to get the visitors curious to walk deeper inside the room before letting them discover the outside deck with a panorama view.
BOTTOM PLAN BOTTOM PLAN
The bottom floor is designed in a way which preserves the feeling that the building is dug into the mountain by letting the cliff form a main part of the surrounding walls and in some parts the cliff penetrates through both floors, giving the interior a rustic felling.
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Staircase down to sluice
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Work room for scientists
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Hole
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Entrance to cave
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Section Through a well dimensioned vestibule, the visitors arrive at the main hall, a generously open area with unlimited view over the landscape through the curved curtain glass wall and terrace. At the main hall the visitors have direct access to wardrobe, toilets, information desk and elevator and get
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The experience The areas character with rich amount of water and beautiful rocky hills with its variation in height was for me the main inspirational sources. That’s why you can see that water, wood and stone have a great impact on my design.
BRINGING WATER INTO PLAY Already when leaving the parking area, the visitor is led by an arranged water path starting from the existing water dam and leading all the way to the main entrance. Just in front of the entrance the water enters a pipe which leads it in under the main floor where it’s then separated into two different directions. One pipe leading it out to the terrace where it falls down into the sluice in a magnificent waterfall and the other one leading it to the big hole, placed in the centre of the ground floor, where it falls along the rocks down to the bottom cave and then out into the sluice.
VISUALISERING TILLKOMER PÅ PLANSCH
Open spaces MAIN FLOOR The entrance floor with its open plan is welcoming and once you step inside you feel in complete contact with the magnificent view of the surroundings through its transparent curtain glass walls. Looking down in to the central hole you will enjoy a spectacular scene which emerges due to the falling water which pours along the rocky walls down to the cave.
Rustic interior BOTTOM FLOOR The staircase down to the bottom floor is on one side sweeping along the rocky walls while on the opposite side you have a completely free view of the whole sluice. The bottom floor is designed to create the feeling that you are in a cave. With lots of vegetation and rocky walls together with the connection between both floors through the circular hole and the magnificent view, the bottom floor offers a great experience for the visitor.
Construction WALL
ROOF
NATURSTEN/TUNNPUTS
SEDUMTAK
ISOBLOCK
PLÅT
ISOLERING
RÅSPONT
ISOBLOCK
LIMTRÄBALKAR C/C 1200
4 mm PUTS
30 mm VENTILATION VINDTÄT SKIVA 450 mm MIN-ULL DIFFSPÄRR-PLASTFOLIE GLESPANEL C/C 300 13 mm GIPSSKIVA
GROUND 200 mm ARMERAD OCH STÅLSLIPAD BETONG 100 + 100 mm GRUNDISOLERING OCH CELLPLAST 200 mm TVÄTTAD MAKADAM FIBERDUK