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INTENTION

To create an open and light structure that works with

nature rather than against it. A place that invites people to

experience all elements of nature ;

sounds, colors and weather.

USE PLACE

SPACE TECTONICS

Watching birds

Experience nature Colors

Sounds

Weather

Smells

Views

Open

Elevated Light

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INTENTION

My starting point for the project was the site, which I found very inspiring. The nature is diverse; with the lake, swamp and for-est. This gives the place a special and unique atmosphere with several impressions to take in. I wanted the birdwatching place to become a place that invites and encourage people to come outdoors and experience all these impressions. The main inten-tion of the project was therefore to create an open and transpar-ent structure where one has a good view to the birds, one can feel the wind in the hair and listen to the insects in the grass.

FORM

I also wanted the structure to be inspired by nature in it’s form and expression. It was important that it expressed movement anddynamicsinordertofitintothealwayschanginglandscape.

In order to create a structure with movement in it, I was able to use digital tools for creating an organic form and then to ex-tract static elements (frames) from it. Here I could play with the number of frames and the distances between them. The organic form was inspired by a bird taking off from the ground. During this process I also chose to open the structure towards the lake in order to enhance the openness and the view. This openness arereflectedinthesizeoftheframes,butalsointhedistancesbetween them that increases towards the major viewpoint.

CONSTRUCTION

The construction is made of the wooden frames, that are carry-ingthefloorboardsonbeams.Tocreatehorizontalstabilitythefloorisankeredtothegroundinthesouthernpartofthestruc-ture which makes it stable in one direction. The other direction is stabilized by steel bracings underneath the beams carrying the floor.

SAILING CLOTH

Sailing cloth can be fastened between the frames during bird-watching season (April-October) to provide some protection from sun, rain and wind. The cloth is only attached to the roof and to the south-west wall in order to keep it is as open as possible, but still protects you from the worst wind from sun from the southwest. The cloth should also be kept as tight as possible in order to enhance the dynamic shape of the structure.

ANNA LINNÉA HÖRTINBirdwatching in Rindal

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Anna Linnea Hörtin 2011

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