Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, AS

Norwegian Mountaineering Center

Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen

NORWEGIAN MOUNTAINEERING CENTER

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

ARCHITECTS
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

MANUFACTURERS
Expology, Myhr, Petal AS, Walltopia

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Søren Harder Nielsen

AREA
900.0 m2

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Åndalsnes, Norway

CATEGORY
Cultural Center

Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen

Text description provided by architect.

The Norwegian Mountaineering Center is anchored in an innovative interpretation of nature’s fantastic dimensions and the dramatic experience of mountaineering.

Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen

The design of the building is based on its function as a mountaineering center and gathering place for both locals and visitors.

This provides the structure with a characteristic volume communicating its contents with exciting and unique geometrical expression.

Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen

Its outer skin is clad in a uniform surface, highlighting its originality and situation next to the train tracks of Raumabanen and the station area in the Åndalsnes town center.

Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center


Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen


Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen
Norwegian Mountaineering Center
© Søren Harder Nielsen


Norwegian Mountaineering Center
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Norwegian Mountaineering Center
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Norwegian Mountaineering Center


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Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, AS
T +47 22 808480
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, AS
Josefines gate 7, 0351 Oslo, Norway