Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mountain Hotel | Geilo | Sea Valley in Geilo | Atelier Oslo
Geilo is the name of a mountain hotel with about 200 apartments, located in the Sea Valley in Geilo. The plot is unregulated, and the premise was to create a hotel in the valley by the ski lifts with an integrated parking for the cottages around.
Intentions
A premise of this study was that the plant would be integrated into the landscape, and not shield the view behind. We wanted to develop a principle which all the rooms in the hotel should have the best view of the beautiful nature around, without seeing anything else. This we achieved by adding rooms, terraced strip in the terrain along the contours. By bukle these bands, we added the desired number of rooms. Another premise was to provide direct skiadkomst to the rooms. Therefore, the terraces sloping, and allows you to ski in and ski-out. All circulation is added around the river that flows naturally through the project. A transparent intermediate in the project form an accessible place, where there is a lobby bar and restaurant. Parking is located inside the ground, behind the rooms with a direct connection.....more
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