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When entering the small industrial-community Øvre Årdal, you enter a place that is not like the other comunities along the Sognefjord. Øvre Årdal is built around the local factory, and has traditionally not been developed for visitors.
is to help visitors guide themselves- and better find the way through the centre of Øvre Årdal. This could be done by placing elements into the excisting structure;
This layer is a wooden floor placed the pavement that is heading towards the central public square.
In that way, my layer becomes an , and the result is a better understanding of Øvre Årdal. |
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I started to look at the existing structure. I tried to find places where visitors could be confused while trying to orientate.
I discovered, and chose these five as the leading places in my strategy on solving the problem concerning orientation.
I analysed each place concerning what could be done, I tried to find the essence of each place, and I asked myself; is a on the pavement as an element of orientation? |
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Growing commercial density. Is this the community centre?
The first part is a preparation on what is to come; this is not the centre, but this is only where it starts. You have to follow the wooden track to get to what is the centre of Øvre Årdal. |
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By the crossroad there is a strong “visual direction” to the right, that leads your eyes away from the road to the left - away from the void road to the centre.
I have to give the void street an element that makes it look important.
The continous path has to be formed to attrack attention. |
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Stop .. look .. sit .. chat
The bridge must be crossed to get into the centre. Is it possible to create interaction between people crossing the bridge?
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The river is a subject of life and change. It is always an interresting place to stop and have a look.
The bridge is narrow. I want to make space for more than traffic.
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The street moves into the community- centre, and grows into a public square. |
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| The public square today: |
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The public square is today and
This is not the best conditions for human social activity.
The popular meetingplace for older people is the small entrancehall for the sentral mall. This entrancehall is about six square meters.
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Local mall: The wooden pavement passes the local mall and continue over to the public-square. |
I want to redefine the human-zone and the car-zone. First by separating them, and then elevating the human zone. It will now be 60 cm higher than the parking lot. |
Local library etc.
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- Elevated human zone.
- Cars and humans separated.
- Human zone covered by wood, not asphalt.
- Better acces to the public library, that lies in the second floor of the house of cultural institution.
- The wooden floor as a continuous walk through Øvre Årdal, connecting the public square with local streets
- The wooden floor is related to the changes of the seasons; The floor itself cannot be seen during winters with a lot of snow, and thereby only the spatial elements along the wooden track shows.
The result is a changing element that also can contribute to create interaction and human activity along the route through the city centre.
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