Renowned architecture firm Snohetta teamed up with home goods company Vipp to create a collection of luxury vacation cabins. Perched above a fjord in the Norwegian countryside, the compact residence features large glazing designed to make visitors feel like they’re floating over the edge of a cliff.
The Bolder Star Lodges project consists of four cabins (only three have been completed at the time of writing) built above ground on concrete pillars. Their appearance is very similar to each other and consists of an asymmetrical shape finished in untreated red cedar. This red cedar will eventually weather and turn gray over time, helping it blend in with the rocky landscape of Lysefjorden on Norway’s west coast.Each cabin is accessed by a corten steel bridge. increase.
The interior is 38 square meters (409 square feet). The layout is unusual, placing the kitchen and dining area on his second floor, with a built-in bed and bathroom overlooking the view on the ground floor. Each cabin’s interior is slightly different, but all are decorated to reflect his Vipp’s previous small house projects and are defined by dark hues and generous glazing. Luxury materials such as oak, marble and leather contrast with the rough concrete floors of the lower floors.
Elizabeth Hire
Snohetta also thought about the impact the project would have on the environment. During construction, trees that had to be felled were set aside for reuse in construction, and granite removed from the ground was also reused during the construction process.
“With the Boulder Project, we sought to preserve nature, enhance the experience of navigating through pristine landscapes, and minimize footprints around us as much as possible,” said Frank Dennis Foray of Snohetta. “The cabin is lifted off the ground, creating a sense of weightlessness on the edge of a spectacular, rugged mountainside and plunges into a crystal clear blue fjord. The goal was to provide visitors with a complete experience – a cozy, fjord A warm tree nest with spectacular panoramic views of the ever-changing weather after a beautiful day hiking along the coast.
Erin Engelsborg
Although Vipp describes it as “off-grid,” the cabin actually receives power from the grid. However, the water is naturally sourced from nearby springs (filtered by a water treatment system).
If you want to stay at one of the Boulder Star Lodges, it will set you back from NOK4,900 (approximately US$500) per night.
Source: Boulder
