High up north in Norway. Where nature dictates daily routine and is often untameable, an artist has created a mini-settlement of eleven individual houses. Eight adults can be accommodated on this car-free archipelago on the edge of the Arctic Circle.
The accommodation seems small in comparison to the natural surroundings and the endless expanse. But the tower house in particular, with its solid steel frame, visibly counters the elemental force with stability. And offers a place with a magnificent view. For clearer vision. Almost like a lighthouse.
In my professional life, in my case in information architecture, you often need a vantage point from where you can get an overview of the data landscape and the ever-increasing flood of information. Or discover unknown treasures and generate new ideas in order to look to the future with fresh inspiration. The tower house of the Arctic Hideaway Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær is my ideal vision of this. Here you can recharge your batteries – both professionally and privately – and top up your inner think tank.
- Stephan Kroppenstedt works as an information architect at the Palasthotel and is responsible for designing the digital spaces at HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE.
Much of HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE’s work involves dealing with visual material. Sometimes there is a picture that particularly appeals to us – a photo that surprises us, fascinates us, or simply forces us to pay even more attention to a house or look at it from a different perspective. You can find this in our series “One Picture”.
The house
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