Forvik ferry port

Location: Forvik, Vevelstad, Norway

Year: 2015

Status: Built

Client: Norwegian Public Roads Administration

Photo Credit: manthey kula

A transparent structure through which one does not only see the old tavern across the bay , but also every part of the construction.

The service building consists of two concrete gable walls and an up side down vault of 10mm galvanized steel spanning between, and cantilevering past them. Underneath the roof are insulated spaces of slender wooden frames and glass. From inside the rooms one can see the continuous steel vault above the glass ceiling. The structure has an asymmetrical section with cantilevering awnings towards the south. The appearance of the building was never an intention in itself, but a result of the desire to expose every part of the structure and to make use of the static potential in the inverted vault.

The main focus for the landscape was to minimize the traffic area and give the intervention in the vulnerable coastal terrain a distinct, but subordinate form. This is achieved by eliminating ditches and retaining walls and by careful planning of the cutting of bedrock.