Geilo Panorama, alpine village, holiday apartments, Norway
Project website: http://geilopanorama.no
Geilo Panorama is located at and above the town of Geilo, one of Norway’s most popular ski resorts. The site is on a sloping ledge in the valley hillside, a shelf in the landscape, situated immediately between the slopes and ski lifts.
Construction started 2011, finished 2013.
The project consists of an alpine village with 25 apartments/condominiums. Every apartment has 3 floors, with their own separate entrance and private outdoor areas in front and back. The area also has an underground parking garage for 50 cars and private storage rooms for sports equipment.
The vision of Geilo Panorama has been to create a harmonious, attractive project, with a recognizable identity of its own, with sheltered private and common outdoor grounds.
It has also been important to create interior spaces that focus on the contact with the outdoors, nature, and the beautiful views of the valley. In order to create this openness and contact with the outdoors, the project has been designed in a fan-shape that has the longest and most exposes facades towards the view and the sun.
We believe that as time passes, the impression that the project grows out of the ground will enhance its timeless qualities.
There has been a wish to create a group of buildings with an original identity and an organic, timeless character, by transforming traditional Norwegian wooden architecture into a modern, organic design.
We believe that as time passes, the impression that the project grows out of the ground will enhance its timeless qualities.
Local stone from the area is used to link the buildings to the site in terms of colours and materials. The exteriors are clad with a combination of rustic panel and finer dimensions for the details and façade trimmings. The roofs are covered with traditional turf, sown with local grass types.
All the carpentring and stoneworks are done by collaborating with qualified hand craftsmen.
The project is very close to passive house standards with regards to energy efficiency.