Aurland Lookout
(2 vote, 90.00% worth checking out) 
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Norway
coordinates: 60.9094086,7.2101212
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Building names(s): Aurland Lookout / Aurlandsvegen Stegastein
Architect/Designer: Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen
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Completion date: Dec 2005
function(s): public space, Viewing area
Getting there:
Destination Aurland-Flåm-Lærdal is easy accessible by bus, boat, train or private car.
The site is above Aurland, a small town in Sogn og Fjordane, one of the larger fjords on the West Coast of Norway. Aurland is three hours drive (200 km) from Bergen, Norway’s second largest city. (and about 330 km from Oslo)
TRAIN
It is daily several departures on the Bergenline between Oslo and Bergen all year. All trains on the Bergenline stop at Myrdal. At Myrdal there is connection with the Flåm Railway to Flåm. During the winter there are 4-5 daily departures on the Flåm Railway. – in the summer the Flåm Railway is running 10 times a day.
Info/traintickets: 815 00 888 – www.nsb.no
www.flaamsbana.no
FROM AURLAND
Aurlandsvegen – the mountainroad between Aurland and Lærdal you’ll find a unique new breathtaking viewpoint Plattform (lookout) – Stegastein.
Situated 6 km from the centre of Aurlandsvangen. 650 metres above sea level – overlooking the Aurlandfjord.
The road between Aurland centre and Stegastein is open all year. Parking & toilets.
architect’s website: www.saunders.no
Structural dimesions: 4 m wide, 30 long, and 9m high out at the very end.
2 comments/reviews
archdaily says:
Feb 17, 2009
“…To make the situation even more dramatic it was important for us to create the experience of leaving the mountainside. We wanted people to come out in the air. The construction creates a distinct horizon; a bridge in the open room of this large fjord. It is imperative that the landscape and the vegetation not altered, but are protected so that one came come out from the landscape and experience it from new standpoint.
We have managed to behold all of the large pine trees on the site. This allows us to create an interaction between the structure and nature. One can walk out into the air through the treetops, helping dramatise the experience of nature and the larger landscape room…”
nordic design blog says:
Feb 17, 2009
Aurland Norway is one of greatest architecture masterpieces of modern history. Designed by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen, offers a spectacular view of one of the largest fjords on Norway’s west coast.
Constructed in the most spectacular scenery of fijords near Aurland, this panoramic point situated on the jagged west coast. Architecture of this object joined in complete harmony with environment and create an extreme thrilling experience. Architects designed a 30-metre-long ramp-like walk to the open space, and treating visitors to a breathtaking feeling. A virtually invisible 1.2-metre-high glass barrier perpetuates the sense of potentially falling off the edge of this structure.