Aurland Public Toilets
(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Aurland
Norway
coordinates:
60.9089890 7.2096062
Building names(s): Aurland Public Toilets
Architect/Designer:
Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen
architect website:
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Completion date: 2005
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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
Last modified: 3 June, 2009 | Suggested By kiwi kid
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)
“The architecture of the public toilet is opposite of the lookout. While the lookout is light looking the pubic toilet is black painted concrete that is more heavy and solid in appearance. The building is pushed slightly over the edge. The gives it drama yet also creates a facade that is inaccessible to the public. People can look out to the great view from inside the toilets, but no one can look in.”