PROJECT DESCRIPTION + DIPLOMA PROGRAM A R C T I C S H E L T E R S Investigations into alternative accommodation at the North Cape Spring term 2020 Hanne Ødesneltvedt Tutors: Sverre Aaker Sondresen Eva Kun INDEX Bergen School of Architecture Project description 18.06.20 Sandviksboder 59-61 a, 5841 Bergen
[email protected] Diploma program 06.02.20 WHERE / CONTEXT This Diploma project takes place at the Among those tourists who actually choo- northernmost part of mainland Europe, se to visit other parts of Magerøya, hiking INTENTION HOW / PROCESS the island of Magerøya in Northern Nor- in the plains and outskirts is a popular The intention of this Diploma is therefo- The foundation of the diploma is a way. Each year the island is visited by se- activity, and there are several established re to present proposals for infrastructure thorough analysis based on interviews veral hundred thousand tourists. A vast paths on the island. Based on several that facilitates an alternative way to expe- with local experts, review of relevant lite- majority of these tourists come to the interviews with local experts on tourism rience the island closer to nature, but also rature, a physical field trip, a written essay, island with one goal in mind: visiting the and infrastructure, it seems that there are to be able to control the destruction of gathering of maps and photos, producti- North Cape Plateau. The Plateau is wide- very few places where tourists can actu- nature to a certen extent. on of sketches and more. The analysis ly known as the northernmost point, and ally experience nature, wildlife and his- has resulted in two final proposals, one is an icon circulating social media and the tory over time in these places, and at the as an accommodation for overnight stays internet in general.