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Ruin > Studio / Reestablished as found

​When found, the old barn’s wood construction had partly collapsed, and the 1.2-meter-wide stone walls were sheltering a lush forest of trees and flowers. The situation as found, with tales and signs of animals and farming was carefully registered, and both materials and phenomena were considered reusable and valuable.

Atelier Kvalnes is partly an add-on, partly a restoration project that preserves the existing stone wall: The basement’s concrete benches reinforce the ruin and allowed for a lowering of the basement floor, while the added concrete ‘crown’ stabilizes the stacked stones and offers the new house an efficient and leveled starting point.

Atelier Kvalnes

Studio and home for
artist A K Dolven

Kvalnes, Lofoten (N)

2009-2015

Photos by Robert Lund

and Spolia Studio

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