Energihotellet, Nesflaten

Hotel room entrance.

Energihotellet. The new building lies along the slope behind the original mess hall and staff accommodation.

The hotel rooms are accessed through the building, up a stair or ramp and through the back, where you rediscover the view of the lake.

The hotel rooms are accessed through the building, up a stair or ramp and through the back, where you rediscover the view of the lake.

The entrance canopy of the existing staff quarters, with the new hotel building straight across along the slope.

From the conference areas on the ground floor.

The ground level rooms have their own lightwells cut into the slope at the back.

Geir Grung’s power station at Nesflaten from 1967. In the slope above the power station lies the original staff quarters, which is currently being run as a hotel, and behind it the new hotel building.

Røldal-Suldal power plant. Drawn by the architects Greve and Grung in 1967 for Norsk Hydro. The round control with residences for the staff in the background. Photo: Bjørn Winsnes, Nasjonalmuseet, Arkitektursamlingene

Røldal-Suldal power plant. Photo: Bjørn Winsnes, Nasjonalmuseet, Arkitektursamlingene

Røldal-Suldal power plant. Photo: Bjørn Winsnes, Nasjonalmuseet, Arkitektursamlingene

Røldal-Suldal power plant. Photo: Bjørn Winsnes, Nasjonalmuseet, Arkitektursamlingene

First floor plan. 1. Entrance 4. Common room 5. Hotel room 7. Outdoor space

Ground floor plan. 1. Entrance 2. Meeting room 3. Hotel room with universal access 6. Plant room

Section through hotel room with lightwell garden at ground floor.

Section through the entrance.

Detail section through external wall.

Site plan.