More visitors are coming to look over the Gudbrandsjuvet gorge, part of National Tourist Route Geiranger. Jensen & Skodvin's new café has a corner seat for everyone.
Gudbrandsjuvet Service Centre.
The structure of the building is based on a triangular, prefabricated concrete element which is both floor, wall, column and roof in one element. The café with a view of the gorge.
From the construction site. The structure of the building is based on a triangular, prefabricated concrete element which is both floor, wall, column and roof in one element.
In recent years, the spectacular waterfalls at Gudbrandsjuvet have been made accessible to tourists, and visitor numbers have soared. Better service facilities were required. The new service centre comprises a café, kiosk and public WCs. The through road is closed during the winter, so from May to September the café is only occasionally in use as a meeting place for the local community. The café is also the breakfast restaurant for Juvet Landscape Hotel, which is also only open during the summer season.
The building structure is based on a triangular, prefabricated concrete element, which is floor, wall and roof in one. These elements define areas for café tables, and their geometric flexibility is similar to a bicycle chain, giving almost all the little café spaces the qualities of a corner table with a view.