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Driftwood House
What does it take to make architecture? A hammer, a few nails and whatever the sea washes ashore on a remote beach in the far north of Norway. Or what?
Surfers Inge Wegge and Jørn Nyseth Ranum spent the winter in a hut they built themselves; a reminder of the beginning – and end – of all architecture.
By Inge Wegge and Jørn Nyseth RanumPublished 02 Feb, 2012
In 2010, two young Norwegian surfers, Inge Wegge and Jørn Nyseth Ranum, decided to spend the winter on the beach of a cove facing the harsh weathers of the Northern Sea. They brought their surf boards, hammer and nails, but otherwise they planned to live off the surplus of others: eat out-of-date food from nearby shops, and build a winter house from materials washed up by the sea.
The house is nestled behind a huge boulder. The walls of the basic timber structure are made with an inner layer of timber boards, sealed with plastic sheet and insulated with empty plastic bottles set in sand. The roof is covered with turf. The wood burner is made from an oil drum, and the chimney from a bit of an old metal buoy.
Facts:
You can find a webcast of Inge and Jørn's winter at www.tv2.no.