Anders Tyrrestrup
Founding Partner / CINO / Architect MAA / NORDMAK
Aarhus, Stockholm
aty@aart.dk
+45 25 32 32 78
Sletten
Framing an active outdoors life
Location
Ry, Denmark
Developer
FDF
Size
800 m2
Acquisition
Winning proposal in project competition in 2000
Status
Completed in 2003
Architect
AART
Engineer
Korbæk & Partnere
Award
Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award
Architecture and landscape melt together in the outdoor centre, Sletten, where roof projections, window facades and materials such as wood and stone pull nature inside the building – in order to frame an active outdoors life in close interaction with the natural surroundings.
Inspired by nature
The interaction with the natural surroundings is omnipresent in the outdoor centre. Apart from the roof projections, window facades and overall use of natural materials, the huge fireplace is also characterised by nature and the natural gathering point in the multipurpose room. Despite the almost monumental internal dimensions, the outdoor centre is situated naturally in the highland lake area of Central Jutland, while the window facades offer a panoramic view of the scenic surroundings.
Natural materials such as wood and stone are used throughout the interior.
Even the door handles are covered with leather to support the desired, natural atmosphere.
Build-in benches made from suede and wooden furniture are all part of the interior.
Challenging the highland
However, the outdoor centre does not look entirely neutral in its surroundings. With its black-coated wooden facade it draws attention to itself, just as its stringent and geometrical exterior challenges the highland lake area. The sloping roof enhances the feeling of the outdoor centre as to the surroundings, where the forest encircles the green, sloping plain, inviting to play and learning for children and adolescents in the amphitheatre and widespread nature area.
The wooden transparent front of the building offers a panoramic view of the highland lake area.
While the wooden front of the building is transparent, the back is solid made from stone.
The outdoor centre glows up the night sky.
Original sketches, exploring the context and inner spaces of the of the outdoor centre.
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