German architects Sascha Henken and Stefanie Rittler have added a scalloped shelter for cyclists to a cycleway in Austria.
Named Pier 1/2, the construction is situated on the border between Slovakia and Austria and varieties a part of a collection of artworks created on a cycle route often known as the Iron Curtain Path.
Henken and Rittler designed the pavilion with a staircase-like kind that’s supposed as a logo of connection and separation, drawing on the mission’s location on the border.
“The core idea behind the design comes from its environment,” Henken advised Dezeen.
“The item is located proper subsequent to the border between Slovakia and Austria – the previous Iron Curtain,” he continued.
“The steps invite you to stand up and have a look on the opposite aspect,” added Henken. “It is just one half of a construction that might take you over to the opposite aspect – that method it reveals each division and connection.”
Pier 1/2 has a larch construction that rests on a pier set on a sloped, grassy riverbank. A vibrant yellow fence spans one edge, bordering a walkway alongside it.
The shelter itself is shaped with two scalloped partitions that slope upwards in the direction of the river, designed to resemble a cloud. Between the partitions is the staircase, which results in a raised viewing platform inviting passersby to look out over Slovakia on the opposite aspect of the river.
“Pier 1/2 has a really playful kind,” stated Henken. “We selected this, regardless that the division brought on by the Iron Curtain is a severe subject, as we wished to create a optimistic outlook.”
“The scalloped edges trace at heaven as a result of the steps cannot actually carry you over to the opposite aspect of the border, that continues to be a fantasy,” he continued.
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Beneath the staircase is the shelter. A red-arched doorway, accessed from the pathway, leads into the coated house, which options picket benches and a desk, giving cyclists utilizing the route a dry house to relaxation.
A round window with a vibrant pink body punctures the tip wall, letting mild in whereas framing views of the river.
Pier 1/2’s exterior is roofed in larch shingles supposed to assist it mix with its pure environment, whereas vibrant pops of color showcase the design’s postmodern influences.
“We selected [the shingles], due to their sustainability and pure aesthetic but additionally due to the affiliation with an alpine constructing model that we hook up with Austria, regardless that it isn’t actually far unfold within the Decrease Austria area,” stated Henken.
“Color is one thing actually intuitive for me and Stefanie,” Henken continued.
“However we did take inspiration from postmodernism and the 1980,” he added. “The shingles are supposed to mix into nature and the Austrian countryside however we wished some options to pop.”
Apart from galvanised sheet steel used on the perimeters of the construction, doorways and home windows, Pier 1/2’s exterior is constituted of untreated wooden, which is able to enable its look to step by step change over time.
“The wooden is untreated, so it can naturally change its color over time,” stated Henken. “Larch is the standard wooden for out of doors use within the Decrease Austria area as a result of it copes very well with moisture.”
Different shelter constructions not too long ago featured on Dezeen embody a triangular mountain shelter clad in galvanised metal and a woodworking shelter topped with an aluminium shingle-coated roof.
The pictures is by Kollektiv Plus X.
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