REFERENCES

LAP - Koutalaki Ski Village

PROJECT Koutalaki Ski Village CLIENT Kassiopeia Finland Oy COLLABORATORS Tyrns SIZE 56,000 m2 LOCATION Levi, FI STATUS 1st Prize

How can a ski village grow from its environment to create a bustling community?
circUlar forM for 360 views

The Ski Village is conceived as a gentle extension of the summit extending the existing cluster of buildings to create a new village square at the heart of the resort. The four buildings wrap around the central square to form a public pocket sheltered from the wind yet open and inviting to the surrounding landscape. The majestic views from the summit are contrasted by the intimate atmosphere of the spaces between the buildings. The gentle curves of the undulating roofs create a careful continuity of the natural landscape while lending the whole village the unique character of an architecture of ski slopes an inhabited mountain top. The Koutalaki ski village is a gentle as well as dramatic extension of both the summit and the resort. Grown from the natural topography rather than dropped from the sky the architecture extends the organic forms of natural landscape creating an inhabitable as well as skiable manmade mountain. Instead of creating design solutions that aims at dealing with snow by shoveling or moving it, we want to create a village that utilize the full potential of snow. When it is caught on the faade the window frames become a living part of the landscape, adapting to changes in the weather. The light granite faade enhances the intimate relation with the nature.

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REFERENCES

LAP - Koutalaki Ski Village

PROJECT Koutalaki Ski Village CLIENT Kassiopeia Finland Oy COLLABORATORS Tyrns SIZE 56,000 m2 LOCATION Levi, FI STATUS 1st Prize

How can a ski village grow from its environment to create a bustling community?
The Ski Village is conceived as a gentle extension of the summit extending the existing cluster of buildings to create a new village square at the heart of the resort. The four buildings wrap around the central square to form a public pocket sheltered from the wind yet open and inviting to the surrounding landscape. The majestic views from the summit are contrasted by the intimate atmosphere of the spaces between the buildings. The gentle curves of the undulating roofs create a careful continuity of the natural landscape while lending the whole village the unique character of an architecture of ski slopes an inhabited mountain top. The Koutalaki ski village is a gentle as well as dramatic extension of both the summit and the resort. Grown from the natural topography rather than dropped from the sky the architecture extends the organic forms of natural landscape creating an inhabitable as well as skiable manmade mountain. Instead of creating design solutions that aims at dealing with snow by shoveling or moving it, we want to create a village that utilize the full potential of snow. When it is caught on the faade the window frames become a living part of the landscape, adapting to changes in the weather. The light granite faade enhances the intimate relation with the nature.