Passage Hall
A concrete stair hall cut into a hillside
Architecture, Details
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2017–2020
Passage Hall cut into the granite hillside
About the project
A steep path linked a harbour town to the cliffs above it. We replaced it with a covered stair hall cut into the hillside, a public room you climb through on the way up.
Typology
Public stair
Status
Completed 2020
Location
Bornholm, Denmark
Client
Bornholm Municipality
Size
95 m long
Site
Hillside
Partner
Ida Lund
The stair hall from below
Blackened steel handrail
The concept
A room on the way up
The stair rises in four flights, each ending in a landing with one window to the sea. Climbing it, you see the harbour four times, each time a little further away.
Openings in the roof follow the line of the stair, so daylight walks up the steps with you.
The spiral stair at the top landing
Material and light
Concrete, granite and steel
The walls are concrete mixed with crushed granite from the excavation, so the hall has the colour of the hill it is cut into.
Handrails and lamps were designed by the studio and forged in blackened steel by a smith on the island.
One day in the living room
Morning
07:00
Midday
12:00
Afternoon
16:30
Dusk
19:45
Night
22:00
Bedrooms and kitchens face east, so the day begins with low, cool light across the walls.
At noon the sun stands high in the south, and the deep roof keeps the living room bright without glare.
In the afternoon the light turns warm and low, reaching across the floor to the far wall.
At dusk the west windows hold the last colour of the sky while the room slowly falls quiet.
At night a few low lamps take over, and the windows turn into dark mirrors of the garden.
Credits
Architect
Clerestory
Partner in charge
Ida Lund
Details
Elin Strand
Project leader
Mads Kjær
Engineer
Bornholms Ingeniører
Smith
Rønne Smedje
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