stoeperiet complex cantilevers above 19th century iron foundry

link arkitektur layers an iron foundry 
all images courtesy of link arkitektur

link arkitektur has completed stoeperiet, a housing project in the transforming industrial area of damsgårdsundet harbour that hovers about a historical iron foundry. while the 45-flat residential volume is phase I of a competition-winning housing and business redevelopment for the norwegian town of bergen in norway, the stoeperiet housing are at the heart of the burgeoning district and abstracts the metal complex’s gabled 19th century tectonic makeup. architectural juxtaposition manifests as two stacked, visually light masses cantilevering like enormous, habitable beams over the heavy, worn brick structure. facades and window positioning have been determined by the technical building system of the flats, thereby lending the skin a rhythm of apertures that additionally mirrors the truss system that lies at the underbelly of the horizontal mass. this is an architecture of both restraint and utmost expression and uses the tectonic possibilities of both site and building system to create a distinguished mark on the landscape.

the apartments in the harbour-side context 

street view shows the warm, 19thc brick foundry building 

the pattern of apertures mimicks the angles of metal trusses 

view of the two volumes