Huts

After a break at the observatory it´s time to continue the journey. You head out for the glacier.

The snowfall has increased. You get closer to the top of the lagoon where you can truly enjoy the proximity of the calving glacier. You witness a large chunk of iceberg slide into the lagoon. The scale is immense.

The moraine, who looks like it is splitting up the glacier, works now as a path up to the glacier. The contrast between the glooming moraine and the glacier is very powerful.
You fight your way up through the weather and the topo­graphy. Finally, you notice small roof structures rising up from the landscape. That is the camping facility where you will spend the night.
The camping area is divided into clusters of prefabricated huts that are placed on the moraine by four wheel motor­bikes. The clusters vary in size, depending on if people travel in groups or as indviduals. The huts are placed on the moraine where debris is extracted from the moraine and simply placed on the huts to get them better protected from the climate. By time, soil dissolves and weatheres off the huts, making them more and more exposed to the landscape and to daylight. The walls of the huts have small inclined holes who let in a very weak light as soon as soil or snow vanishes off the surface.

In a couple of years, when the glacier has retreated rapidly, the huts are moved further up the moraine by the same method until the glacier is gone. The dissolvement and erosion of the earth references the life time of the turf houses as well as creating a dialogue between the retreating glacier and the huts.

Status: Academic Project - Master Thesis (4th structure)