Hytte Finse

A cabin that expects the snow.

Finse is 1 222 metres above the sea, and the snow lies from October to May. We started from the load, 5.5 kN/m² on the roof, and let the cabin be as small as that allowed: 42 square metres, one room, a bunk, a stove and a table under the window that faces the glacier.

The walls are dark timber that takes the weather without complaint. The roof is low, so the snow stays where it falls and insulates. The porch is deep enough for skis and boots. The Small Buildings Biennale picked it for the exhibition in Aarhus, where nobody had to shovel it.