Over the edge: imagining innovation in Norway
Hayri Atak Design Studio’s conceptual design for a luxury boutique hotel, built 600m-high up the side of Pulpit Rock in Norway gives new meaning to edgy hotel design, thanks to its stomach-flipping cantilevered pool that stretches out over cliff edge to reveal a sheer drop below. We take a look at the concept.
Image: Moeava de Rosemont | Four Seasons
Istanbul-based Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio has designed a boutique hotel concept that literally pushes the boundaries of design to the edge. The first renders of the project showcase a luxury hotel crafted into the side of Preikestolen – also known as Pulpit Rock - a 2,000ft cliff that overhangs the Lysefjorden fjord in the west of Norway.
The proposed concept literally flips traditional hotel design on its head, with an inverted structure that would see guest accommodation housed below the hotel entrance. At the top of the cliff, Atak’s design envisions a large viewing platform incorporated into the naturally flat surface, which would double as the guest entrance.
Guest accommodation is split over three levels, with nine guest suites and a lounge area embedded into the rockface. The levels would be characterised by a series of cascading balconies that jut out from the cliff edge to provide uninterrupted views of the surrounding fjord.
A series of balconies look out from the cliff face, with a large viewing platform at the top, which would form the building’s entrance. Guest accommodation would be situated on the lower three floors of the hotel.
The hotel’s pièce de résistance is a cantilevered glass swimming pool, which if ever realised would offer daring guests unprecedented panoramic views of the surrounding Norwegian landscape. Atak hypothesises that the experience would be “equal to swimming in gravity-free environment” with the hotel, pool and cliff blending seamlessly to heighten the thrill of exploring the natural environment.
“The hotel can be considered a part, or an extension, of the cliff,” he explains. “I thought that experiencing beyond the edge is much more thrilling in a pool rather than a balcony.”
While there is no current plan to turn the concept into a real life hotel, Atak explains that exploring conceptual ideas can help to encourage innovation, stating: “they inspire us to create something different and feed us in different ways.”
Inside, shield emblems and historic details have been etched into glass and metalwork in reference to the building's police and military history.
Secret doors give guests access to the whiskey bar, signature restaurant and private dining rooms.
Bathroom
Guests staying in the suite also have access to the accommodation’s private healing salt room, two massage rooms and fitness room.
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All images courtesy of Palms Casino Resort
Istanbul-based Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio has designed a boutique hotel concept that literally pushes the boundaries of design to the edge. The first renders of the project showcase a luxury hotel crafted into the side of Preikestolen – also known as Pulpit Rock - a 2,000ft cliff that overhangs the Lysefjorden fjord in the west of Norway.
The proposed concept literally flips traditional hotel design on its head, with an inverted structure that would see guest accommodation housed below the hotel entrance.
At the top of the cliff, Atak’s design envisions a large viewing platform incorporated into the naturally flat surface, which would double as the guest entrance. Guest accommodation is split over three levels, with nine guest suites and a lounge area embedded into the rockface. The levels would be characterised by a series of cascading balconies that jut out from the cliff edge to provide uninterrupted views of the surrounding fjord.
A series of balconies look out from the cliff face, with a large viewing platform at the top, which would form the building’s entrance. Guest accommodation would be situated on the lower three floors of the hotel.
The hotel’s pièce de résistance is a cantilevered glass swimming pool, which if ever realised would offer daring guests unprecedented panoramic views of the surrounding Norwegian landscape. Atak hypothesises that the experience would be “equal to swimming in a gravity-free environment” with the hotel, pool and cliff blending seamlessly to heighten the thrill of exploring the natural environment.
“The hotel can be considered a part, or an extension, of the cliff,” he explains. “I thought that experiencing beyond the edge is much more thrilling in a pool rather than a balcony.
”While there is no current plan to turn the concept into a real life hotel, Atak explains that exploring conceptual ideas can help to encourage innovation, stating: “they inspire us to create something different and feed us in different ways.”
Inside, shield emblems and historic details have been etched into glass and metalwork in reference to the buildings police and military history.
Secret doors give guests access to the whiskey bar, signature restaurant and private dining rooms
Bathroom:
Guests staying in the suite also have access to the accommodation’s private healing salt room, two massage rooms and fitness room.
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All images courtesy of Palms Casino Resort
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