| Architect |
JDS Arkitekter |
| Date
Built |
Opened March
2010 |
| Location |
Holmenkollen, Oslo |
| Description |
|
They have been ski jumping off this hill
outside of Oslo since 1894 and over the
years ski jumps of various sizes and
composition have been created. In all,
the jump has been revised or rebuilt 15
times. The display
below shows 10 versions. This, the latest version completed in 2010, is the result of an international competition won by Julien De Smedt's practice JDS. His websites says of the design that, "... Rather than having a series of dispersed pavilions on site, our design unifies the various amenities into one holistic diagram. The judges booths, the commentators, the trainers, the Royal family, the VIPs, the wind screens, the circulations, the lobby, the entrance to the arena and the arena itself, the lounge for the skiers, the souvenir shop, the access to the existing museum, the viewing public square at the very top, everything, is contained into the shape of the jump. "   "The resulting simplicity of the solution improves the experience of the spectators and brings clear focus to the skiers jumping. The ski jump is clad with a mesh of stainless steel and rises 58 meters in the air. Its 69m cantilever makes it the longest of its kind."     The spector bowl below the jump can accommodate a crowd of 70.000.   The image below shows
the scene in March of 2010. The
image from Wikimedia Commons is shown
under a "Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported,
2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic
license." Details of the license
can be seen by clicking on the image.
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Holmenkollbakken,
Oslo, Norway  |
