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Håhammeren bridge and footpath, Hafrsfjord

With new bridges and cuts i the rocks around Håhammeren, the footpath along Hafrsfjord becomes continuous.

Architect: Multiconsult, landscape architects
Published 30 Mar, 2017
 
The footpath passes along a difficult stretch of terrain, and is partly carried on bridges, partly cut into the rock. Photo: Jo Gaute Fornes

The footpath passes along a difficult stretch of terrain, and is partly carried on bridges, partly cut into the rock. Photo: Jo Gaute Fornes

Along difficult stretches the path is sawn into the rock with a diamond wire saw. Photo: Stavanger kommune

From the construction. The solutions at each point are worked out in situ. Photo: Jon Torgeirsson og SWECO

The finished foot- and cycle path. Photo: Jon Torgeirsson

The bridge around the Håhammeren cliff. Photo: Jon Torgeirsson

From the construction. The solutions at each point are worked out in situ.

From the construction. The solutions at each point are worked out in situ.

The lighting is designed to emphasise the colours and ­patterns in the rock and the traces of the diamond wire saw. Photo: Nanco Hoogstad

The bridge at night. Photo: Jo Gaute Fornes

The bridge with integrated seating. Photo: Jo Gaute Fornes

Aerial photograph showing where there are 350 metres of the public footpath missing.

Site plan.

Completion: 2016

Address:
Håhammeren, Stavanger ­kommune

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Photo:
Stavanger kommune, Jo Gaute Fornes, Jon Torgeirsson, Nanco Hoogstad

Stavanger municipality has wanted to establish a continuous footpath along Hafrsfjord, but a challenging stretch along the Håhammeren escarpment remained: narrow, steep and partly inaccessible. To retain as much as possible of the natural terrain, the path has been cut into the rock, and in places led around it on shelf- or bridge structures. The bridges are in steel, with timber decking and integrated seating/lighting. The cut-out parts are lit to reveal the traces of the diamond wire saw.