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construction
Slates and wooden shingles protect the construction
from the water and the wind. Wood is used on the
western facade, and stone on the roof.
The shingles are made of the heartwood of pine
from Elsrud gård in Viker, and nailed to the wooden
structure.
The slates were once covering an old house in
Begnadalen, and laid with the help of the Valdres
Folkemuseum. About one thousand slates were
placed on top of each other and nailed to the battens
below. The numerous holes and asperities in each
piece gives us a glimpse of their history.
The cantilevered exposed slab is covered by a single
stone, sourced less than five kilometres from the site
and split using a hammer and a chisel.
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