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BACKGROUND
RINDAL
THE AGREEMENT
This stargazing tower is a part of an agreement between
The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at NTNU and the
municipality of Rindal. This agreement aims to create a
cooperation regarding education, research and practice
within the activities of architecture, art planning and property
development.
The municipality of Rindal has initiated a project called
“Rindal - time for living”. Within the project there is a part
called “Kul-Tur-Sti”, a ‘culture path’ in Rindal that includes
plans of small building projects such as a bird watching tower,
a bridge, a sauna, rest stops and more. The individual building
projects should be developed and built through educational
master courses at The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at
NTNU. Two of the building projects have already been realized
– a sauna which was built during the spring of 2011 and a bird
watching tower which was finished in 2013.
THE GOALS OF “KUL-TUR-STI”
The “Kul-Tur-Sti” is an idea introduced in 2005 by three
local associations in Rindal with the purpose of creating a
combined walking and culture path which hopefully would
tie the area closer together. One of the projects goals is to
emphasize the preservation and utilization of local, natural
and cultural resources. It also seeks to create meeting
places for the residents as well as preserving and developing
the area’s identity. These goals are achieved by introducing
different small building projects such as the already existing
bird watching tower and sauna, the stargazing construction
showed in this book and some other planned projects. In all
these constructions, quality and aesthetics are the foundation
of the design. Another important goal of the culture path is
that it can be enjoyed by all kinds of user groups: families,
joggers, bicyclists, people walking either to or from school,
for workout or transport, wheel chair users, visually impaired/
blind, elderly, or cross-country skiers.
A vision of the municipality is that the culture path will
become innovative and interesting even for people from
outside of Rindal. The community sees a great value and
development potential in the culture path which may create
positive ripple effects like employment and the promotion of
Rindal.