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Nordic Green Copper Aurora T


his contemporary cottage, built in a stunning seashore location on the Lyngen peninsula – a protected heritage area well within the Arctic Circle and one of Norway’s National Parks – is defined by its respect for nature and restrained material palette of Nordic Green copper clad walls and roofs, seamless glazing and timber. Snorre Stinessen


Architecture’s design


for the new Aurora Lodge retreat aims to embrace the stunning panorama across the sea and a close connection with nature, while retaining privacy. Conceptually, the design is based on a natural platform in the landscape


providing a continuous floor for the main building, both internally and externally. This platform is then protected by an angular canopy, forming the eastern wall and roof – clad entirely in Nordic Green copper – providing high indoor ceilings.


The copper enclosure contrasts with wide-open views of the surrounding nature – including the northern lights in winter – through extensive, seamless glazing. The same approach is taken with the two outbuildings, also enveloped with Nordic Green copper. Careful detailing and installation have resulted in graceful transformations between copper planes.


In terms of materiality, Snorre Stinessen explained: “Copper was chosen for its durability – particularly close to the sea and with air salinity – but also for its permanence, quality and beauty. The fact that copper is a natural material and, of course, 100% recyclable are for me important factors – and certainly its longevity is often overlooked”. The extensive Nordic Copper ranges offer patinated copper surfaces straightaway that would otherwise take many years to develop


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in the environment. Nordic Copper is available from Aurubis – part of the world’s leading integrated copper group and largest copper recycler.


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Sustainable restoration with Nordic Copper A


lthough a thoroughly modern


material offering limitless possibilities for contemporary architectural


design, copper is also – of course – one of our oldest building materials, covering the domes and spires of city skylines. Nordic Copper Special Patina has been developed specifically to help with repairs, restoration or extensions to historic copper buildings. Copper’s unique architectural qualities are defined by different stages of oxidisation and patination, which can take decades to develop. But the ‘Nordic Copper’ range provides them straightaway and the factory processes involved are generally similar to those taking place over time in the environment – utilising copper mineral compounds, not alien chemical processes. The surfaces form an integral part of the copper, generally continuing to change over time, and are not lifeless coatings or paint. With


Nordic Copper Special


unique pre-patinated copper material can be produced to match naturally patinated copper, especially for historic buildings. An original sample taken from the building is


Patina,


used but initial development can be started with photos using the Special Patina Tool (from www.nordiccopper.com). Once a specific patina mixture has been established and product supplied, the project mix is retained in case of follow-up orders. Aurubis can also recycle the original copper removed from a project. Copper’s ability to be recycled repeatedly, without any loss in performance, is an important sustainability benefit. All Nordic Copper architectural


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products are manufactured using 100% recycled raw-material and Aurubis is part of the world’s leading integrated copper group and largest copper recycler. A growing series of ‘copper stories’ – building studies exemplifying the best in contemporary architecture – showcase the diversity of surfaces, forms and applications available with Nordic Copper today.


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