Built with minimal resources for a festival in Luster, at the far end of Sognefjorden, this stage was designed to span widely enough to avoid obstructing views of the landscape or the performers themselves. The structure draws on Grindverk, a traditional Norwegian timber-framing method historically used in Vestland County for raw, uninsulated buildings like barns (løe) and boathouses (naust), whose truss system allows for large, unobstructed spans. Left open at the back, the stage frames the fjord itself as a backdrop, blending naturally into the row of existing boathouses along the water. Simple, vernacular, and unpretentious, the structure has proven so well loved by the local community that it still stands today, long after the festival it was built for.Commission, 2019