MOC: Holmenkollbakken - Architecture Scale

[Cecilie]

Holmenkollbakken is the most famous ski jump in Norway, and also one of the most famous and visited landmarks and tourist attractions in this country (possibly even the most famous ski jump in the world). It's situated on top of Holmenkollen, which is a hill in Oslo, and it's very close to where I grew up, and I have also recently moved back to this area. From the top of the hill there's a great view over the city of Oslo, and there's also a ski museum underneath the ski jump.

The ski jump dates back to 1892, but has been changed/rebuilt 19 times. The last rebuild was in 2011 for the Nordic World Ski Championship. My model is based on this newest edition.

For more background story, see wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....olmenkollbakken

This model won me a third prize in the architecture competition at the recently held Eurobricks event in Billund. A big thank you to everyone that voted for it

This is actually the third time I have made a ski jump in Lego inspired by Holmenkollbakken, but it's the first time I've tried to be true to the proportions and build it in a proper scale.

A couple of pictures of the real ski jump:

Edited May 18, 2014 by Rufus
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[Steve309]

Wow. Very well done. Impressive.

One question. The name plate. Did you print a label and stick it on. Or do you have a different method

[Mutant Orc]

Yikes! Getting the curve must have been really fiddly! I'm glad you made the effort though, it looks fantastic!

Well done on getting third!

[Cecilie]

Wow. Very well done. Impressive.

One question. The name plate. Did you print a label and stick it on. Or do you have a different method

Thanks

The tile is engraved. There's a guy in my LUG that has an engraving machine, and he made it for me.

Yikes! Getting the curve must have been really fiddly! I'm glad you made the effort though, it looks fantastic!

Well done on getting third!

Thank you! Fiddly is an understatement .

[Rufus]

Thanks for posting, Cecilie! I love the way you've recreated the slope - some great techniques in there.

Would you mind embedding a picture of the original in the first post and maybe a little bit more information about the building, when you have some time?

[Cecilie]

Thanks for posting, Cecilie! I love the way you've recreated the slope - some great techniques in there.

Would you mind embedding a picture of the original in the first post and maybe a little bit more information about the building, when you have some time?

Alright, since you're asking so nicely (who needs sleep anyway )

[3BrickFriends]

Awesome work.

[mechamike]

This was so nice to see at the event.. It's a really nice build.Very Impressive and not a build You see every day!

[Cecilie]

This was so nice to see at the event.. It's a really nice build.Very Impressive and not a build You see every day!

I see the real one every day though

[emilstorm]

Nice work! I went there on my honeymoon, I showed your creation to my wife and she thought it was cool :) it's a nice and different little creation, with some interesting techniques.

[henrysunset]

Amazing model. Great to see less traditional Architecture subjects made in the Architecture Studio style.

[Brickmamba]

Very nice

[Kivi]

Coming from ski jumping country, being myself a huge ski jumping fan and having visited the site in 1995, I cannot congratulate you more for this. It's absolutely stunning. The way that you managed to re-create so many of the characteristics of the ski jumping hill - inclination, curvatures and different widths - on such a small scale is amazing.

[Cecilie]

Nice work! I went there on my honeymoon, I showed your creation to my wife and she thought it was cool :) it's a nice and different little creation, with some interesting techniques.

Amazing model. Great to see less traditional Architecture subjects made in the Architecture Studio style.

Thank you . It's more fun to pick some difficult source material when building architecture style

Coming from ski jumping country, being myself a huge ski jumping fan and having visited the site in 1995, I cannot congratulate you more for this. It's absolutely stunning. The way that you managed to re-create so many of the characteristics of the ski jumping hill - inclination, curvatures and different widths - on such a small scale is amazing.

Thanks! It took me a long time and a lot of frustration to get all those details right. It's all worth it in the end though!

[Redhead1982]

What I find the most impressive about this ski jump is its runway high in the air. I'm familiar with smaller ski jumps (there's one in my home town, and another in a valley in the Alps), and they both have the runway on the slope of the hills.

Your architectural model looks great, it's recognizable, and it has some amazing non-conventional building techniques. I like how you got the right shape with different types of bricks. Well done!

[Cecilie]

What I find the most impressive about this ski jump is its runway high in the air. I'm familiar with smaller ski jumps (there's one in my home town, and another in a valley in the Alps), and they both have the runway on the slope of the hills.

Your architectural model looks great, it's recognizable, and it has some amazing non-conventional building techniques. I like how you got the right shape with different types of bricks. Well done!

Thanks . It's untraditional runway is probably one of the reasons it's pretty famous. That and the spectacular view!