A room installed in a Japanese house recently is a loft, that is, an attic with a low ceiling. Its word derives from Norwegian.
As for a loft, you will know what it is in the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in Bygdøy. It is one of the must-visit places in Oslo.
A loft is a farmhouse barn with the second floor cantilevered out of the first floor, and its wall is built by stacking logs. The earthen patterns engraved on the handrails and pillars bequeaths the memory of the pre-Christian religion. A fascinating architecture unique to Norway created by the Norwegian climate is a loft.
Why was this Norwegian loft metamorphosed into a Japanese-style loft? The overhanging space on the second floor would be interpreted expandingly? It is interesting that the culture spread, changing the meaning like a message game while going around 2/3 of the earth from Norway to Japan via England and the United States.
In addition to the loft, the Museum is a treasure of Norwegian local culture, including the Starve Church, a lawn-roofed house, or the Rose Painting House.
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When you want to know more → Time of Travel - Open-air Architecture Museum - 1
(Oslo, Norway)
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