We would like to suggest a shelter that builds upon the familiar image of a shelter. A shelter redesigned with an aesthetic touch and high accessability. A group of shelters would be at the center of a path that takes you from the edge of the water to the tops of the trees.

Lets start with the plan and elevation. The plan shows the lake, the existing path and a forrest. We would like to add a collection of shelters and a wood- en walkway with a platform at each end. The walkway starts on the water, just beyond the shoreline, right where the forrest flows into the lake and the trees gives way for the flat plane. Here the water mirrors the trees and blures the boundry between the two. We suggest a platform that floats low - like a heay boat - allowing you to go below the surface, enableing you to get really close to the water and the life of the birds, the fish and insect life that hower just above the surface. A fresh breeze would blow across the lake and bring the smells right into your nose. The sun sets behind the trees on the far side of the lake.

The walkway leaves the water, joins the existing path only to suggest a new path, into the wilderness. You enter though a strip of dense vegetation into space created by the stream. Here a city of shelters is revealed as the path turnes and dissapears into the ground.
A special gravel is added to the forest bed, blending in, making it stable for wheelchairs. The walkway continues at the other end of the shelters. Here it assends into the trees in a gentle slope that both allows for wheelchair use and the easy enjoyment of the trees. This culminates in a viewingplatform five meters up overlooking the neighbooring field, the horses and the sunrise behind them.

An image of a shelter. We have decided to build upon the classic, familiar image of the shelter because it is such a rich image. It has no door - this is important - but a big opening to the forrest and the community around the bonfire. If you go to bed early, you can still enjoy the voices and sounds of the trees and the bonfire, as the last light from the flames fade away. Again in the morning you hear the first voices as the morn- ing sun seeps through the trees an into shelters.

The shelter would be constructed from thick wood, that diffrenetiates itself from classic shelters by introducing a hierachy in the structure. Here it is visisble what is carrying and what is the carried. The walls are constructed with a classic danish bulhouse method that is as practical as it is durable.

The shelters are simple and thus cheap, the budget would be spent on creating the wooden walkway.