Ostasteidn rasteplass – spesialløsninger i glassfiber

Photo: Lars Grimsby

In beautiful surroundings along the Sandsfjorden you will find Ostasteidn Rasteplass – an unusual sight. The rest area was built with several special solutions supplied by Glassfiber Produkter.

"The excitement lies in seeing how fiberglass can solve challenges," says project manager Magnar Stangeland. "Here we have used fiberglass for many different things. Some you can sit on, some you can walk on and some are for decoration."

Fiberglass Products has delivered:

Door leaf for service buildings
Toilet symbols and symbol for the garbage chute
Gratings for walkways
Edge plates for walkways
Benches along the parking lot
Benches for seating area
Four tables at seating area
Edge plates along the seating area
Floor plate with grating and garbage chute

Fiberglass walkways. Photo: Lars Grimsby

Viewpoint with seating. Photo: Lars Grimsby

Much more than old boats

Fiberglass is associated with old boats, but the material can be used for so much more. Several of the products delivered to Ostasteidn are manufactured from recycled, ground fiberglass granules with the addition of new polyester, supplied by Ecofiber Recycling ASOld, scrapped fiberglass recreational boats are given new life by being recycled into new material.

Edge boards, table bases and garbage chute are manufactured with the granulate, and gratings, benches, table tops and door leaves are manufactured in natural-colored, translucent fiberglass-reinforced polyester.

Ryfylkes nature

The rest area consists of a service building with toilets, seating and tables. The design of the building is based on the paintings of artist Lars Hertevig, who was inspired by the nature of Ryfylke. The layout and dreamlike design of the rest area blend in with nature, and the toilet building is vegetated with moss, which will eventually become a moss facade. A fiberglass walkway is used to interfere with the vegetation as little as possible around, and connects the different parts of the picnic area.

The project is part of national tourist routes where the Norwegian Public Roads Administration is responsible for viewpoints and rest areas around Norway. They work to design beautiful sights of high visual quality. KAP architecture and planning AS is behind the design of Ostasteidn and received concrete element price in 2019 for the work on the picnic area.

We thank you BG Suldal AS for an interesting and exciting assignment. We are proud to show what our team can do with fiberglass.