A company called Snøhetta is on a quest to create Europe's first underwater restaurant. They have designed a three-level structure with a 36-foot-wide panoramic window that allows visitors to journey to the sea in southern Norway.
At first glance, Under looks like a concrete container, tossed into the shallows near the village BÃ¥ly, but once inside it radiates life. The restaurant will have the space to fit up to 100 guests, and the building will even double as a marine research centre when no one is dining.
More than an aquarium, the structure will become a part of its marine environment, coming to rest directly on the sea bed five meters below the water's surface, Snøhetta writes. Like a sunken periscope, the restaurant's massive acrylic windows offer a view of the seabed as it changes throughout the seasons and varying weather conditions.
Snøhetta hopes to begin construction next year, with the goal of opening in 2019.
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