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Mining Sand | Claiming Land
Get PDFSand is the most heavily extracted material on the planet, with 50 billion tons extracted annually for construction purposes. Mining sites are often located in floodplains along rivers due to their rich geological layers. The mining operation involves digging below the groundwater table, resulting in groundwater lakes as a post-mining landscape, causing groundwater depletion.
This diploma project explores the potential of the mining landscape process and its post-mining lakescape in Mittelweser, Germany. It proposes an alternative framework that transforms post-mining groundwater lakes collectively into a landscape infrastructure that enhances climate resilience on a regional scale. Furthermore, using the mining operation as a landscape process, so that a designed post-mining landscape can be created, bringing new identity, programs and ecology to the local area.
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The Mining Reclamation Plan and Post-Mining Lakescape
The Mittelweser floodplain is the largest sand extraction area in northern Germany. The mines have dug below the groundwater table, forming groundwater lakes as post-mining landscapes. The agricultural landscape thus has been transformed into an extensive lakescape, spanning 500 hectares of post-mining water bodies. It is predicted that the lake areas will double by 2035 as mining continues. The large post-mining evaporating water surfaces have caused groundwater depletion, resulting in the drying of farmlands.Together with the rising flood events along the canalized River Weser. The area faces an increasing climate challenge.
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Transforming Mines to Landscape Infrastructures
Given these challenges, the project proposes an alternative landscape framework that enhances climate resilience while utilizing only 50% of the current mining plan to address concerns regarding arable land loss. The new landscape structure scatters and connects the groundwater lakes with existing ditches to collect rainwater, expands forest patches along the lakes to form riparian detention areas, and introduces small sealed irrigation ponds for the dry season. The composition of the landscape is aesthetically guided by farming plots, creating a multifunctional cultural landscape that showcases the enhanced geological dynamics of the river meander.
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Using the Mining Process as a Landscape Process
The project leverages the mining process as a methodology to shape the landscape, developing the “Cut-Fill-Cultivation” model that evolves the mining operation, closure and rehabilitation procedures. This design and construction methodology is tailored to the unique characteristics of the mining landscape and effectively integrates the mining process into designing and constructing the post-mining landscape. However, current practice focuses on stabilizing mine edges using limited slope ratios of 1:2 to 1:5. By incorporating a greater variety of water edges and slope ratios, the project creates riparian zones that respond to groundwater level fluctuations, providing diverse habitats, recreational opportunities for both humans and wildlife.
Envisioning a Nurtured Post-Mining Landscape
The project envisions a new blue-green post mining landscape by cutting, filling and cultivating the mining landscape. The created water edges of diverse terrain profile, are filled with materials sourced and recycled from mining and local farms. It creates the sandy beach, brick seatsteps, rocky shore, wetland boardwalk and riparian woodland, bringing various water experiences and a performative resilient ecosystem.
Conclusion
The mining of sand, a heavily extracted material, has resulted in the creation of large water bodies that are typically left to nature’s reclamation. However, through creative landscape design, these post-mining landscapes can be transformed into multi-functional landscape infrastructures that enhance climate resilience and provide new identity, programmes and ecology to the local area. By utilizing the mining process to develop a “ cut- fill- cultivation ” design and construction model, a more diverse edge environment of the post-mining landscape can be created, benefiting both people and wildlife.
The proposed project in Mittelweser, Germany serves as a model for other regions grappling with the impact of mining activities on their landscape. It is a call for a new perspective on post-industrial landscapes and an opportunity to reimagine them as assets rather than liabilities.submittedVersio
Freewheeling
No full textThis project explores the promotion of green mobility and sustainable transportation in urban environments, with a specific focus on cycling as a viable alternative. The aim is to address the challenges associated with car-centric societies and shift towards human-centric cities that prioritise eco-friendly modes of transportation.
The project begins by analysing the existing infrastructure and poli-cies surrounding cycling and green mobility. It identifies some of the barriers and limitations that hinder the widespread adoption of sustainable transportation practices. The outcomes of workshops and collaborative efforts are highlighting the iterative nature of the pro-ject and the importance of continuous learning and refinement.
Building upon these insights, the project proposes a range of interventions and strategies to encourage cycling and promote green mobility. Through prototyping and testing, the project demonstrates the effectiveness of these interventions and uncovers the “dark matter” - hidden challenges and potential opportunities - that influence the success of sustainable transportation initiatives. The project highlights the importance of creating better environments, implementing traffic education in schools, and developing clear feedback loops between the city and its citizens.
It emphasises the need for a shift in policies, laws, and institutions to enable sustainable transportation practices and create a positive im-pact on urban environments. Ultimately, the project serves as a call to action for policymakers, urban planners, and citizens to work together towards the common goal of transforming cities into sustainable, people-centred spaces that prioritise eco-friendly transportation options.submittedVersio
Sirkulært arkitekturvern : Hvordan påvirkes den kulturelle tomteverdien av Palétomten og Paléhaven ved demontering av dagens parkeringshus, og hva kan gjøres for å aktualisere denne verdien i fremtidig bruk? Case Studie: Palétomten og Paléhaven
Get PDFDenne masteroppgaven utforsker de komplekse historiske, kulturelle og byutviklingsmessige aspektene ved Palétomten og Paléhaven i Oslo, og stiller spørsmålet: «Hvordan påvirkes den kulturelle tomteverdien av Palétomten og Paléhaven ved demontering av dagens parkeringshus, og hva kan gjøres for å aktualisere denne verdien i fremtidig bruk?» Oppgaven fokuserer på identifisering av verdier knyttet til tomtene og utforsker måter å bevare og gjenetablere disse verdiene på i fremtiden.
Sentrale metoder brukt i analysen er Analyse- og Verdisettingsmetoden (AVM) og Heritage Value Matrix (HVM). Disse metodene brukes til å kartlegge og vurdere de historiske, kulturelle og arkitektoniske verdiene til Palétomten og Paléhaven. Gjennom en detaljert historisk analyse avdekkes det at Palétomten og Paléhaven besitter et komplekst lag av historier som er dypt forankret i Oslos historie. Paléhaven, historisk sett Norges første offentlige park, og Palétomten, med sin rike fortid som bolig for sentrale personer som Bernt Anker og som kongebolig, representerer et betydelig kulturelt og historisk element i hjertet av Kvadraturen.
Oppgaven understreker viktigheten av å bevare både de materielle og immaterielle sidene som har bidratt til stedets verdi. Anbefalingene inkluderer transformasjon av Palétomten til boligformål, mens Paléhaven gjenopprettes som en barokkhage, i tråd med stedets historiske funksjoner. Dette vil bidra til å aktualisere Kvadraturens og Oslos historie gjennom introduksjon av ny bruk tilpasset dagen behov.
Når det gjelder fremtidig bruk og bevaring av Palétomten og Paléhaven, oppstår en utfordring i å finne balansen mellom å holde på de historiske verdiene og å tilpasse områdene til moderne behov. De lavere etasjene foreslås benyttet til publikumsrettede kunst- og kulturformål. Dette vil være i tråd med historisk bruk av tomten under Bernt Ankers tid, men også være avstemt mot den aktiviteten som er etablert i de omkringliggende offentlige institusjonene som er lagt til den sentrumsnære delen av Bjørvika.
Oppgaven konkluderer med at grundig vurdering av historiske verdier er essensielt for å sikre at fremtidige utviklinger respekterer og fremhever stedets unike karakter og iboende identitet. Gjennom en detaljert historisk analyse og metodisk tilnærming, bidrar oppgaven til en dypere forståelse av hvordan historiske steder kan integreres i moderne urban utvikling samtidig som de beholder sin historiske betydning. Denne masteroppgaven understreker nødvendigheten av slik tilnærming til bevaring og utvikling av historiske steder.submittedVersio
Wooden futures? - exploring Norwegian birch
Get PDFEvery year, more timber grow than what is harvested in Norwegian woods, and birch is the most under-utilized wood species. In the material-driven design process, the typical approach to product design is reversed by starting with a material and designing product applications from that. Based on this, I have explored birch wood through a «7 weeks, 7 product concepts» approach, plus one concluding concept. The goal has been to work towards “know[ing] a material with your hands and not just your head.”
Throughout the project I have debated how to justify designing more products in a «full» world. In a world that seems determined to make everything disposable, we need to design objects that have value beyond economics, are made to last, and through that, are sustainable. In my master thesis I have explored this, and believe responsibly harvested, locally sourced wood can be part of the solution.
I’ve thought on how surface finishes and the material beneath interact to form patina, and how to plan for graceful aging through facilitating patina development.submittedVersio
Gathers: A look at Regenative gardening & Foraging
No full textThis master’s diploma aims to explore how service design can be used to support regenerative gardening and foraging in Oslo, Norway. Oslo has made significant efforts to become a more sustainable city, including setting ambitious targets for carbon neutrality, promoting urban agriculture, and creating green spaces (Oslo Kommune, 2019). However, there is still much work to accomplish to ensure that all residents have access to healthy and sustainable produced food.submittedVersio
Pumps, Pipes and a Four-Legged Robot: Designing for Human-Robot Teams
No full textThe fourth industrial revolution has the potential to enable integration of robots to solve various jobs within heavy asset industries such as manufacturing and processing, to create a safer and more efficient work place. One of the jobs potentially fit for robot integration is in asset performance management (APM), and routine monitoring of equipment such as pumps, pipes and gauges.
But in order to fulfil the potential of this integration there are many unsolved challenges related to the trust, transparency and reliability in the interactions between humans and robots.
This diploma project will therefore explore how interaction design can contribute to the collaboration between humans and robots when planning, executing and monitoring autonomous inspection of equipment. The exploration will be done in InRobot, an industrial application currently under development by the Norwegian software company Cognite.submittedVersio
Lindeberg Remnants: A Framework for Water Integration in the Alfaset Area
Get PDFSpatial transformations during th 20th century due to urban and infrastructural developments led to the fragmentation of surface-water in the Alna watershed resulting in diminsing the ecosystem. Centered on the Lindeberg basin within the Alna watershed, the site is characterized by impermeable surfaces.
This project explores the potential of these untapped spaces to promote the absorption and guiding of surface-water to bolster hydrological integration and ecosystem resilience.
Context
Several creeks within the Alna watershed have been fragmented and/or culverted due to developments in the 20th century. As a result stormwater and runoff find their way to where these creeks once existed on impermeable grounds. The new topsoil layer does not allow for water to infiltrate or ecosystems dependent on waterways to exist. Creeks that connected different species and defined land boundaries disappeared.
Methods
Through historical and present cartography, tracings, walks and photography, Alfaset in the center of the watershed is identified with abundant surface-water and high ratio of impermeable surfaces. The Lindeberg basin in the Alfaset upstream has the potential to connect two rich biotopes of the Alna river and the Østmarka forest and is chosen as a microcosm for the Alfset area.
The site witnessed glacial processes that left landforms such as esker ridges, kettle depressions and terminal moraines that shaped the water movement and behavior. These inspire introducing similar landforms that guide and hold the water before they flow seamlessly downstream.
Cracking the asphalt layer allows for the water to inflirate. The residue material helps introduce ridges that guide the water and depressions and terminals that hold and slow down the flow of water. This enables surface-water to revive the identity of the valley. Once characterized by farms that rested around waterescapes.
The chosen Lindeberg basin connects the most developed forest along the Alna river with a biodiverse segment of the Østmarka forest. Thus, increasing the resilience of these biotopes and their subsequent species. Further, it creates a new connection for the residents in the Lindeberg area through the creek to the Alna park, which currently has very limited access to the local residents.
Conclusion
The new spaces introduced in Lindeberg are aimed as an archetype to create new hydrological integration in the Bredtvet/Veitvet basin, the Alna river/Alfaset basin and the Trosterud/Haugerud basin. This project connects the condition of topsoil with surface-water integration and the spatial connection for the residents at the bottom of the Grorud valley.submittedVersio
Multispecies stories of Vardø: an Arctic place in change
No full textABSTRACT The speed of climate change calls our attention towards the life forms on this warming Earth – human and beyond. In this article, I aim to contribute to the conversation about how we co-exist by presenting multispecies ‘compost stories’ of the Norwegian town Vardø, which seems to be well underway in a post-Arctic shift. Vardø has received much attention over the past decade from researchers and artists. However, efforts to describe this socially and historically dynamic place are often concentrated on the built heritage and primarily human history. With a newly built community greenhouse as my point of departure, I unfold various multispecies stories connected to the concepts of demarcation, domestication, change and acceleration that I encountered during a summer in Vardø. Curious about the hidden stories of Vardø, I ask how to remain loyal to a place’s history while incorporating new stories that just keep accelerating in their relevance.Multispecies stories of Vardø: an Arctic place in changepublishedVersio