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Tveidalen quarry: A structural, material and spatial study into sensuous experiences of time
No full textBy studying the interaction of stone and light I have, in this diploma, tried to answer the initial research question; how do we experience time in architecture? Time reveals itself in material textures and the shape of a space. It is present in the enduring connections of a structure’s elements, the sequence of rooms, and the path they invite us to take. Yet, it is the ephemeral moments within our built environment - the fleeting interactions of light, shadow and movement - that most sensuously shape how we experience time in architecture. You can’t hold onto the morning mist as it fades with the sunrise, nor will the shadow from a tree on your wall ever appear the same.submittedVersio
DWELLING IN LIGHT - 70° N Arctic light as generator for new architectural typologies
No full textDwelling in Light - 70° N takes a new approach to single-family house typology within Arctic Norway. Based on a fundamental component of our daily life routine, daylight, it has guided the very characteristic of this specific outcome. The leveled floor plan is harmonic, mediating with daylight through four equal in length and height pendicular facade walls. One glazed wall is completely exposed to its circumstances; the other three facades filter the strong horizontal light through an arrangement of diagonal walls within a grid of 3x1.5m. Niches, being in between spaces, reflect the light rays, filtering the cold outdoor light into a warm, honey-like glow. The light experience given by the niches is both a shared occasion and a more intimate moment. Within the main 3x3m grid, a timber-framed structure covered with epoxy-treated plywood plates rises above the flat roof structure. It appears as a transparent crystal to the public due to its glazed octagonal base shape. The outer layer of the funnel-shaped shower within the bathroom captures light from a 360° angle, bending the light down to floor level, while the inner part gives a vertical view of changing skylight, as well as an observation point for light phenomena that occur in the arctic. The concrete pillar foundation allows for smaller excavations in the ground, along with adaptability to irregular terrain conditions. A glulam structure is placed along the axes of the pillar foundations, which are covered with CLT slabs. The roof’s glulam beams span across the whole building on mirrored load-bearing glulam pillars. Due to the stair-like shape of the beams, they diversify the height within the inner core and the filter wall areas. The core is 2.4m from floor to ceiling, while the niches are 3m high. The use of timber in the exterior and interior parts of the house emphasizes the material connection with its context, as well as the fact that the wood transmits warmer light from its reflections in an otherwise harsh and cold environment.submittedVersio
This land is not for sale
No full textThis land is not for sale intervenes in an ongoing construction site situated in the municipality of Bamble, using a newly established road as focal point for discussing alternative development options. By examining the conflict inherent to any built structure established in a natural landscape, this diploma seeks to explore the interplay between an architectural outcome and a certain political and cultural locus.
A forest named Bunestoppen is the chosen site for the case study, embodying a landscape marked by several traces of human activities over the years. Treating the new construction site as a monument of the past, the project opposes the extensive planned development at the Langesund Peninsula. In the fictional alternative scenario, the infrastructure intended for private development is transformed from private assets to better benefit the existing local community. The diploma explores an architecture for neighborhood activities, placing trust on the locals to function as committed caretakers for the forest, as they have been for many years before the new building process began.
Organizing the existing discussion about the forest into theoretical actors assists a further analysis by distinguishing the architect’s role as an actor - who or what does the architect represent? Thus, professional judgements in complex situations are brought up for evaluation. Despite calls from various actors to protect the area through nature conservation acts, it was instead subject to a municipal regulation plan involving a new double-lane road, accommodating 120 new housing units and a fire station. These plans disrupt the existing use of the forest for leisure activities and as a favorable commuting route between home, school and workplace on foot or bicycle. Local politicians, however, are of conviction that the area benefits from new housing development potentially increasing municipal incomes from land sales and preventing excessive moving - a potential investment for the future of Bamble municipality.
The built proposal in the speculative scenario takes the form of a structure placed amid a landscape of felled trees and blasted rocks, seeking to emphasize alternatives to extensive building in the forest areas while pedagogically acknowledging the human impact, seeking not to hide or cover up the various traces of human activity. At the same time, the project proposes alternative built functions based on the neighborhood’s needs, using the remnants of the development. By offering a public space with an outdoor kitchen and restrooms, as well as flexible spaces for different activities, the aim is to take the neighborhood and their everyday life into greater consideration.
Investigating the spatial potential of ongoing construction sites, the diploma seeks to discuss the process of decision-making, examining not only what we decide to build and how, but also what we refrain from constructing. Exploring alternative solutions in the existing scenario, the diploma offers a new future for the forest where the plots are never sold. Instead, the project elaborates the purpose of new infrastructure to better consider various impacted actors - tentatively seeking to soften the local conflict, while gaining insight into a sensitive, but highly relevant topic for planning our built environment. What public spatial potential does an ongoing road construction have, and how can a broader value system be implemented?submittedVersio
Vampyr er litt spøk
No full textHow far can I go from the original painting and it still being recognizable? Is converting the way the painter painted into architecture possible? Can the brushstrokes and textures on the canvas become an inhabitable structure? How close to the original painting can the architecture become?
Vampire is one of Munch’s most iconic works. It revolves around themes such as love, lust, mortality and loneliness. The painting is not only a depiction of the vampire as a mythical being, but also a psychological and emotional reflection on human conditions.
VAMPIRE BY EDVARD MUNCH
Vampire shows an intimate moment between a man and a woman. The woman is depicted in a position reminiscent of a vampire, with her face close to the man’s neck, as if she is about to bite him. Her face is calm, while his expression is more marked by suffering or discomfort.
The colors in the painting are typical of Munch’s style, strong, contrasting shades that emphasize the emotional undertones. The dark background and deep red tones of the women’s hair evoke a sense of danger. His face looks pale, almost lifeless. Their bodies seemingly merge. Vampire and victim become one.
Munch also uses a distinct symbolic language. The vampire in the painting is not just a mythical creature, but a symbol of destructive forces in human relationships, where love and lust can be exhausting. The vampire literally sucks the life force out of the man, which can be interpreted as an allegory of emotional exhaustion and the destructive power love in some cases can have over the individual.
It seems like love wasn’t a source of happiness for Edvard Munch, but rather a source of conflict.submittedVersio
A space for processing: Tistedalen paper laboratory
No full textTistedalen Paper Laboratory forms a space in which
material is processed - in this case, paper - from raw
material to resultant product. Through investigations
of material, time, and place, this diploma forms a
study of the role in which continual processing and
reprocessing has the capacity to form the foundation
of an architectural investigation – one that coexists
with physicality, fragmentation, and memory.
As a laboratory for experimentation, the project forms
a space that can tie into the active paper mill
downstream. The proposed paper laboratory will
allow for small scale testing and experimentation,
assisting with new breakthroughs and methods in the
production of paper.
In the architecture, the paper physically modifies and
forms its surrounding spaces, showcasing the various
phenomena that are present within such a rich media.
In one moment, the space for drying, its thinness
allows it to flutter in the breeze, with the ways in
which it hangs showing the strength and mass of
something that is simultaneously robust yet fragile.
The coexistence of these opposites, much like that of
the new and existing architecture, searches for that
delicate tension inherent within their composition. It’s
through this discovery of the fiber, as well its resultant
structure and composition, that I have uncovered
layers of memory, mystery, and place. The
architecture exposes and celebrates these moments,
allowing for a space in which a bodily experience of
material can take place – a space in which we truly
process – both in terms of material production but also
through human perception.submittedVersio
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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