by: Saskia Langbein Keywords: Community Identity, Cultural Center, Re-Used Materials, Local Activities Orust Återbruk is turning into the Cultural Center of the island. It will become a meeting point for residents and visitors from all around the area. It offers a variety of activities, starting with what is already there now. The second-hand shop moves […]
Category: Architectural Transformation
project by: Kajsa Engelbrektsson keywords: Biodiversity, Education, Conservation, Community, The building has a history spanning over 80 years and has undergone several transformations since. Two buildings became one, rooms changed use and the surroundings were modified to work with the current program. In this project, I’m continuing this tradition of adapting and overcoming. When the […]
project by: Erkka Juusela, Kajsa Rosenlund Lindvall, Yongting Lu keywords: critical design, ecological design, non-human species, decomposition The consequences of climate change are jeopardising the future of all species. Alarming scientific reports have called for responsibility and action to be taken to mitigate climate change by all individuals and industries. The building industry produces an […]
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RE-STORE
exploring different levels of transformation project by: Emma Law-Bo-Kang, Jean-Luc Robbins, Karin Sahlin keywords: reconditioning, ruin, cut, timeline, knowledge sharing Re-Store is a transformation project designed to respond to the needs of the current occupants of the building as identified during the site visit. For this former dairy industry, we decided to gently renovate the […]
project by: Ebba Barkfors, Victor Hjalmarsson, Larissa Müeller keywords: Junction, local structures, supporting functions, education, extension The old dairy factory Mejeriet, from the 1930s, is located in the middle of Orust. Since it was closed, the old dairy building has changed both in terms of functions and in appearance, but it is still well known […]
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Orust Market Hall
project by: Barbara Kraus, Clara Alexandersson Frick, Michael Gates Carlsson keywords: Market Hall, Co-sharing, reinvigoration, contrast The dairy central in Vräland on Orust was first built in the 1930‘s and has since been remodeled several times. Even if the Dairy has been closed for many years it still holds a place in the memory of […]
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MEJERIET
project by: Alida Schultz, Andrea Eklund, Ebrahim Rahmani keywords: Local production, collaboration, community, Market Hall, transformation, addition With the old dairy factory in Vräland on Orust as site, the intention of this project has been to introduce a place where the local production of Orust is celebrated and showcased. Locally produced foods, products and items […]
by: Félix Maisonneuve, Lisa Johansson, Michelle Jönsson Keywords: Minimal interventions, circularity, connections, locality In the renowned and locally cherished old dairy factory located in the heart of Orust, the project began. Inspired by the existing qualities, users’ opinions and the rural area our ideas for this project started to form. The aim was to create […]
This page collects the student material of the course ARK626 that ran in fall 2021. The studio This master studio questions the conservation and transformation of the built environment in connection to sustainability and environmental care. Sustainability is already firmly embedded in architectural and urban conservation work, for example through adaptive re-use, retrofitting, and urban […]