ARCHITECTURE & SECRETS – A study of contemporary secret rooms in architecture Abstract We are fascinated by the pyramids of ancient Egypt and the many chambers and secrets they keep. Something intrigues us about secret passages and rooms to be yet discovered, unlocked, where you can’t imagine what is hiding behind the next corner. What […]
www.johanwall.com WOOD WORKS – An innovative system of wood connections, originating in state-of-the art circular design principles and traditional joinery craftsmanship, is developed for a structural system of engineered wood products. The joinery system is an architectural exploration aimed at demonstrating how timber structures could be assembled to facilitate easier deconstruction and increase the reuse […]
Densifying a Swedish miljonprogram area with a new residential building. The record years (miljonprogrammet), 1965-74, contractors were encouraged with favourable loans to build projects of 1000 apartments or more by the Swedish state. This resulted in large areas, ostracized from their close context, architecturally and spatially. `Project 1060´ is the investigative result of how one […]
‘How can the spirit of a lost identity be articulated and reformulated through architecture?’ It is more than 50 years since the echoing, rattling and squeaking sounds of the quarry on Udden (The Cape) in Hunnebostrand fell silent. Today all that is left except stories about a once flourishing stone industry is a scarred landscape […]
𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 • 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 • 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐬 • 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 • 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 Metamorphosis of Care is a master thesis that aims to use visual representations inspired by Swedish folklore and Norse mythology as communication tools to connect notions of nature, culture, and care in Sweden. The representations serve as the foundation for spatial sequences that provide society […]
-An architectural exploration of synergies within small scale ocean cultivation, implemented in a design proposal on Hönö. Food is a central part of our everyday lives, yet food production has never been as secluded as today. Our food systems are built on monoculture principles advocating an antagonistic view of natural forces and diversity. This result […]
WOODEN IT BE NICE Challenges and opportunities in modern wooden construction The Swedish housing stock needs to be enlarged and simultaneously, with Agenda 2030 in mind, emissions need to be limited. Studies show that replacing steel and concrete with wood can reduce construction emissions. When researching opportunities in industrial wooden construction it emerges that an […]
HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC SPACE? a cross – disciplinary study of the democratic city. Abstract For decades we have been able to follow urban cities using concepts that promote commercial interests rather than public, in their fight for attention on the global market. Using terms like “branding” or “profiling”, the focus that should be on […]
SOUND AS A RESOURCE :Explorations of rurban acoustic space ABSTRACT In our everyday lives we are constantly exposed to sound even if we do not reflect upon it. We recognize, associate, and analyze sounds all the time and it influences how we experience our surroundings. When talking about sound in relationship to architecture the most […]
AT THE LOCH – a Library proposal for the Boleskine House Foundation, situated at a unique place and given the appropriate treatment regarding both context and content.