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Hafsteinhús

Group 1: Hugo Bauer, Matilda Brännström, Jakob Elfström, Axel Grampp, Xuanjia Ye Original building Architect: Högna Sigurðardóttir-Anspach. Year: 1965-1968. Location: Bakkaflöt 1, 210 Garðabær, Island Background Hafsteinhús is a private villa in the coastal municipality Garðabær in Iceland, 5 km south of Reykjavik. Located in the middle of a villa neighbourhood, surrounded by more ordinary […]

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Helsinki University Library

Anttinen Oiva Architects | Helsinki, Finland Background Located in the historically important Hirvi city block in the heart of Helsinki, the Kaisatalo, meaning Kaisa House, of the Helsinki University Library sits neatly between the old brick buildings. As the architecture office Anttinen Oiva Architects first major win in an open competition in 2008, the building […]

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Kirsten Sand Own Home

Main model The main model serves as an abstraction of the house in its whole. Sand’s attention to details are often mentioned in research but not visibly shown in any pictures of the house, therefore the interior is somewhat of a mystery. This is presented in the model by making the inside a blank canvas, […]

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Höghult Fritidshus

Group 6: Gustaf Adolfsson, Lisa Landgren, Sanishka Balasooriya, Therese Alégroth Original building Architects: Fabel Arkitektur – Catharina Dahl Palmér, Sofie Campanello Year: 2020 Location: Högult, Karlsborg, Sweden Background Situated atop a steep site amidst the Swedish countryside, north of Karlsborg in Västergötland,  the Höghult house offers breathtaking views of surrounding scenery. The building covers an […]

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NORDIC ARCHITECTURE 2024

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Stacken Collective Housing

Group 6: Tove Brunberg, Sofia Lindell, Danna Liu, Hanxiao Ma, Axel Sörensen Original buildingArchitect: Lars ÅgrenYear: 1969 Reconstruction into a collective houseArchitect: Siv CarlsonYear: 1980 Cooperative house – bought by the tenantsYear: 2002 Reconstruction into a passive houseArchitect: Jonas Lundgren, Radar Arkitektur och PlaneringYear: 2015 History The story of the collective house started as an […]

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Kildeskov Swimming Hall

Swimming pool & Sports hall | Copenhagen, Denmark Background: In the postwar decades, the Copenhagen metropolitan area grew significantly. This led to a desire for a new modern sports facility to allow the residents to live an active recreational life. It resulted in the Kildeskovshallen Public Bath and Sports Center, built in 1969 and designed […]

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Vennesla Library

GROUP 5: Ziyue Chen, Yirong Li, Johanna Pettersson, Louisa Roth, Karolina Wäli Vennesla Library, in Vennesla, Norway by Helen & Hard. After winning the competition for the new library of Vennesla the building was completed in 2011. The goal was to draw more people into the library and become an inviting place for meeting. The […]

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CHAPEL OF ST. LAWRENCE

CONCEPTUAL MODEL 1:200 | 300×300 mm This concept model allows viewers to gain an understanding of the vision that Anu Puustinen and Avanto Architects had in mind when creating the chapel.The concept model that was constructed to visualise the skylight and path in St. Lawrence chapel. It is based on our research on St Lawrence […]

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Nanset Church

Conceptual model This model refers to Fidjestøl slogan “Levende stener” (living stones) and that every individual brick symbolizes a person in the congregation. The aim was to create something playful and simple were the volumes of the building together with their functions is shown. It is an interactive model, where the viewer can move the different volumes around, […]