THE CITY AND THE LANDFILL A story about material use and the future. Project background Material use We use more and more materials. During the last century, global materials use increased 8-fold, and there are no signs that growth of global materials use is slowing down*. (If we continue like this we will eventually run […]
Category: Out of Context / Matter Space Structure
GÖTAÄLV BRIDGE 1939-2021 OBJECTS OF NOSTALGIA MATERIAL This architectural object investigates how to manifest and experience the nostalgia of decay. The demolition edges of the thick sheet metal becomes a design feature aswell as the infrastructural scale as it is lowered to the ground underneath the original site of the bridge. The cuts create a […]
Space from Melancholy
TRASH/ TREASURE // DEAD OBJECTS // ONCE SOMETHING/ALWAYS SOMETHING 400 or 500 meters of thick mooring line that a friends-friend saved for his job at the harbour. The vast landscape of architecture is not limited to building or city. In the city and the building, small components are put together to form a unity. It […]
The design of this project is based on a study of the essence of natural environment. I wanted to better grasp and unfold its atmosphere and beauty, to then use in my own design. To research this I chose a few sequences in the Water Lily Parc in Gothenburg, the straw in the pond and […]
Pattern, Rythm & Repetition As I walked through the streets of gothenburg, frustrated that I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to explore, I began to look on the facades of the buildings surrounding me. I suddenly felt that the facade of the building I looked at corresponded to the music in my headphones, the […]
naturally formed In a search of new interactions between built environment and water the process led me to an exploration of materiality while using water as a catalyst for the design. This occurrence can be seen naturally in the shores of salt waters as the water evaporates.
// NON-HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE // 3D / SPACENESS / PLACE A concept of simple timber construction as modules to house different functions, in different locations. It can be adopted and placed in different urban spaces, according to what is needed for it. I have worked with Olof Palmes Plats right by Järntorget in Gothenburg.