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60 621 The extended Museum
Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).
Part of course series: Architecture = City
The course is open to students from: Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
The studio is a collaboration with Haugar Art Museum in Tønsberg to develop proposals for a new addition to the museum, and to strengthen its position as an art institution in Tønsberg and Norway. The museum is situated on a hill in the historical center of Tønsberg and located in a prized building by Bjercke & Eliassen from 1921. Based on an analysis of the museum building, park and surrounding urban context, the studio will develop proposals for expanding the museum’s public facilities through a physical extension to the existing building, and through spatial strategies for strengthening the museum’s position in the city.
The studio explores the transformation of historical buildings through architectural extensions, and discusses how urban architecture, in the form of an art institution in a mid-sized Norwegian town, can be a catalyst for urban development and integration.
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of museum extension approaches, designs and techniques, in context of “public interiors” and typology.
- Learning how to articulate multiple design scenarios and selecting specific design approaches within a realistic framework in dialogue with stakeholders
- Knowledge technical and conservation-related building design challenges through a concrete case study.
- Knowledge of how architectural designs can be utilized as a strategic tool in urban transformation processes
Skills:
- Design skills related to transformation, extension, and conservation.
- Analytical skills related to architectural and urban mapping and analysis
- Discourse skills related to addressing urban transformation, development, and architectural performance.
General competence:
- Commitment
- Self-Evaluation
- Development/ Synthesis of Concept
- Design Skills
- Verbal Communication
- Graphic Presentation
- Application of Technologies
The course is organized in several modules, from building analysis, urban analysis, concept development, project development and dissemination with individual hand ins for each module. Projects are developed individually or in pairs. The course has studio days where presence is expected, focused on presentations and dialogue.
Excursion:
There will be a study trip to Basel in Switzerland or another European city, as well as smaller excursions to survey museum extensions locally.
Course literature will be available in Leganto.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Project assignment | - | Pass / fail |
| Workload activity | Comment |
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| Attendance | Participation and attendance in lectures, supervision at the desks in the studio, seminars and workshops is expected. |
| Excursion | Those who do not have the opportunity to participate in an excursion will be given an assignment/a project that replaces this. |