Death is still quite often a taboo in Hong Kong, where most death architecture and landscape are unpleasant and frightening spaces commonly situated at urban fringes.
The existing funerary facilities are highly functional and lifeless, that the mourners can hardly find appropriate space for reflection, relief, catharsis or even a chat.
Photographs point to existing qualities and challenges in selected streets and public spaces. They are juxtaposed with sketches, presenting a new image where existing qualities are highlighted and the street floor is reprioritized in favour of pedestrians and cyclists. The transformation makes the city more interesting and comfortable to walk, bike and spend time in.
Seaweed is one of the most unexploited natural resources on the planet. Norway has a large and rich occurrence of this re-growing resource and it can be turned into an important source of income for costal communities. The location and the topography around these communities vary, but a common challenge is the difference in the tide andthe water level. The scheme is therefore based on the production line and the idea of the building as a bridge between the ocean and the infrastructure on land.
The complexity of the Venetian lagoon ecosystem is encoded into a set of generativedata-driven algorithms defining computational methodologies to inform architecturalstrategies at different scales. This includes selective preservation, modification andtransformation of the landscape in a dynamic and ongoing project for the lagoon, thenew local botanical garden and the architectures and technologies that are involved inthis complex process.
In the process of converting mechanical movement - flowing water - into electric energy, about 5% turns into heat. From a power plant with an annual production of 15 GWh, this means energy enough to heat approximately 30 households is lost.
In my project I propose three alternate ways to utilise this excess energy for various attractions along Vaksvikelva in Ørskog.
Through the building of small hydro projects, previously unavailable nature becomes accessible. How can small hydroprojects enrich the experience of their beautiful surroundings?
A church lies in a field. It consists of a large gable roof with spaces inside. The main space is asymmetrical, the roof merges with the floor on one side, on the other a wall divides it from smaller spaces that are open to the field. By the altar the wall ends, creating an opening where the field reaches into the space.
