In 1962, two new buildings were built in Drammen a modern hotel and a new courthouse. Today, both buildings have reached the end of their current use leading to one being replaced and one being abandoned.
Diplomprosjekt
Sports and physical activities inevitably play important roles in the society. It has the ability to let people communicate and interact, regardless of language barriers, reiligion or socio-economic background. Physical activities are also closely related to bigger themes such as public health, integration and inclusion. My impression is that easy accesible facilities for activity not only improves the public health. It also holds a huge potential for contributing to attractive, social sustainable neighborhoods.
I’ve looked into housing quality and urban density, and how to combine these ambitions. I’ve explored these ambitions through student housing; aiming to combine high density with high quality housing.
At Økern in Oslo, the sports club Hasle / Løren IL have their facilities. One of their main branches is ice hockey. In the future the club has confirmed that they will build a new arena for this sport. The proposal consists of two nearly identical ice hockey arenas. And the building has a footprint of about 11000 square meters. This large program is in an urban environment under great development.
When facilitating for such places, it is important that they are located in proximity to the city, to keep them as a low threshold offer for the public.
Hovedøya, an island located only five minutes away with the ferry from Aker Brygge have a rich history, amongst other things there used to be a public bath there. Today the remains of the bath and its site is closed off and used as a workshop and storage for the urban environment agency (Bymiljøetaten).
How can this former program be reintroduced to be able to meet the requirements and use of today?
Hovedøya, an island located only five minutes away with the ferry from Aker Brygge have a rich history, amongst other things there used to be a public bath there. Today the remains of the bath and its site is closed off and used as a workshop and storage for the urban environment agency (Bymiljøetaten).
How can this former program be reintroduced to be able to meet the requirements and use of today?
The project Is located on Norway´s largest highland named Finnmarksvidden- Known as the part of the Sami core area where reindeer herding is the most important livelihood.
The herders follow the reindeer and stay in the areas where the reindeer naturally settled down.
The herders follow the reindeer and stay in the areas where the reindeer naturally settled down.
Technological advances force rapid obsolescence affecting the things we own and the buildings we interact with. Potentially, this leads to temporary solutions with no other qualities than being temporary. The planning of structures like this longs for an architectural strategy carefully reviewing the way materials are connected, preserved and eventually deconstructed to be fed back into a cyclic system. This project aims at taking these factors into account while proposing a new temporary ferry terminal in Horten.
