Diplomprosjekt

The project contains two books: the book Moving in – A Discussion of Norms in Architecture and the booklet, The Norm. Moving in presents discussions of how to collect stories and information both against and towards norms, and the paradox in making new norms. The Norm, on the other hand, is trying to take a stand and propose new norms for quality within housing. The book, Moving in, and the booklet The Norm, are highly linked. They are referring to each other to expand the arguments presented in both books.

Memory of a place

A small place created by a family of farmers
Buildings made from the dirt of the land
Created for the purpose of utility and beauty
Rooms for the family, spaces for work and rest
Shelter for the animals
Spaces where light was absent
Changes in temperature and humidity
A home in the eastern part of the Sahara in Egypt, not far from the river Nile
– My great grandfathers dwelling

It rests upon the initiative; ‘I want to make a house, for whom I do not know’, which expresses the want to make a house, and raises the question of for whom is the house made? The work is a desire to establish a way of thinking and a language for expressing myself through the medium of architecture. I want to place myself within the profession; to make a house, to find the words that make the house come about.