Visitor center Äskhult; an architectural design investigation on the relationship between a specific context construction and space
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Andersson, Amanda
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
Äskhults by, located in Halland County, is a several hundred
year old village, which serves as one of the main tourist attractions
in Halland today. Visitors get to experience how life was for
the majority of the Swedish population over 200 years ago.
Äskhults by’s unique buildings and village site were once
surrounded by modern farmland and expanding spruce
plantations. However, this landscape underwent a significant
transformation in 1996. A large-scale project was initiated to
restore the historical landscape around the farms, mirroring
farming practices from 200 years ago, before the agrarian
revolution. In the early nineteenth century, the village’s four
farms encompassed arable land, hay meadows, enclosed
pastures, and grazed outland. Today, these lands, along with
the farmhouses, are protected as a cultural reserve, 132 hectares
large.
The post-and-plank construction is a several hundred year old
technique mainly used in farmhouses, that was prominent in
areas that had a shortage of trees. In Äskhults by the post-and-plank
construction is clearly visible and makes up for most of
the construction on site. The new visitor center should therefore
be inspired by the construction and visual appearance of the
historic site, however be thought of in a modern way.
The research used a combination of methods, including
“research for design”, “research by design”, literature studies,
case studies, and site explorations. The aim of the thesis was to
conduct an architectural design investigation on the relationship
between a specific context, construction, and space, through
the process of designing a visitor center for Äskhults by. With a
special focus on developing the building technique post-and-plank
construction, which is used in the majority of the farmhouses at Äskhult.
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Visitor center, building traditions, post-and-plank construction, Äskhults by