In place: An exploration of the relation between architecture and the place defining elements of a nature environment
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
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This thesis aims to investigate the experience of nature environment
in relation to architecture, and how the two may enhance one another.
With the city of Gothenburg as point of departure, a locally characteristic
context acts testbed to explore the place defining elements and
qualities of a nature environment, how it is perceived, and how architecture
may act as an agent within this perception of the place.
The area for investigation through this thesis is Galterö, an island located
in the outskirts of Gothenburg southern archipelago. Various techniques
of mapping and recording are used to gain an understanding of
the different present layers of the site and the elements defining the
place. In contrast to more conventional mappings of urban contexts,
this thesis explores mapping as a tool to decode and interpret a rural
landscape. The notion of situated knowledge of the place is relevant
in relation to the outcome from these exercises, and in the further process
of architectural design on Galterö.
Experience of nature environments is very much about being present
and being in direct contact with the place and the elements. Hence,
the mapping methods used are dependent on physical presence and
my own perceptions as moving my body through the landscape. This
value in physical contact with the site is recurring through different
phases of the process, such as in model making, program formulation
etc.
In Place is synthesized as a proposed architectural intervention at the
very western point of Galterö, called Galterö huvud. The architecture
manifests the site as a culminating situation of the journey through the
landscapes of Galterö. It recognizes the experience of nature environments
as an act with high value in physical presence where the sense
of disconnectivity from urbanity is a key aspect.
Formulating architecture in relation to this circumstance, two contrasting,
yet relating, structures are suggested on the site. An oceanspace,
hovering at the edge of the landscape – a shelter that exposes you.
And a refuge on the shore, merged into the landscape – a shelter that
actually shelters you.
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Curiosity, Exploration