The
elective course “The tree of Souls” aims for giving students a thorough introduction to
the material wood, as well as its design potential and limitations arising from
its inherent structural and physical properties.
Throughout 10 weeks the course visited Folkemuseum, a
saw mill, heard from neurologists, biologists, historians and architects,
covering a wide range from how to manage a sustainable forest to details of
sound proofing of contemporary timber buildings, and worked on 5 introductory
tasks on the way:
- Tree species
- Analysis of historic timber-detailing
- Analysis of contemporary timber buildings
- Lecture reports
- Detail analysis of contemporary timber buildings
The elective week consisted of an introductory task of
drawing a detail sketch incorporating the essence of the short tale “a vision
of a house”, and of developing a construction system in timber and a detail
section of the master project each student was working on at the time.
Teachers: Moritz Groba, Jørgen Tycho
Guest Lecturers: Terje Planke, Ole Svenneby, Christian Steel, Jannik Abel,
Bjarte Bye Løfaldli
Students:
Marte Kramer Riseng, Mie Aspelin, Olav Andersen, Giacomo Piero Berner, Søren
Ruud Dingstad, Simon Tverå Drage, Riham El Moazen, Åsmund Iva Fallet, Benjamin
Ferdingstad, Julian Riise, Reidar Andreas Tveit, Oscar Figur Waddington, Ingvild
Høystad Stavem, Helén Dawes, Frida Nilsen