BARCELONA BIENNALE

Five projects from our studio have been selected to be exhibited as part of AHO contribution to the 6th European Landscape Biennial in Barcelona. The INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF UNIVERSITY PROJECTS IN THE SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE will be celebrated in the Technical School Superior of Architecture of Barcelona, from the 27th of September till the 15th of October of 2010.

See the pdfs here:
> JÆREN RECONNECTED
> A NEW SEASCAPE CARTOGRAPHY / (+doc)
> SOS JÆREN / (+doc)
> AGRICULTURE LEADS THE FLOW / (+doc)
> A JOURNEY ACROSS THE PIXELATED LANDSCAPE / (+doc)

Testing, testing

This is one of my four maps of Jæren. I have tried different styles on the graphics, but feel this works best. Please give feedback if it is too abstract.

Kemppe

The Counterattack

I have been struggeling to find an approach to how Forus will appear in the future. Alice gave me some reference projects about shrinking cities as inspiration. While looking through them I realized my intentions of choosing Forus may been unclear to you.

I see the shrinking city phenomenon more as an backdrop for my project, and not as "the project". On the countrary, my project is about finding a strategy on how to counter this phenomenon, and using Forus as the testing site. The shrinking cities projects I have been looking into deals with revitalization and reprogramming of abandoned industrial areas, and not areas which at current state are productive. Therefore I feel another approach is needed.

I am still holding on to my cards and my networks of knowledge. In the transition from the fossil economy I have to define what kind of new input Forus needs, and if they can be connected to the already existing industry. The newcomers will be the fresh impulses and the current actors at Forus can become mentors. I found a interesting project by OMA adding various functions and public programs to a metro line. This can be tested out along the JærMetro track passing Forus.

The main challenge for me now is how to deal with the landscape in this situation. Input would have been nice.

Kemppe

Midcrit - Kemppe

Instead of making a storyboard I have been focusing on strategies for my project. The following text describes the four strategies I have chosen. The presentation will be uploaded tomorrow.

CHARGING THE LANDSCAPE WITH NEW ENERGY
Many people we met at the studios rejected the consequences of peak oil. Yet Jæren has to redefine its role. Four strategies are introduced to prepare the region for the changes in the time to come, making a framework where the new Jæren may appear.

1 RECONFIGURATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE
The probability of Jæren finding “the new oil” is slim. In the future a bigger plurality in industry and fields of knowledge will be needed. The infrastructure should not serve one logic - the oil - but be able to serve several, making the region more robust in the transition to new economies.

2 CREATING URBANITY
What will fill the gaps when the Fortune 500 companies of Jæren relocate to new oil fields? Forus will need to implement new qualities and differentiate itself from other generic office areas, having the advantage to attract new companies and new actors.

3 SHAPING NEW SEASCAPES
The boarders of the oil fields will be washed away while others will appear, following new logics - currents, wind, sea depth and quality of the seabed. New lines will be drawn. Others will be more ephemeral, crossing international boarders and interests.

4 CULTIVATION OF THE FUTURE
The knowledge that Jæren holds today will not necessarily be the survival of tomorrow. New know-how should be the goal for the institutions of education, research and knowledge, in order to keep the region in the international spotlight.

IMBEDDED INFORMATION - KEMPPE

> pdf

Study trip celebration...

...with inuit throat song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiS0nVNQdo4

The katajjaq tradition is also well-known; it is a vocal contest between two women, standing facing each other. They sing songs, using throat-singing and imitating animal cries or other sounds. Katajjaq is a game, but is often stopped because both women begin laughing. (wiki)

Enjoy!
Kemppe

Trude talks about the mountainscape of Molde

Stud.ark (a newly started student firm at AHO) was in Molde this weekend to hold a workshop for the inhabitants. Trude was interviwed by NRK and broadcasted on the regional evening news.

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/verdi/122302

The clip is only in norwegian. Sorry.

Kemppe

Encircling the field - Kemppe

>pdf

EXSPOSING POTENTIAL

This is a project I did before starting at AHO. It is situated in a popular recreational area close to my home place in the north of Norway. Every winter storms are washing ashore driftwood from abandoned fishing villages and Siberian timber from Russian cargo ships. This is used for big bonfires at the sea each summer. The idea was to use this resource in another way, creating common place for all the users of the area.

It may be linked to the discussion in Ellen`s lecture about the embedded value of things.



Kemppe

Jaeren survey

On November 11th-12th we have been in Jaeren for a preliminary survey of the region. We have been following an unreliable italian GPS and this beautiful map. The result: many impressions, and a slide show, that we invite you to see, here.

Jaeren slide show from ALICE LABADINI on Vimeo.