Valle research
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Research proposal
The VALLE research will directly inform my M.Arch thesis work at the University of Washington. The thesis proposes radical building and product typologies that might encourage American lifestyles to become less environmentally destructive yet still maintain the local and global mobility that we desire. In this, there are two areas of focus:
- collaborative design and fabrication innovation
- design response to local, regional, and global mobility (relating to energy, environmental, virtual, and transportation infrastructure - please see the diagram “THESIS CONCEPT”)
My hypothesis suggests that a cultural attitude shift is required to perpetuate responsible projects, but at the same time proposes that a strong innovation economy that prototype projects helps to initiate the shift. My VALLE study in Norway will look towards Scandinavian social, political, and design mentalities to better understand connections between design/innovation economies, progressive/sustainable built environments (building types, urban planning), and mobile lifestyles (work vs. retreat typologies).
Research methods
This thesis project begins in my home 'no.D' of Seattle but will develop during travel and design in Scandinavia. The project involves 3 months of research in Norway observing nomadic culture (traditional Sami people and modern Norwegian retreat) and architectural precedents by bicycle + 4 months of studio design work at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Copenhagen. Consistent with the idea of 'no.D', the project will maintain digital connectivity via an internet wiki site to advisors at the University of Washington (Seattle), the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (Oslo), and the Royal Academy of the Arts (Copenhagen). This exercise will not only test the possibility of connectivity while roaming, it will demonstrate the increased depth of cultural and design perspective that is available in a modern nomadic lifestyle.
Research schedule
Research precedants
- AMERICAN (Prethesis study–spring 2007)
- airstream trailer assembly (jackson center, OH)..........MOBILITY
- chinook RV assembly (yakima, WA).........................MOBILITY
- rocio romero assembly (perryville, MO)...................PREFAB
- boeing assembly (everett, WA)............................MOBILITY
- “flatpak house” assembly (minneapolis, MN)...............PREFAB
- “weehouses” assembly (st. paul, MN)......................PREFAB
- anderson anderson prefab projects (seattle, WA)..........PRACTICE
- NORWEGIAN (VALLE study–summer 2007)
- snøhetta “modular homes” design (oslo, NOR)..............PRACTICE
- mmw (oslo, NOR)..........................................PRACTICE
- pål foyn jesperson (sandvika, NOR).......................RESOURCES
- jan capjon (oslo, NOR)...................................INNOVATION
- søren sørensen (oslo, NOR)...............................INNOVATION
- jan olav jensen (oslo, NOR)..............................INNOVATION
- ingeborg rasmussen (sandvika, NOR).......................SUSTAINABILITY
- folk museum (oslo, NOR)..................................CULTURE
- erling krogh (as, NOR)...................................CULTURE, MOBILITY
- ‘svartlamoen; (trondheim, NOR)...........................CO-HOUSING, PREFAB
- archbishopric museum of hamar (hamar, NOR)...............ARCH
- aukrust museum (alvdal, NOR).............................ARCH
- olympic venues, maihaugen (lillehammer, NOR).............ARCH
- ivar aasen center (orsta, NOR)...........................ARCH
- glacier museum (fjærland, NOR)...........................ARCH
- hardangervidda nasjonalparksenter (sinnarbu, NOR)........ARCH byg 01.1 pg 54
- oslo opera (oslo, NOR)...................................ARCH
- johnsen summer house (aust-agder, NOR)...................ARCH, MOBILITY
- hedmark museum (hamar, NOR)..............................ARCH
- norwegian petroleum museum (stavanger, NOR)..............ARCH, ECONOMICS
- karmøy fishing museum (karmøy, NOR)......................ARCH, CULTURE
- toursit project (sogn og fjordane, NOR)..................MOBILITY
- 951016 fhiltex-x mobile house (oslo, NOR)................MOBILITY
- stiklestad national cultural center (nord-trøndelag, NOR).ARCH
- EUROPEAN (Thesis study–fall 2007)
- malmo eastern cemetary (malmo, SWE).....................ARCH
- ikea “boklok” homes (NOR, SWE, DEN).....................HOUSING
- experimental house (muuratsalo, FIN)....................ARCH
- nordic embassy complex (berlin, GER)....................ARCH
- “pinc house” assembly (stockholm, SWE)..................PREFAB
- “qubico house” built (helsinki, FIN)....................PREFAB
- “loftcube” assembly (berlin, GER).......................PREFAB
- “spacebox” assembly (rotterdam, NED)....................PREFAB
- “micro compact home” assembly (AUT).....................PREFAB
- “m-house” assembly (london, ENG)........................PREFAB
Advisors
- Nicole Huber, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Department of Architecture
- Alex Anderson, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Department of Architecture
- Jan Capjon, Professor, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Institute of Industrial Design
- Karina Mose, Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Department 11
