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Atlantic Sounds: A Faroese Music Conservatory

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Term

4. term

Publication year

2018

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Pages

137

Abstract

I dette kandidatspeciale foreslår vi udformningen af et musikkonservatorium på Færøerne. Målet er at skabe en ramme, der kan styrke øernes særlige musikkultur, som har udviklet sig uden et nationalt tilbud om videregående musikuddannelse. Placeringen er Raktangi, en græsklædt landtange ved udmundingen af Skálafjørður i den sydlige del af Eysturoy. Projektet reagerer på bekymringer over, hvordan nyere færøsk byggeri forholder sig til det kuperede landskab. Vi undersøger traditionel færøsk arkitektur i et tektonisk perspektiv – altså hvordan materialer, bærende systemer og konstruktion spiller sammen – for at forme et nutidigt design med lokal forankring. Akustik bruges som et aktivt designelement: med en multiobjektiv optimeringsproces, der afvejer akustiske egenskaber og strukturelle krav, søger vi en bygningsform, der balancerer disse hensyn.

This master's thesis proposes the design of a music conservatory in the Faroe Islands. The aim is to create a place that can strengthen the islands’ distinctive music culture, which has developed without a national program for higher music education. The site is Raktangi, a grassy headland at the mouth of Skálafjørður on the southern part of Eysturoy. The project responds to concerns about how recent Faroese buildings treat the rugged landscape. We study traditional Faroese architecture through a tectonic lens—that is, how materials, structure, and construction come together—to inform a contemporary design rooted in local qualities. Acoustics are used as an active design driver: using a multi-objective optimization process that weighs acoustic performance and structural needs, we search for a building form that balances these requirements.

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