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Copenhagen Community Greenhouse

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Term

4. term

Publication year

2019

Submitted on

Pages

96

Abstract

Specialet undersøger integreret design i arkitektur gennem et projektforslag til et fælles drivhus i København. Drivhuset er tænkt som et mødested for dyrkning i forskellige skalaer og som et sted, hvor mennesker og dyrkning kan mødes. Designprocessen kobler konkrete formgivningsvalg med dynamiske klima- og konstruktionssimulationer (fx temperatur, lys, luftstrømme og stabilitet) og afvejer dem mod sociale og rumlige kvaliteter. Arbejdet bygger på tektonisk teori – hvordan konstruktion og materialer udtrykker form – og ser arkitektur som en performance, altså hvordan en bygning opfører sig og opleves over tid. Metodisk fokuserer projektet på koevolution (at design og analyse udvikles gensidigt) og systemtænkning (at se projektet som sammenhængende dele). Resultatet er en ny typologi, der forbinder mennesker og dyrkning, samt en tydeliggørelse af designtilgangen bag.

This thesis explores integrated design in architecture through a project proposal for a community greenhouse in Copenhagen. The greenhouse is conceived as a meeting place for agriculture at different scales and as a space where people and agriculture can connect. The design process links specific design decisions to dynamic climate and structural simulations (such as temperature, light, airflow, and stability) and balances them with social and spatial qualities. The work is grounded in tectonic theory—how construction and materials express form—and views architecture as a performance, meaning how a building behaves and is experienced over time. Methodologically, it focuses on co-evolution (design and analysis informing each other iteratively) and systems thinking (seeing the project as interconnected parts). The outcome is a new typology that brings people and agriculture together, along with a clear account of the design approach behind it.

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