I’m back into blogging mode. I stop writing last semester and I didn’t
get a chance to even wrap up the first year of my Master’s. As I
mentioned on my previous postings we focused last year on projects in
Sarajevo. The first term the goal was to develop an architectural
proposal. The second term consisted in redefining the proposal,
finding an area of interest and further developing them. The
parameters that we got were quite broad, so it gave us a wide range of
possibilities. It was very interesting to see what everyone developed
at the end of the semester. The year culminated with a mini-conference
where we presented our projects in a digital format. That was also a
challenge since most of the students in our department at school put
most of their effort in building physical models. The topic of the
mini-conference was “Architectures of Persistent Transform”

A flyer for the mini-conference:
http://www.karch.dk/files/cita/phil/ekblog/briefs/100617_EKmini-conference.pdf

My project, which focused around the Sarajevo Film Festival, developed
into a more complex program in attempting to define how we experience
cinema. Opposed to the idea that the cinema industry revolves around
merely formal screening but rather through alternative methods of
filming and projecting. I developed an element that could be used as a
projecting and as a screening device at the same time. This element
proliferated in a variety of scales providing circulation, function
and form to the building. The idea is that user by circulating the
building could experience and share films, shorts, and even curate
screenings. This same device could also frame a view to the city and
establish a visual relationship with it. I believe the product was
successful. I enjoyed developing the idea and the architectural
proposal. Here are some images:



After the presentation I geared into summer traveling mode. I headed
into a month long tour before heading back to the US and South
America. I did several trips. From following the initial stages of the
Tour de France in Rotterdam and Brussels to visiting the valley of the
temples in Sicily, a trip to Fez and Marrakech in Morocco, a few days
in Barcelona and finally some travels trough Stockholm and Finland
following the steps of Lewerentz, Asplund and Aalto. Some images:


Saynatsalo Town Hall-Alvar Aalto


Stockholm Public Library-Erik Gunnar Asplund


Marrakech Medina


Valley of the Temples Sicily

This takes me to the start of our next term. This year we are heading
to Malta. We will spend there 2 weeks researching for a site and an
issue that we would like to focus on. This should eventually lead us
to our thesis project. We are very much looking forward to being there
and to get a few more weeks of warm weather. It’s pretty cold in
Copenhagen already. I’ll post more when I’m down in Malta.