GerlesborgRetreat
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16-20jan 23-27jan 30-3jan/feb 6-10feb 13-17feb 20-24feb 27-3feb/mar 6-10mar 13-17mar 20-24mar 27-31mar 3-7apr 10-14apr 17-21apr 24-28apr 1-5may 8-12may 15-19may 29-2may/jun
Research:historical&geographical
Research:health&wellness,marinelife
Research:referenceprojects
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Monday-Tuesday(!5-16May)Finalseminar
Tuesday-Friday(30-2May/June)DiplomaDays
THESISQUESTIONS
Howcanlocalresourcesbeusedandpreservedina non-intrusiveway?
Inwhatwayscanarchitectureconnectthehuman bodyandmindwithnature?
Towhatextentcanarchitectureaffectourmental health? Howshouldnewarchitecturerespondtosite-specific history?
Whatroledoeshistoryplaywhenfindingoneself?
GerlesborgSchoolofFineArts
Gerlesborgisasmalltownsituatedinthe southwesternpartofTanumsmunicipalityin Bohuslän.It’sonBottnafjordensnorthernshore, eastofBovallstrandandsouthofHamburgsund.
Itusedtobeanimpoprtantfishingvillageand tradingplace.Theiconicfarmhouseandlarge merchants’stallsarenowadaysabandoned.
Today,Gerlesborgismostlyfamousfor Gerlesborgsskolan,apost-secondaryartschool, foundedin1944byArneIsacsson.Since1958,it alsohasasisterschoollocatedinHjorthagen, Stockholm.
HISTORICALBACKGROUND
GerlesborgwasformerlycalledRåholmen.Itwas boughtbythegrainmerchantAndersGerlein 1823asabaseforhistradeinnorthernBohuslän. Intheearly1830’s,amanorbuildingwasmoved fromHisingentoRåholmen.Thefirstlarge magazinewasbuiltin1838,andthesecondone wascompletedin1883.AndersGerlechanged thenameofthefarmfromRåholmento Gerlesborg.Thegraintradeceasedin1951,but thebuildingandwarehousesstillremain,though inextremelypoorconditions.
Otherthanfarmingandshippinggrains, Gerlesborgwasalsoanimportantfishingvillage andharbourforexportingproductsfromthe localstoneindustry.
VISION
Iimaginevisitorscomingheretolearnmore aboutthesitehistory,marinelifeandecology,as wellasfindingamentalbalanceby experiencingwithalltheirsenses.
Thebuilding(s)itselfshouldbemadeoflocal resources,suchasstonefromtheindustryand woodfromsurroundingforests.
Theprogramcollaborateswithitssurroundings, bothnaturalandman-made.Thespareaches outinnature,therestaurantservesfoodfromthe sea,thelibrarycontainslocalhistoricalreadings, andtheexhibitionspaceshouldbeusedby studentsofGerlesborgsSchoolofFineArts.
YasuragiHasseludden
PROJECTSITE
IfsuitableIwouldliketorestoretheold magazinesandfarmhouseformyprogram. Aninitialthoughtistoplacetheexhibiton spaceinoneofthemagazines,andperhaps usingtheotheroneasacafé,libraryand shop.Themainbuildingcouldberebuiltasa hotel,whereasthespamightbeseparated andplacedalongthecape.
Butifthiscan’tbedoneinaresonableand sustainableway,Iwouldliketoplacemy projectinnearconnectiontotheoldbuildings somewherealongthecape.
Yasuragihotelroomsextension2013,WhiteArkitekter
FalkenbergStrandbad
REFERENCES
‘Ettköpmanshusiskärgården’ novelbyEmilieFlygare-Carlén,1973
Gerlesborg
YasuragiHasseludden YojiKasajima1970-72 CamillaWessman,Wallensteen&Östgren1997 WhiteArkitekter2013
FalkenbergStrandbad
Badholmarna,Bovallstrand Vann,Branstadt
Gullmarsstrand,Fiskebäckskil
KristinebergCenter SvenLovén1877
AnnaEhrenfors
www.ehrenfors.wordpress.com