Architectural portfolio

Architectural Selected Projects

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THORKELL OLAFSSON

+45 23928021

Keliolafz@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/thorkellolafs/

My interest lies in the “in between” working with the span between building scale and the urban scale and the urban transformation that takes place when something new is added in an existing context, creating architecture that is both sustainable on a social and material level.

Experience

Arkitema Architects - Aarhus

Feb. 2021 - june 2021

Software

Education

Masters degree from Aarhus school of architecture

studio 1E : Architecture of the city

Sept. 2021 - Jun e 2023

Bachelor’s degree from Aarhus school of architecture

Sept. 2018 - June 2021

Digital tools

Qgis

3D print

Lazer Cutter

Knife cutter

Analogue tools

hand sketching

Model making

Language

PUBLIC TRANSFORMATION

location: Reykjavik, Iceland

Academic project. AARCH.

semester: spring 2023

tutor: Karen Olesen

type: transformation/cultural building

This project is a transformation of a parking garage in central reykjavik Iceland.

the project is a experiment to see how to adapt an already existing built invoroment to accomodate new programs. while also following a new masterplan where the private car is no longer the main transportation option in the design process.

the project is also meant to be as sustainable as possible with the implimentation the reuse and upscaling of materials that are already on site,

The characteristic rounded roof of the carpark is corrugated aluminium plating,held up by steel beams

Light steel constructions for the comercial spaces

Light concrete facade on the outside of the structure

middle wall separating the building and 2 car ramps

The floors are precast concrete slabs and placed inside the grid structure.

Primary structure is built with concrete beams that form the main grid.

parts of the roof are removed to both let light in through the glass roof of the atrium and create an open tarrace on the top floor to the south-east

The light steel construction is taken down to make room for an outside area on the north-west side of the building

parts of the facade are dismanteled to open up toward the street

the middle wall is removed to give space to an atrium that splits the building and creates a dynamic movement space between the floor

Slabs are removed to create a generous ceiling height in some spaces

Program diagram

Hitt Husið

workshops / art space

children lounge Cafe foyer/free space

study

CO working

exibition backstage tarace

TRØJBORG BLOCK

location: Aarhus, Denmark

Academic project. AARCH

semester: spring 2022

tutor: Thomas Høyer

type: transformation/cultural building

This project is a reflection on how we can densify our cities.

the project had its start in the exploration in the parisian housing blocks and the density of paris.

the project began By overlaying a footprint af a parisian block into another context in trøjborg in Aarhus, Denmark. to figure out how that level of density would effect the surrounding area.

site plan

ground floor engagement

residential

green roof open curtyards

public community house community house

openings to surrounding streets

A series of sketches overlaying the Haussmann clipping, where only the directors villa was kept on the site to see what kind of possibilities would occur on the site

flow through block

open/unbuilt space

Site sections

TRUBINEGRUNDNEN

location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Academic project. AARCH

semester: Autumn 2022

tutor: Keren Olesen

type: Small living/transformation/residential

The project focuses on small compact appartments, on an old industrial site in copenhagen, Denmark.

the appartment plans are end results of experimantion with modernist danish villas, trying to pin point and identify architectual qualities within the buildings. these experiments where done using analogue modeling and sketching to trying to incorporate the lifted qualities into small appartments of 45m2 and 25m2.

Apartment plans and sections

THORKELL

BIRD OBSERVATORY

location: Højer, Denmark

Academic project. AARCH

semester: Autumn 2020

tutor: Camilla Bank Andersen

type: Education/Nature/Wood

This project was part of a of a material study of wood that ran througout the 4th semester.

The project is an observation tower located in the western part of jutland. The observation tower is lifted off the ground as the ocean tides can rise drastically during the day, and with the high speed winds on the western coast the facade is closed and to protect visitors from the weather.

I used this semester to test the use of parametric design through the use of digital tools such as grasshopper to create a wooden structure.

Parametric facade

structual elements

Contruction diagram