Architecture by Latitude and Locality: The Scarcity and Creativity Studio. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hensel, Michael; Cordua, Christian Hermansen
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 85:Number 2(2015:Mar./Apr.)
• Page Start: 48
• Page End: 57
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) -- the Scarcity and Creativity Studio (SCL), Floating Compression Canopy, Nusfjord, Lofoten, Norway -- Las Piedras del Cielo, Open City, Ritoque, Chile -- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso -- Research Centre of Architecture and Tectonics (RCAT) -- Oslo -- Nes -- Norway -- Pumanque -- Spain -- Walk the Line -- Hospedería de las Alas -- South America -- LATITUDE 33 SOUTH -- LATITUDE 68 NORTH -- Arctic Circle -- Northern Atlantic -- 2×2 Bathing Platform -- Westfjord -- Kenneth Snelson -- LATITUDE 34 SOUTH -- Sørenga Bridge Event Space -- Villa Malaparte, Capri -- Adalberto Libera -- DIY -- Community centre; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1876
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : An initiative spearheadedby Michael Hensel; Christian Hermansen Cordua and Solveig Sandness at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO); the Scarcity and Creativity Studio (SCL) has been set up with the explicit intention of enabling students 'to learn from integrated design, research and hands‐on building activities'. Here Guest‐EditorsMichael Hensel and Christian Hermansen Cordua describe the ambitions and scope of the programme, and the projects that the studio has undertaken at extreme southern and northern latitudes, whether in Chile or in Northern Norway, highlighting the importanceof climatic and environmental factors in a local setting.