Intervention for the specific -an architectural dialogue with the historical city of Visby Lisa Ekström Handledare/ Elizabeth Hatz, Peter Lynch Supervisor Examinator/ Examiner Per Franson Examensarbete inom arkitektur, avancerad nivå 30 hp Degree Project in Architecture, Second Level 30 credits 8 juni 2017
intervention for the specific - an architectural dialogue with the historical city of visby Lisa Ekström studio 7 supervisors: Elizabeth Hatz, Peter Lynch A search not of an ideal language but of a mode of architectural questioning that comes from the specificities of place and history Giancarlo De Carlo How can contemporary architecture approach an extremely specific and historical context? Grounded in the site and its history, this question is investigated through the process of adding a literary theatre and housing in the city centre of Visby, Gotland. My site chosen is a neglected spot, owned by the municipality of Visby, hidden in between a medieval church ruin, a night club, a daycare, residential buildings and the cellar ruin from a private medieval house. The study of the fabric of which it forms part is the beginning: this carries the architect on to the right way. The rest lies in the making of the building and its inventive inhabiting: all fed up by the mysterious underground river of style that wells-up into all the processes along the way. Alison & Peter Smithson, Italian Thoughts
intervention for the specific - an architectural dialogue with the historcal city of visby The study of the fabric of which it forms part is the beginning: this carries the architect on to the right way. The rest lies in the making of the building and its inventive inhabiting: all fed by the mysterious underground river of style that wells-up into all the processes along the way Alison & Peter Smithson, Italian Thoughts notations from booklet
Visual material layers of add-ons over time As a result of the aging of materials - two bright colours are meeting. A detail of the building following the ground collection of city spaces
Two windows, alike but mirrored, placed next to eachother. There is one wet stain under each window. The metal door was tried to be hidden by being painted in almost the same colour as the plaster wall. The wall protects and gives privacy to the garden. The tree, centered in front of the house protects the window on the second floor. One side of the garden is a fire wall. collection of city spaces
The set back entrance creates a semi private space between the street and the house. The nisch protects people and the wooden door from rain, snow and wind. The two houses are separated only by a tiny gap. The street light is places centered, right in front of the gap. collection of city spaces
Two different wooden structures built on top of eachother. The door is placed non-symmerical according to the rest of the facade, The two houses are separated only by a tiny gap. The street light is places centered, right in front of the gap. collection of city spaces
Newer pieces of limestone are supporting the older openings and new window glass are put in. One former opening is now closed but still visible. The two houses are overlapping eachother. The street light is placed centerid in front of the overlap. The house to the right is set back and there is a little corner created in the street. collection of city spaces
The placing of the windows (two very high and two very low) gives the house a certain character. The tree as a backdrop enhances the oddness in the composition. Two windows next to eachother; one bind window which is painted white and one (real) glass window which is black. The windows are both matching the wall below which is painted half white half black. collection of city spaces
The narrow street and the low sun make the reflections of the windows to the opposite wall look like real windows. Two different window types treated the same way. The combination of materials gives the feeling of beeing somewhere else. collection of city spaces
A very tall and narrow main entrance next to a very low and wide second entrance. They both enhance eachother to the extreme. A composition of a square within a circle. Glass surrounded by plaster, meeting site casted concrete collection of city spaces
The newer house and the older. Neighbours, connected by a courtyard and a metal fence. A monochrom colour- and material composition. All beige-grey but with different structures. materials and characteristics from different times. collection of city spaces
A composition of shapes and contrasting colours. An entrance to underground is challenging the scale and the levels of the city. collection of city spaces
The space in front of the garage opens up the street and different kind of city square is created. Stairs that are kept even though they no longer lead to anywhere. What used to be a private spot is now public, but still treated a sprivate. collection of city spaces
A blind door as a main entrance door. The flower pot is off-center the window. collection of city spaces
The cut-outs in the ground, centered under each window, helps to get light into the cellar windows below. The grid on top of the cut-outs prevents from people falling down into the holes. Meeting of different geometrical shapes. The shape of the wall is also found in the flower bed and in the layering of the stones on the ground. collection of city spaces
The importance in the continuation of the walll. The openings as punched holes in a continuos wall. The windos are temporary replaced by osb-boards. The temporary replacement is almost becoming permanent and the colours merge. collection of city spaces
A newer structure meeting a very old. The two structures form together a public open space which is an enclosed, intimate garden. The two next door entrances share the same stair. But the stair is cut and the space in between emphasises the distance and the relation between the entrances and the apartments in the house. collection of city spaces
The plywood board becomes a part of a whole together with the neglected house. The composition has a certain tonality; monochrome in grey, brown, beige. collection of city spaces
church ruin café apartments apartments private home office apartments private home ica torgkassen - (loading deck) grocery store bageriet - bakery private home ruin gutekällaren - night club karma - nightclub fröet - kindergarten apartments plan over visby my chosen site
site photos
site photos
Muggen 2 elevation scale 1:100 st Lars 7 elevation scale 1:100 Novisen 1 elevation scale 1:100 Valvet 3 elevation scale 1:100 surrounding facades, facing my chosen site drawn in scale 1:50 Munskänken 1 elevation scale 1:100
sketches organisation of spaces loading deck, ica torgkassen section functions today 23.02.17 theatre space 16.02.17 layout sketches uppmätning ruin uppmätning ruin
adding of another volume on site elevations reference 16.02.22 visby facade, sergison bates vattenavrinning - plans - adding on a new roof - adding of stairs in the cellar ruin plans sketches 17.02.19 adding of a roof on the cellar ruin 17.02.18 layout of the site and the groun
city stages adding of new city stages the existing cellar ruin and a new volume program - the square - the playground - the framed theatre - the framed public space the city as a backdrop for plays reference louis kahn, kimbell art museum indoor space relating to outdoor space sketches the existing cellar ruin reference caruso st john
2017.03.22 2017.03.24 2017.03.18 2017.03.14 using of space, movement, program program, movement, church before ruin levels church ruin as theatre 2017.04.04 plan 0 2017.04.05 plan 0 sketches 2017.03.24 different ways of bar meeting cellar ruin 2017.03.24 plan 0 + section
2017.03.16 2017.03.18 2017.03.24 2017.03.24 theatre in church ruin indoor space relating to outdoor space plan 2 plan 1 (or -1) 2017.03.24 plan 0 2017.03.24 plan 2 sketches 2017.03.24 section 2017.03.24 plan 1
2017.04.12 2017.04.012 2017.04.12 plan 1 plan 4 (takplan) + sektion tak plan 2 2017.04.11 2017.04.11 2017.04.12 2017.04.12 plan 0 plan 4 plan 1 plan 3 sketches
private courtyard by a medieval church ruin night club entrance - the city as a stage set for everyday life - - the city as a stage set for everyday life - private courtyard by a medieval church ruin - the city as a stage set for everyday life - city as a stage set for everyday life gap between existing church ruin and new addition - the city as a stage set for everyday life - models of my site built as stage sets, photographs inspired by adolphe appia-drawings
a square, entrance to the kindergarten entrance to a nightclub - the city as a stage set for everyday life - - the city as a stage set for everyday life - stairs added to the cellar ruin opening - the city as a stage set for everyday life - city as a stage set for everyday life entrance to a night club - the city as a stage set for everyday life - models of my site built as stage sets, photographs inspired by adolphe appia-drawings
gap between existing church ruin and new addition - the city as a stage set for everyday life - 2017.03.22 elevation study - new opening in ruin connecting to additional building - the city as a stage set for everyday life - 2017.04.12 facade study model studies 2017.03.18 facade study - new opening in existing cellar ruin and facad of additional building - the city as a stage set for everyday life -
2017.03.22 view from inside the church ruint towards the entrance of the new additnion - the city as a stage set for everyday life - 2017.03.21 view from inside the church ruint towards the entrance of the new additnion - the city as a stage set for everyday life - 2017.03.22 view from inside the church ruint towards the entrance of the new additnion - the city as a stage set for everyday life - model studies 2017.03.18 elevation study - new opening in ruin connecting to additional building - the city as a stage set for everyday life -
2017.03.30 2017.04.04 2017.03.24 2017.04.05 p plan -1 lan 0 plan 3 plan 0 2017.03.24 plan -1 2017.04.03 plan 2 sketches 2017.04.03 plan 2 2017.04.05 plan 5
2017.04.11 2017.04.10 2017.04.10 2017.04.10 plan 0 plan 1 plan 3 plan 2 2017.03.22 plan 1, 2, 3 2017.03.27 section model studies 2017.03.27 2017.03.29 plan 0
2017.04.12 2017.04.13 2017.04.13 2017.04.17 south elevation section a-a north elevation plan 1 scale 1:200 scale 1:200 scale 1:200 scale 1:100 2017.04.12 east elevation 2017.04.14 section b-b early drawings 2017.04.16 plan 3 2017.04.16 plan 0 scale 1:200 scale 1:200 drawn in scale 1:100, plans 1:50 scale 1:100 scale 1:100
model photos - apartment
model photos - apartment
model photos - the theatre
plan -1 drawn in scale 1:50 plan 0 drawn in scale 1:50
plan i drawn in scale 1:50 plan 2 drawn in scale 1:50
plan 3 drawn in scale 1:50 plan 4 drawn in scale 1:50
plan 5 drawn in scale 1:50 plan 2 with flooring materials drawn in scale 1:50
north elevation drawn in scale 1:50 section a-a drawn in scale 1:50
west elevation drawn in scale 1:50 section b-b drawn in scale 1:50
door frame - painted steel (same colour as plaster) door blade - painted steel (same colour as door frame + plaster) plaster door frame - pine wood door - pine wood outside inside outside inside paving - limestone floor - limestone paving - limestone floor - limestone vertical cut vertical cut inside door frame - pine wood inside door handle - painted steel plaster rough plaster door blade - pine wood door frame - painted steel (same colour as plaster) door handle - painted wood outside outside door - painted steel (same colour as door frame + plaster) horisontal cut horisontal cut detail - entrance door south facade, plan 0 scale 1:10 detail - entrance door north facade, plan 0 scale 1:10
plaster (rough) window frame - painted wood, (same colour as plaster) outside inside window board - pine wood water drainage vertical cut inside rough plaster window frame - painted wood (same colour as plaster) outside horisontal cut window detail scale 1:10 east elevation drawn in scale 1:50
south elevation drawn in scale 1:50
site plan drawn in scale 1:100
east entrance - small city square - city as a stage set for everyday life - pt.2 private garden - church ruin and west facade - city as a stage set for everyday life - pt.2 city as a stage set for everyday life pt.2 models of the site with my new addition, built as stage sets, photographs inspired by adolphe appia-drawings
south facing benches, church ruin and east facade - city as a stage set for everyday life - pt.2 east entrance - city as a stage set for everyday life - pt.2 city as a stage set for everyday life pt.2 models of the site with my new addition, built as stage sets, photographs inspired by adolphe appia-drawings