Archive for the ‘ARCHITECTURE’ Category

THE FIRST TEST RUN SAUNA IN OUR SCHOOL IN EAST ICELAND

Here on the photo is the area where the sauna is being erected and the ceremonial area for burning and thinking and communicating. The location is very close to our building and is on the other side of the fjord from the main town. Tonight is the first official test of the new sauna that […]

July 16, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

TOWN SQUARE IN REYKJAVIK – SUMMER JOB

  Great activity going on during day one of the market, agricultural products, design proposals, clothes and many other things for sale. Great to see the effort of all the people.      Hard working Art school (or ex art school) students changing the environment in Reykjavik centre. Wonderful work to follow and see how […]

July 16, 2011   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

LUNGA ART/DESIGN WORKSHOP IN ICELAND

The Iceland Academy of Art and the Oslo National Academy of Art are running a short master course in Iceland in July like before. This is a dream of mine and Goddur, my friend and professional partner in searching for ‘other’ directions in design creativity. A photo from the workshop studio. The regular boat from […]

July 11, 2011   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND  Comments Closed

CONSTRUCTION IN ICELAND

A small photo album here. The small side extension to the private house that I am doing in Iceland is being constructed at the moment. Nice to visit and follow and actually provide some tech info also. Here are two funny photos from today, 21. june 2011. Sverrir and Raggi are building the small extension […]

June 21, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ICELAND  Comments Closed

ARCHITECTURE IS FUN

My official drawing of the house. The small alcove on the left has still not been erected but will go up this coming summer. One of my architectural projects is coming along now. It is a private house in Iceland, on the outskirts of Reykjavik, where most of Icelanders actually live. The owners are just […]

May 9, 2011   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ICELAND  Comments Closed

PARK PROJECT IN MAPUTO

A banner on the fence to the park. It has all been fenced and has guards on the gates, something that is sensible for the darker hours. There are many ways to motivate design students but the most effective motivation to work hard is real projects. We have been so fortunate to be asked to […]

April 29, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

A NEW PARK FOR ARTISANS AND CULTURE IN MAPUTO

A big sign on the park fence invites people to the new location for artisans and culture. The old Parque dos Continuadores was rather dilapidated when I first saw it. A bit scary and not to go into at night. Now it has been transformed and great stalls have been built for displaying work by […]

April 14, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

10 YEARS OF DESIGN IN ICELAND – PAST DECADE

24th March 2001-2011 Today is ten years since we posted for the first time in Iceland an advertisement for applications to the new, first and only Design and Architecture Faculty in Iceland. Goddur, who is now the professor of graphic design in the Faculty made with me the advertisement that was posted in the largest […]

March 24, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

RAVE IN ICELAND

I have had great time in Iceland running the course named ‘Dialogue’. A ‘time out’ moment for the students and teachers to talk together, meet each other cross the specializations in the Iceland Academy of Art. The course and the dialogue culminated in the final presentation by Andri’s group with a Rave in a disused […]

January 31, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ICELAND  Comments Closed

ISArC CAMPUS GROWING

The new administrative block under construction The one year old academy in Mozambique is slowly growing and establishing itself as an institution of learning and culture. The campus is actually a rehabilitation of an earlier school for crafts and skills. That means there are primitive workshops on site for timber, metal, glass and electricity. These […]

November 2, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

REYKJABYGGÐ, MOSFELLSBÆ

The house seen from below. It is very close to the Varmá river, a river that was previously warm but now the hot springs have been tamed by the local authority district heating system. Although I work as a facilitator for design and creative people (job description: professor of design strategy) I do actually love […]

September 15, 2010   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN  Comments Closed

PANCHO GUEDES, ARCHITECTURE ON A GRAND SCALE

PHOTO ALBUM OF PANCHO GUEDES A collection of details from my track around Maputo on a nice rainy Sunday morning. I went last Sunday on a treasure trail to a number of the buildings designed by Pancho Guedes, the other of the two most famous Portugese architects. I actually live in a great block of […]

April 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN  No Comments