From coast to mountain

University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

Author: Björn Ingridsson; [2014]

Keywords: Timber architecture; fisheries; prefab timber; vernacular; Norrländsk; västerbotten; umeälv; från kust till fjäll; tourism;

Abstract: In a city with fast growth and development, this project aims to embody the resources of its origin and nurturing vein, Umeälv, and project its movements into the future. Through the tools of an architecture that promotes and envisions timber constructions this project searches for cues methods and composition of the traditional timber buildings in the region in conjunction of an age of prefabrication.

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