Doing Architecture

Abstract: WHY:”Making is the most powerful way we solve problems, express ideas and shape our world. What and how we make defines who we are, and communicates who we want to be.”-Daniel Charny. My vision of this semesters has been to embrace the joy of making. Since I got a fear inside of my body, that the act of making will be lost in the upcoming working life, in front of a computer. Design is a verb, it is an act of doing, it is making. WHAT:To design a primitive cabin small enough for me to hide from society for short times. The reason of the small scale is the opportunity to decompose every part of the building, every single layer.  The semester has been decided in three part:  1. The act of making: reference project Hermits Cabin (6.2 square meters) by Mats Theselius (warm up phase of model making in the scale 1.10) 2. The act of reflecting : triggerpoints of model making + theory (Gottfried Semper- Bekleiding) 3. The act of designing : result of design in a small scale cabin (Model 1.10 + drawings as representation of the model) HOW:The project has been driven by the principle of dressing. Inspired by the German architect Gottfried Semper´s theory of “bekleidung”. Were he argues for the German word “wand” (wall) as the envelope of space and ”gewand” (garment) as the clothing of the body. Buildings and humans require a similar kind of coating: people are dressed and buildings are cladded to either protect or decorate the bodies. What happens if the design of a small scale cabin is driven by the theory of dressing?