This semester started with some workshops, these are strips from one of them. The strips mark the beginning of this semester project. Our site is the old brewery Carlsberg in the middle of Copenhagen. They have moved their production to Jutland and therefore, a whole new part of the city is to be planned. This is our concept for the building on our given site, we start from the winning proposal made by Entasis.
Credits to my group 3E!
Sleth modernism group workshop in the beginning of 2009. We had a week to come up with a suggestion how to build in the area around the harbour in Randers. We made a lot of analysis of the area and went there several times. Our idea is a concept called “Kulturholmen”.
Randers needs Kulturholmen, because it contributes to the city with a centralization of the cultural offerings, the city has, while it draws nature into the urban space and makes it useful in urban life. The berth sides become densely developed to provide a strong image as an urban space, like for example Central Park. This is to prepare Randers to the future so the city does not spread into the countryside and eventually form small satellite cities, but instead rises in height and density, with respect for the existing skyline in Randers. We call it Slow living and we’re looking car traffic around the city, so pedestrians and cyclists occupy the space. Kulturholmen becomes a garden in the urban space.
A committee selected three winner projects, and they were the base for our further work. Each had to select a concept to refine individually. I will upload my individual project later on.
We won 2nd prize 
Straw Bale Workshop from Thomas Lillevang on Vimeo.
I was together with a group of students from Aarhus School of Architecture, we worked together with some skilled straw bale workmen from Friland. The project was to build a sauna in a weekend out of straw bale, clay, strips, sea shells and a wooden frame. But the Danish weather teased, and I can say that straw bale+clay+heavy rain= bad combo! So this is just the beginning… we will finish the sauna in a few weeks. But it was fun and what a great experience!
If you are a bit curious about what Friland is all about, then I would encourage you to go there. NOW. It´s a fantastic place, where they experiment with different kinds of building types and materials. Really inspirational.