THE ASYLUM
Foundation first year | 7-week workshop
The assignment was to develop an architectural concept for an asylum reception
centre for 10-30 families in a city block in Hausmannsgate, Oslo. The first phase
of the project consisted of research done in groups by the students. Each group
covered different subtopics, including analyzing the site and the neighbour-
hood in terms of physical and programmatic properties, and the conditions for
refugees in the perspective of the individual, in Norway and at the rest of the
globe. The research was presented and debated in a student-organized seminar.
In the second phase of the project, the students worked individually to develop
a structural concept for the asylum on site, based on the collective research of
the previous phase. The main structure of the project was to be developed in
wood, and be capable of creating a variation of small and big spaces outdoor and
indoor, private and public. By the end of the project, the student ought to have
developed a main concept for the organization of the asylum, and a personal
attitude to the program.
