Task 1: Feeling

When I was exploring Elliðaárdalur I noticed many different things, but mainly the contrast between nature and man-made things. I thought that the man-made things were more overhelming. There was alwas a hint of it, if you couldn‘t see it, then you would hear it. I got the feeling that the place was trying to be something that it is not. My senses can not fully accept that it is true nature.

In my research I felt a lot of diversity, both in materials and value. Many systems intertweave together – f.x. route system and ecosystem. The place is constantly changing, both in the environment and how people choose to use it.

I photographed the area and the final result is this combination of photos and drawings. I focused on the contrast of the area between the man-made things and the nature. I observed what materials where there and how they had changed from external effects. The main nature elements that I found was vegetation, stones and water and that is the three main pictures behind the sketch paper. The drawings on the paper I worked out from photographs, and it is symbolic for the man-made things that I observed.

There is plenty of contrast in the work but you can find some similarities in it as well. That was something I discovered throughout the same time my work developed. Human influence will not be avoided but nature will always win in the end and take over everything that she wants.
What is good architecture? - Essay

„The purpose of architecture is to move us. Architectural emotion exist when the work rings within us in tune with a universe whose laws obey, recognize and respect“. – Le Corbusier.