Bergen Arkitekt Skole Think Tank Bergen
MAPPING OF MOVEMENT IN THE FIXED ISLANDS IN SENTRUM OF INDRE ARNA
THE DEFINED FIXED ISLANDS OF INDRE ARNA
MINI-MALL ISLAND
INTERCONNECTION ISLAND
CREED ISLAND Mapping of how the Islands would have been defined around 1994, their borders and barriers.
// MINI-MALL ISLAND: The shopping center in Arna - magnet connected to the sea? // INTERCONNECTION ISLAND: The railway station - the capsule where people stream though. // CREED ISLAND: The church of Indre Arna - the scope of faith in Arna.
MINI-MALL ISLAND
INTERCONNECTION ISLAND
CREED ISLAND Mapping of how the Islands are defined today, their borders and barriers.
MAPPING OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DISCOVERED ISLANDS AND THE NEXUS FLOW IN INDRE ARNA // The discovered islands are connected to the nexus space of roads and pathways. The meil road leads to Oslo and Europe. Most of them have one or two entry points and the easiest entrypoints are by car. Big part of the islands are covered with parking and their boarders are often trees and vegetation that are situated there by people. // All of the discovered islands are connected to water, if not the sea then the river that ows down the valley. They are planted in the richest soil in Arna. // Rhythms to or between the islands are fast because people mostly use cars, bus or train. Inside the islands the rhythms slow down and are then mostly inside buildings, that makes the sign of life invisible to the outside. The sunlight is inferior because of high mountains and that might me a big factor. But the position and structure of buildings are not helping this condition.
MINI-MALL ISLAND
INTERCONNECTION ISLAND
CREED ISLAND
The connection to the sea from the Mini-Mall magnet. The MiniMall has no connection to the fjord.
TRAVELING THROUGH THE ISLANDS
// Movement through and between the Islands over borders and barriers. The rhythm trough and inside the Mini-Mall Island is during the day and from Monday to Saturday while the stores are open. People go to this place to shop and maybe eat, there is no outdoor program in this Island other than parking. // Movement through and between the Islands over borders and barriers where barriers are also inside the Interconnection Island. The rhythm trough this Island by train is in fixed intervals that change from daytime to nighttime and from the weekdays to weekend. There is tremendous amount of people that travel trough this Island over one year from Bergen to Oslo or Voss. // Movement through and between the Islands over borders and barriers where there is no connection to the river scape in this Creed Island. The rhythm is slow in this Island and this Island is really fixes in it’s place. It functions as a compass for people to locate themselves in the landscape in Arna. Section location.
Trainstation capsule.
Road barriers.
Orientation scope.
The walking path.
Passing trough the Interconnection island from the underground capsule.
Entering the Creed island.
TRAVELING THROUGH THE ISLANDS
Going out of the Mini-Mall island and entering the capsule to access the Interconnection Island. Traveling over barriers.
Going into the Mini-Mall island or going out to the sea. There is no connection between the sea and the Mini-Mall.
Trainstation capsule that sets you free to go on to another place.
Car park barrier.
// MINI-MALL ISLAND: The shopping center in Arna - magnet connected to the sea?
Viewed from the sea. The Mini-Mall magnet and its entry. There is a disconnection between the Mini-Mall Island and sea/water.
DECONSTRUCTING THE MINI-MALL ISLAND
Fast rhythm during the day, slow rhythm during the evening and on Sundays.
HOUSING - (magnet)
VEGETATION Planted vegetation - decoration.
Ignoring the sea and river connection that this place had before. PARKING & WALKING PATHS - (border)
// INTERCONNECTION ISLAND: The railway station - the capsule where people stream though.
The view to Bergen from Arna by train. Located on the Interconnection island. The backdrop of mountains and vegetation.
DECONSTRUCTING THE INTERCONNECTION ISLAND
Pedestrian rhythm - shelter.
HOUSING - (openings)
Pedestrian Island inside the Interconnection Island - slower rhythm.
RAILWAY POLES
WALKING PATH Covering the river scape. No connection to the river.
RAILWAY TRACKS - (borders) Fast rhythm - connection to Bergen and Oslo.
// CREED ISLAND: The church of Indre Arna - the scope of faith in Arna.
The view to the entry of the Creed island.
DECONSTRUCTING THE CREED ISLAND
Slow rhythm - Sunday service
Controlled movement
RIVER - (barrier and no connection to it’s surroundings - isolated)
HOUSING - (church that functions like a compass)
PARKING & PATHS
VEGETATION - (borders)
THE RAILWAY SYSTEM IN MURMANSK, RUSSIA
photos by: me
The harbor in Murmansk is a beautiful place and would have a lot of natural resources.
The railway system in Murnamnsk works as a huges barrier between the people of Murmansk and the harbor. Murmansk has the biggest port in Russia and the industry by the water is enormous.
THREE FOOTBRIDGES OVER HRINGBRAUT & NJARDARGATA IN ICELAND. By Studio Granda with Línuhönnun as Consulting Engineers.
photos from: http://studiogranda.is/
The three footbridges over Hringbraut & Njardagata in Icealnd connect the airport site to the downtown Reykjavik and the University area.