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LINDA EMDAL

PORTFOLIO MSc Architecture / Arkitekt MNAL

LINDA EMDAL

PORTFOLIO MSc Architecture / Arkitekt MNAL

Linda Emdal MSc Architecture / Arkitekt MNAL Vancouver, Canada / Ålesund, Norway

+1 778 985 7405 / +47 91544039 linda.emdal@gmail.com

EDUCATION 2008-2013 Master in Architecture, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 2011-2012 Erasmus Exchange Program, ETSAB, UPC, Barcelona, Spain 2007-2008 Construction Engineer, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 2006-2007 Travels in Australia, South-East Asia, North-America and Latin America 2005 Exam Philosophicum, Gateway College, Bali, Indonesia 2002-2005 Secondary School Education, Stranda Videregående, Stranda, Norway SKILLS Highly skilled in ArchiCad, Revit Architecture, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator og InDesign Skilled in AutoCad, Rhinoceros og ScetchUp

LANGUAGE Fluently in Norwegian and English Limited proficiency in Spanish and German

Linda Emdal comes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the West Norwegian Fjords. With the local knowledge of how to survive in such an environment she obtains high skills in collaboration combined with a great work capacity.

She is a long time traveler, which had led her to studying Philosophy in Bali, Indonesia, working her way around the coast of Australia and the interior of British Columbia, Canada, before taking on the education in both Environmental Engineering and Architecture at NTNU, Norway, including one year at ETSA Barcelona at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.

Linda Emdal is a Norwegian registered architect specialising in cross laminated timber solutions (CLT). She has developed and completed a four storey housing complex, a flexible two storey detached model house for the modern family and an adaptive split level cabin model for the steep terrain of the Powder Paradise of Stranda Ski Resort. She is currently living in Vancouver, Canada where she is exploring the BC backcountry while continuing working with projects in Norway as well as taking on local and international projects through the architecture collective uAbureau.

WORK EXPERIENCE June 2013- Architect, Ous & Emdal Bygg AS, Stranda, Norway June 2015- Architect, uAbureau, Vancouver, Canada May 2014-February 2016 Architect, Sporstøl Arkitekter AS, Ulsteinvik, Norway 2009-2012 Summer Intern on Construction Site, Ous & Emdal Bygg AS, Stranda, Norway 2011 Web-administrator, Solar Decathlon 2012 Team Norway 2010-2011 Student Assistent, Master of Sustainable Architecture, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 2010-2011 Student Representative for NTNU at Education Fair, Norway 2004-2010 Summer Employment as Cashier, Br. Maråk, Geiranger, Norway 2003-2005 Gas Station Attendant, Esso, Stranda, Norway ORGANIZATIONS 2010-2011 Leader in the Architecture Help, Architects Students Association, NTNU 2009-2010 Board member in the Course Group, Architects Students Association, NTNU

01 VILLA ASPELUND 02 CABIN KRÅKSJÅ 03 HOUSING RELLINGBØEN 04 PLAYGROUND RELLINGBØEN 05 TEMPS DE FLORS

01 VILLA ASPELUND BĂŚrum, Norway / 2013 Nominated to BĂŚrum Kommune Architectural Prize 2014 Situated in an orchard of a house dating back to 1920, the site was divided for the densification of the pressured suburban area boardering to Oslo. Saving as many of the apple trees as possible, the new house occupyies a narrow strip stretching towards the essential view over the Oslo Fjord. The elevated terrace has an integrated garden in the railing, yealding potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and a wide range of herbs relocated from the orchard.

The house is built with highly insulated walls, triple glazed windows and an energy system of geothermal energy heating the floors and reducing the yearly energy budget to a minimum of 10 000 kWh/year. Clad with untreated cedar paneling and window frames of aluminum the house is meant to last for centuries to come withstanding the climatic variaty of the Norwegian South East, ranging from hot and humid summers of 20-30C to cold and dry winters of 0-20C below.

02 CABIN KRÅKSJÅ Bergsøy, Norway / 2015 Situated on a rocky island, the first task was to reveal the terrain exposing a polished slab of rock and therefor localizing the cabin for the lower part of the site. The plan was compacted and split into two parts, the entrance area with bedrooms, washrooms and storage stepping down into the second part with terraces situated towards the 20 hour daily path of the sun shaping the living area inside.

The construction is made up of CLT both in walls and ceiling, making it ideal for a familiy project being put up and ceiled over the course of a three days. The following weekends the roof was insulated and clad with a turf topping, the window sills were cut on spot before installing the windows and the walls were insulated with cellulose fibre boards and clad in terpentine treated wood siding.

The cabin remains a family project, continually being built with terraces and sheds added where and when needed, slowly being formed around the landscape of the exposed rocks and replanting the natural vegetation excavated by the building.

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03 HOUSING RELLINGBØEN Stranda, Norway / 2016 Presented at Wood Seminar for Møre og Romsdal Arkitektforening 2016 Previously grazing grounds for one of the village farms, the site had been occupied by two houses built in the 1950´s, both due for demolition. The site was expanded and rezoned for higher density housing being situated in close proximity to the centre of town.

The apartment building is placed in the back of the site overlooking the playground and surrounding family houses facing the stunning view of the Storfjord in the east.

The building is shaped following the ridge in the back of the building creating a common area and the combinated access balconies.

The central units are levering over the main entrance of the ground floor, leading way from the outside garages at side of the building. At the back of the building the opposite happens, the central units are offset creating a covered niches for the access balconies.

The in total 11 apartments were constructed with CLT both in walls and ceilings, but due to fire regulations and sound improvement the ceiling and partition walls needed to be covered up. The remaining walls were treated with white-pigmented linseed oil, giving a warm atmosphere to the otherwise compact and functional apartments.

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03 HOUSING RELLINGBĂ˜EN Stranda, Norway / 2016 The second stage of the high density development continues with in total 7 twostorey detached houses along the edge of the site.

The houses all have a attached garage with outdoor storage and a passage to the front terrasse. Inside the bedrooms are spread out on both levels and with the upstairs area serving as the main living area, there is a second living area on the ground floor with the possibility of making an extra bedroom.

The garage rooftop serves as the main outdoor living area.

The Norwegian building code makes it easier and more affordable to build energy efficient, reducing the need for both cooling and heating. Though, with more insulation, higher air tightness and varoius materials the need for ventilation increases. By using CLT as a natural vapor barrier and thermal energy storage, the wood will offer a steady temperature and a healthy environment.

Wood beeing the only structural building material to secludedly store carbon, the building method also offers a sustainable solution for the challanges we are facing due to climate change and a growing population.

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04 PLAYGROUND RELLINGBØEN Stranda, Norway / 2015 Collaboration with Kåmmån and uAbureau The 300 m2 site of the Rellingbøen development needed to be filled with features to accommodate play for the youngest children and a place for the neighbours to meet. The production of CLT for the buildings had an excess of slabs of wood suitable for rough strain from weather and children.

The workshop was an invitation from the developer with the aim of sharing the knowledge from the CLT-construction and to develop some fresh ideas on how to use this material. The triangles were cut from a total of 25 m2 of CLT creating five different shapes that represent the variation found in the surrounding landscape of Stranda: hills, mountains, peaks and pinnacles.

The surrounding gravel flows between the features making it the connecting surface or the dividing line, never so different from the nearby fjord. The access to the playground with all its features follows the principles of inclusive design enabling anyone to participate in an equal manner, something that is deeply rooted in the norwegian society.

The playground invites people of all ages to enjoy an environment of exploration and interpretation of their surroundings.

The features all carries an evident risk to testing the boundaries but also encourages imaginative play such as finding a sheltered cove or simply enjoying the view.

05 TEMPS DE FLORS Girona, Spain / 2014 Collaboration with uAbureau Temps de Flors is an annual floral festival in Girona, Spain celebrating art, design, the city and the new spring season. Throughout the historic Barri Vell neighbourhood, installations fill the streets, alleyways, plazas, monuments and galleries for a seven day celebration.

After participating over three consecutive years with various wooden installations, uAbureau formed a collaboration with a flower artist to bring life to this years contribution exploring the field of reciprocal frame structures.

Working with digital models and physical prototypes, the team tested several different modular RF systems, each with their own structural and formal expression as well as construction processes.

The result is a RF structure consisting of 90 units forming a decomposed arch, each unit composed of three interlocking ‘T’ elements.

Placed in the garden of the Museum of Art, the structure made a play on the surrounding green environment and highlighting the garden archway.

05 TEMPS DE FLORS Girona, Spain / 2015 Collaboration with uAbureau Temps de Flors is an annual floral festival in Girona, Spain, celebrating art, design, the city and the new spring season. Throughout the historical Barri Vell neighbourhood, installations fill the streets, alleyways, plazas, monuments and galleries for a seven day celebration.

This years contribution was an advancement from last years reciprocal frame structures into a system of weaving wood diagonally with a self locking knot. The system was used to create an arch of colored flowers at the end of a slack and slender stairway leading up to the Cathedral.

Working both with the florist and a street artist, a colour schema was created to highlight the gradient of the arch leading up to the catherdral, but leaving the wood bare in the direction of stepping down, especially in respect of the view from the Plaรงa de Catedral .

We recieved many positive words from the spectators during construction as well as pleased visitors during the festival. We are truly happy to contribute to this festival celebrating the 60th anniversary.

05 TEMPS DE FLORS Girona, Spain / 2016 Collaboration with uAbureau Temps de Flors is an annual floral festival in Girona, Spain, celebrating art, design, the city and the new spring season. Throughout the historical Barri Vell neighbourhood, installations fill the streets, alleyways, plazas, monuments and galleries for a seven day celebration.

During this years festival uAbureau has completed a series of wood based installations that explore the intersection of digital fabrication and hands-on construction. From concepts like tensegrity to repetitive frame systems or to interaction with environmental solutions this project has focused on celebrating public space, nature, colour and the unique sites of Girona.

After developing the consept we teamed up with the young students of FabAcademy at Universitat de Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona where they developed a unique flower for the installation that could sense air humidity and temperature for a possible watering system.

We also teamed up with V.P.M Video Projection Mapping to perform a videomapping of the wood structure. The videomapping on the structure reflects the vivid life of the air flowers installed on the wood and the interactions of the citizens of Girona during the event.

LINDA EMDAL

PORTFOLIO MSc Architecture / Arkitekt MNAL