Portfolio by Vilde Livsdatter

Portfolio Vilde Livsdatter

Cand. Arch., Master of Arts in Architecture, RIBA part II

Profile

Vilde Livsdatter Sønderland Born: Ålesund, Norway, 1992 vildelivsdatter@live.com +45 53830223 www.vildelivsdatter.no

As a person I am positive, social and openminded. I can be weird and funny, and thrive in environments with diversity. As a colleague I thrive on responsibility and teamwork. Having a curious nature, I bring energy and a different perspective to problem solving. Client communication feels natural to me as well as working under pressure to meet deadlines. As an architect I work aesthetically, brave, and with sensitivity. I am efficient in developing plan proposals, fine drawings and presentation material. I strive for creating conscious architecture that through a deep understanding of the material, light conditions and context can create spaces that are comfortable and inspiring to be in.

CV education

skills

2019 - 2021 Aarhus School of Architecture, MA 2018 Fotoskolen Fatamorgana 2013 - 2016 Aarhus School of Architecture, BA 2013 Krabbesholm Højskole, architecture 2012 Krabbesholm Højskole, graphic design

AutoCAD Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe inDesign Vray Sketch Up Revit

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selected work experience 2017 – present Vilde Livsdatter / freelance Architecture, visualizations, exhibition architecture, graphic design, web page & photography Costumers: Kysthus AS, Studio ThinkingHand, Liv Dysthe Sønderland, Thierry Geoffroy, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi 2019 – 2021 Kunsthal Aarhus, student assistant Graphic design, exhibition architecture and technical drawings of Kunsthal Aarhus 2019 - 2020 KarriereVærkstedet, Aarhus School of Architecture, coordinator Arranging unformal talks about architects’ working lives and the many job opportunities as an architect. Coordinating, communicating, graphic design and hosting events. 2019 Studio David Thulstrup, internship Residental department 2017 - 2018 DAC - Danish Architecture Centre, exhibition team, full time student assistant Scenography, research and installing exhibitions. 2017 ALL - Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, internship School and museum competitions 2016 - 2017 EASA Denmark 2017, organiser + national contact Organising two weeks for 600 international architecture students 2016 - 2017 Kysthus AS, technical drawer Measuring and making technical drawings of a fisherboat

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Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, Adobe PremierePro, Final Cut Pro

languages Norwegian English Danish Swedish Spanish

native language proficient written, understanding, talking good written and understanding, talking: adapted norwegian-danish understanding basic

other 2021 - Project published in ‘Bofællesskaber 1970 –>’ 2018 - Grant, Dreyers Fond, architectural photography 2016 - Bachelorproject nominated for CUBO prize 2016 2016 - Exhibition: ‘In between’, Galleri Gnist, Norway

personal interests Contemporary art Dance and performance Nature Photography Harbours and industrial environments Organic food technology

T.O.C 1. Thesis Project: The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods A production, research and learning centre within the field of urban farming, culinary culture, nutrition and cooking 2. Urban co-living for singles and couples A co-living community based on the daily settlement rituals of growing, preparing and consuming food 3. A last home Hospice near Aarhus 4. Other: Exhibition: Dissect + Construction of boatshelter 5. Aarhus Catalyst 30 m3 residency/dwelling 6. Home sweet home 1:1 cardboard dwelling

1 Thesis project: The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods A production, research and learning centre within the field of urban farming, culinary culture, nutrition and cooking. Enabling change towards a more sustainable food culture.

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods A production, research and learning centre within the field of urban farming, culinary culture, nutrition and cooking

Location Sydhavnen, Aarhus, Denmark Background and relevance

The thesis takes part in the development towards an extensive change in food production and consumption.

The global climate crisis calls for major changes in all levels of our society. As food production accounts for around one-quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, this is a good place to start. Since transferring new knowledge and habits to a whole population can be a challenge, there is a need for connecting people with a conscious food culture. Providing insight in the process of research, production and processing of food, can be one step in this direction. The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods gathers a range of actors within the field of urban farming, culinary culture, nutrition and cooking. All in order to create an environment for knowledge exchange and innovation on the one hand, and invite the public in to see, learn, taste, and cook on the other.

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Program The proposal will facilitate a hub for small-scale research, innovation, production and learning, with a focus on the building itself being a catalyst for change - through inspiring, making room for new collaborations, knowledge exchange and learning. PRODUCTION

The Catalyst-center is not to be a constant selection of actors, but a dynamic centre that continually takes up new actors. As the production expands, they move out to be able to provide food for bigger amounts of people, releasing space for new actors. RESEARCH Biochemical lab, offices and workshop area

CREATIVE KITCHENS Working with food produced on site. Used for courses and events in evenings. Microgreens, hydroponic and aeroponic production, mushrooms, mycelium, spirulina and insect farm

PUBLIC & SEMI-PUBLIC: EXPERIENCE & LEARNING Semi-public; workshops, courses, lectures, guided tours, events

Public café, restaurant, shop, roof-terrace, visual connections

The building is surrounded by a green oasis - leaving room for untouched nature to increase biodiversity.

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Diagrams - architectural principles & axonometric drawing

Inner load-bearing structure: Glulam beam and column structure + structural CLT cores

Buffer zone - protecting skin

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Plan level 1 and map of location in Aarhus, Denmark

⑨ Production: mushrooms - working area ⑩ Production: mushrooms inculation ⑪ Production: mushrooms - colonization ⑫ Production/research: mycelium. Partly shared facilities and knowledge with mushroom production (f.ex. the substrate inoculation) ⑬ Production: insect farm ⑭ Multi-use ⑮ Co-working office space ⑯ Tea-kitchen ⑰ Multi-use / terrace ⑱ Multi-use ⑲ Production: hydroponic - growing area, horisontal ⑳ Production: hydroponic - propagation and fertigation area

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Section BB

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Section CC

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Section BB - construction detail

1 The Catalyst Centre for Future Foods Visualization

2 Urban co-living for singles and couples A co-living community based on the daily settlement rituals of growing, preparing and consuming food

Location Ny Banegårdsgade, Aarhus, Denmark Background and relevance

The assignment; to create a co-living for singles and couples in Aarhus; made me interested in the daily rituals of our everyday lives. - What enhances a good quality of life, and what creates a feeling of community? In the case study where we visited co-living communities in Denmark, it seemed to be a mutual opinion among the inhabitants that the common meal, as well as joint work, were some of the most important factors in establishing well-being and cohesion. The need for food in order to survive is something all species have in common, and the food culture in one’s geographical and social context is part of what is shaping who we are, and the way we live.

The cooking ritual combined with good architectural frameworks can be used to improve quality of life and strengthen mental health in everyday life. Even though a part of modernisation and urbanisation for many people means less time for cooking, it might have become even more important. The pace in which we are living is faster than ever. The internet and all its social dimensions never sleep, and the art of being present is what many of us are in short of. The meal also has the potential of bringing people together across age, gender, economical, political and cultural backgrounds. In this project, the places for growing, preparing, and consuming food, has been in focus when designing for a good quality of life, and creating a feeling of community.

2 Urban co-living for singles and couples Program

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Shared greenhouse

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Vegetable shop & locally produced goods Fermentation lab Oyster mushroom farm (using coffee ground residues from the café) Co-working & meeting room Shared kitchen Exhibition/small shop + serving area

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Co-living units with flexible kitchen/ dining area, and balcony with herb garden

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Café Bakery Coffee roastery Wine bar

‘Wild’ park that strenghtens biodiversity

2 Urban co-living for singles and couples Section AA

2 Urban co-living for singles and couples Plan co-living unit

2 Urban co-living for singles and couples Plan 1:50

2 A last home Hospice near Aarhus

3 A last home Hospice near Aarhus

Location Kolind, Denmark

Background and relevance Throughout our lives, we are engaged with the healthcare system of the welfare state. Many of us are born in a public hospital and continue to use it when we grow up, for example when we get injured or become sick. Some also sped the last part of their life in the healthcare system.

Since 1992, when the first hospice opened in Denmark, about twenty more have been established around the country. However, they do not cover the need for hospice beds. There is a demand for more hospices with a broader range of patients, especially near the larger cities. When designing a new hospice complex, a number of challenges emerge. To mention a few: How to create a room, which for many patients will be their last home? How to establish meaningful and functional relations between patients, relatives and staff? How to make an appropriate expression for a hospice internally and to the outer world?

3 A last home Situationplan & plan

3 A last home Section AA

3 A last home Section AA - detail

3 A last home Plan detail: patient room

4 OTHER Exhibition: Dissect + Construction of a boatshelter

5 Other Exhibition: Dissect + Construction of boat shelter

6 Aarhus Catalyst 30 m3 residency/dwelling

5th semester, together with Emma Sofie Sønju Duration: 6 weeks Location Aarhus Cathedral, Aarhus, Denmark

Assignment The assignment looks into Aarhus Cathedral as an empty infrastructure, or a shell, in white painted bricks, where a series of small dwellings would be added to create a living community in the very centre of Aarhus. The assignment was for each group to explore and design a minimum dwelling, including a sleeping/ resting space, and a more extroverted space for working, and gathering / socializing with guests. The dwellings, or cells, could be rented out as minimum habitats to live and work for a short period of time. The common and vast space would be used for common activities, workshops, group working, kitchen, bathrooms etc.

Exploded axonometric drawing

6 Aarhus Catalyst Situation plan & model

Model

Situationplan

6 Aarhus Catalyst Perspective section

6 Aarhus Catalyst Perspective plan

7 Home sweet home 1:1 cardboard dwelling

5th semester, 3 week project together with Emma, Alberte, Magnus, Mette and Noor Location Aarhus School of Architecture

Assignment Through social, phenomenological and architectural studies, we investigated the basic notion of contemporary domestic spaces – the home – with a flexible and didactic system by the construction of a cardboard dwellings.

After the investigation of a film character (movie: The Bisycle Theif), the peculiarities of the investigated human being has guided and inspired the development of the design. Though finally the architecture should be recognized by its own properties and qualities.

The studies and design of the dwelling focused on investigating the relationship between the private and public, and ‘ouvertures’ (openings). The openings of the dwelling, both inside the dwelling and in connection to the public domain, can be seen as ‘ouvertures’, as thresholds, that connect both physically and metaphorically the different domains. The thresholds themselves could be seen as ‘spaces of encounter’ between the public and the non-public, or the intimate/ domestic and the collective/ public.

Exploded axonometric drawing

7 Home sweet home Photos

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