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An obscure reality DALE NKD VILLE FAGERHEIM programatic exposĂŠ XIAOYU XU BAS master course spring 2014/27/02

unfreeze an obscure reality

a building built by the most important figure in the village. a folkschool that has never functioned its purpose. a 44 year-old building that is beginning to rot. a donation to the art center, who finds it hard to decide on its future use. what do we know about it?

How should we look at it?

What can we do about it? this is an assembly of materials studying villa Fagerheim in Dale,Norway.

It includes pictures, drawings, sketches and collages, giving a thorough understanding of the current condition related to architecture and space in the local context.

all drawings and pictures are original.

Location: Dale, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Architect: Peder Ristesund Design and construction: 1968-1970 Planned as: a Nordic folkschool Functioned as: villa Present situation: property of NKD Dale, used for storage

content context

fa g e r g e i m a n d n k d

teracces on the hill

program

openings and views

the chimney heart

appendix

summary

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'villa'

fa g e r h e i m

context location of Dale in Norway

Dale, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway 61째21'34.3"N 5째24'06.5"E

Location of Dale in Dalsfjorden

Fjord,Mountains,Valley,Bridge.

Villa.

the villa

pocket model about the landscape context 8cm x 8cm

Fløyen

Dalsfjorden

It is located on a hill in the village, with a view of the fjord and mountains in the north.

It is beside a turning road.

It was the highest point in the inhabitat until the NKD workshop was built.

It is surrounded by trees.

It has flat roofs and long railings in dark color.

It has two floors.

It is hardly seen from the village.

fa g e r h e i m a n d n k d

Oddleif Fagerheim was a prominent person in Dale. As a teacher and a politician, he was very active on the cultural field throughout his lifetime.

Fagerheim was passionate about the common history and culture of the Nordic countries.

Oddleif Fagerheim wanted to establish a school for nordic youth on this property , and donated the building and land to the Nordic Council of Ministers in 1976.

Oddleif Fagerheim 1911-1999

Fagerheim secondary school in Dale center

Later, new ideas pushed the project in the direction of contemporary art centre, namely the Nordic Artists' Centre(NKD).

NKD is owned by a foundation, which is inspired by the vision of Oddleif Fagerheim and his wife Thora Nitter Fagerheim, The Nordic Artists' Centre in Dale was officially opened in May 1998. The nkd is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture.

the villa

NKD workshop

cabins for artists

NKD workshop

1970-1990 /used as villa Fagerheim/

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1968 / designed as a nordic folkschool /

< 1992 NKD ( nordic artists' centre dale ) established

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< 1995

1998-2005 /used as temporary house for director/ <2006 water leakage problem

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donated to NKD

2006-2014 /unused as Storage space/ 2014/ next?/

teracces on the hill

Southeast side seen from the bush close to the cabins.

site plan

1:200 model

It occupies a ground area of around 1270 m2.

It is situated on the slope with 3 main terraces on different heights.

It is connected with the road at the upper level.

The south part of the grounds is covered with square stone tiles while the north part is mainly grass.

The terraces are connected by groups of stairs.

The stairs on the north side is 3 meters wide, and other stairs are narrower.

The ground floor occupies around 278 m2.

The first floor occupies around 397 m2.

Appearance It is designed and built with straight lines and right angles.

The usage of exterial materials include stone slabs, wood stripes painted in dark color, white walls and glass windows with red frames.

It is designed as two independant part - the school on the west and the office on the east.

There are 9 entrances/exits in total.

The main entrances for the two parts are in the front couryard on the first floor.

south facade

north facade

View approaching the entrances seen at the same height level as the courtyard on the left.

Stairs and terraces on the south side seen from the west to the east.

east facade

west facade

Southwest side facing the club room on the basement floor

North side seen at the northwest corner of the lower ground.

East side seen from across the road.

The entrance hall and the north part divided by a wall with the chimney seen from the roof of the garage.

program

The middle part of the school consists of the entrance canopy, the staircase, the entrance hall with a ceiling height of 3.1m, and the diningroom.

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The north part is the main space on the first floor. It consists of the livingroom and the meetingroom. Is 900mm lower than the middle part.

The southern part of the school consists of service spaces such as bedrooms,kitchens and bathrooms, organized by a corridor on each floor.

In the ground floor there are a club room, a music room, suana rooms and storage rooms.

The chimney goes through the club room, the entrance hall and the livingroom.

It opens most to the west with horizontal views, through windows of 1.7-2.2 meters wide.

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ground floor plan

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1 side entrance 2 courtyard 3 main entrance 4 entrance hall 5 meetingroom 6 livingroom 7 diningroom 8 balcony 9 roof terrace 10 school office 11 food storage 12 kitchen 13 laundry room 14 cloakroom 15 bedroom 1 16 bathroom 17 bedroom 2 18 dressing room external office 19 entrance 20 doorhall 21 toilet 22 management office 23 livingroom 24 dressingroom 25 guard room 26 garage

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- original purpose 1 staircase 2 clubroom 3 west entrance 4 music room 5 suana 6 shower 7 technical room 8 storage room 9 north entrance 10 outdoor storage 11 bedroom 12 bedroom 13 kitchen 14 kitchen entrance

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external office 15 storage room

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basement floor plan

THE ENTRANCE HALL

Entrance hall at a sunny noon facing the north.

at a space height of 3.45 m, the entrance hall is the most special room in the building. 27 small windows give the space a changing state of dramatic light and shadow.

Entrance wall seen from the entrance hall.

A-A section

change of usage

meetingroom >> storage room

clubroom > > tv room >> storage room this room now stores an art collection from Fagerheim's wife.

livingroom >> unknown

dressingroom > > storage room

0. music room > > library

openings and views

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The villa has fantastic views of the fjord and mountains, seen through horizontal windows.

The west walls have the largest openings, inviting birdviews of the village as well as the landscape.

The south side opens to the sunlight.

The east side has the least windows.

The north side has less openings probably also to block the wind from the fjord.

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the large window on the 'n2' wall, before and after snow.

< windows on the 'n2' wall.

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the livingroom is the largest room on the ground floor, with beautiful views facing the west. Views change along with movements in the room.

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s1 collage of kitchen ground floor

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s2 collage of bedroom basement floor

View from the toilet on the first floor and its reflection on the mirror.

Windows on two levels in the dining-room and the living-room on the west side.

View in the living-room seen near the window on the northern wall.

the chimney heart

cocklestove in the entrance hall

fireplace in the clubroom

analycal plan and section of the fireplaces connected by the chimney

hypothesis of the smoke space

hypothesis of the mass around smoke space

appendix

B o x e s o f t h e o w n e r â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection in the club room of the ground floor.

Detail of the staircase in the entrance hall.

corner of the clubroom

A circular route 1st floor

courtyard and the entrance hall

Diningroom in connection with the livingroom.

View in the living-room facing west.

Corridor on the first floor facing east.

meetingroom,livingroom,terrace,tree,gras sground.

View at the entrance of the meetingroom looking outside through the livingroom.

section of cupboard and window 1st floor corridor

A=folkschool B=office

summary

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the building an obscure complex. It is carefully designed in many aspects, standing out in the local context. it shows respect to nature by humbly merging into the landscape as terraces, connected by interesting outdoor stairs. the use of material and the way to combine them with the volume is a success. heavy walls are painted white, light wood surfaces are painted dark brown, roofs and window frames appear as red lines. fantastic views especially in the diningroom and livingroom. the many doors both outside and inside make spaces very flexible and playful, allowing different activities to happen without disturbing each other. two fireplaces and a stove warm the house, connecting the main rooms. however, there are many peculiar spacial arrangements as well. The height of most spaces seem too low for a school but OK for living. the stairs in the external office part is . what could be done about the villa?

I think it is not necessary to demolish it and build something new. keeping the exterior and interior spaces can help understand the background of NKD and Fagerheim. the entrance hall, the livingroom, the meeting room, and the clubroom are most important spaces, which are to be kept. it can be good to take away the rotten parts like taking away a bad tooth, which are in the southern part. the living spaces in the southern part can be replaced by public programs related to NKD, such as small auditorium, gallery, music room, small gym and so on. the collection from Fagerheim's wife should placed back into the spaces, changing the whole part as a casual museum. and additional spaces can be attached to provide extra living spaces. the new part can be equipped with efficient heating and lighting systems, which is used all year round, and the northern part can be used mainly during summer.

corridor on the ground floor the upper part of the floor was removed in order to fix water leakage