Ambiguous Border, Anterior Territory

Hansen, Christopher Caleb

dc.contributor.advisor	Müller, Sabine
dc.contributor.advisor	Bonesmo, Gro
dc.contributor.author	Hansen, Christopher Caleb
dc.coverage.spatial	Svinesund, Norway	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-21T07:04:24Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-21T07:04:24Z
dc.date.issued	2020-12
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2779714
dc.description	The project investigates the Svinesund border crossing, which could be considered the most important Norwegian crossing in terms of logistics, complexity and history. Currently Svinesund is defined culturally by cross border consumerism, but the project reveals this crossing as a territory of forgotten historical value that continually fluctuates in character depending on the border condition at hand. Crisis and conflict are often the main factors that condition a border, together with the respective architecture that then occupies this space, such as the many forts that once controlled the area during Norways conflict with Sweden. As the border constantly changes, a border station is established in order to deal with extraordinary crisis situations that require large amounts of flexible space and different approaches related to the control of movement. If we recognise that these fluctuations peak and valley, then the station must be useful for other purposes when the border is not under significant strain. Therefore the typology of the plateau is utilised as an architecture that defines space without enclosing it. This architectural gesture appropriates the previous context of Hjelmkollen Fort, but with different intentions and on different terms. It takes advantage of the strategic point in the topography in order to establish a relationship with what one could call a landscape border that has territorial implications. The structure becomes a dialogue between landscape and form, which could be read as a direct reflection of what border architecture is. In a globalised world there is often a simultaneous need, and desire for more control and more freedom. The project there- fore poses the question as to whether an architecture can embody such a dichotomy?	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	The Oslo School of Architecture and Design	en_US
dc.rights	Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.no	*
dc.subject	Architecture	en_US
dc.subject	Arkitektur	en_US
dc.subject	Grenser	en_US
dc.subject	Borders	en_US
dc.subject	Svinesund	en_US
dc.title	Ambiguous Border, Anterior Territory	en_US
dc.type	Master thesis	en_US
dc.description.version	submittedVersion	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Christopher Caleb Hansen	en_US
dc.subject.nsi	Architecture and design: 140	en_US