Living in the City
Description
The concept of duality is recognized to be relevant today, when complex and contradictory
situations pose no simple solutions. Duality is referred to as the quality or state of having two different
or opposite parts or elements.
The project discusses an abandoned site by the train lines in Oslo; Gamlebyen, intentionally generated
through the application of the concept of duality; old/new, public/private, street/yard. The topic of
duality is especially relevant for the design of residential spaces in urban areas, as time comes present
throughout the growth of cities and aging buildings.
This diploma finalizes in a residential building presenting dualities that can be lived and experienced in
daily life by its residence and visitor of the public. The building is an inter-play and tension of contradictions
and oppositions.