TRACE

Designed by: Tomoko Iida, Yuri Naruse, Tomas Løvset and Audun Hellemo

Published: Shinkenchiku 01/03 (JP) - PDF

This is one of four pavillions built as a part of the Japan 2002 arrangement in Trondheim October 2002. In groups of four students, two from the University of Tokyo and two from NTNU, we spent one week designing and one week constructing in full scale. The theme was the traditional Japanese teahouse in a modern, Norwegian context. Our group ended up with a few points we found essensial: 1. Separation from daily life. To enter, you have to step up onto the platform, bend into the narrow opening; and lean down to take off your shoes. And it is BLUE! 2. Outside is inside, inside is outside. On your way in, you have seen a small pond. When inside rain or sunlight streams into the room from a small opening in the roof. The water flows over the metal wall and fills the pond you saw from outside. 3. Experience without teamaster. Instead of being greeted by the teamaster, our room has a metal wall where visitors can change the apperance. This action is the greeting to the next visitor.

Many thanks to Siri S. Johansen for all help during construction.