Project II: Atelier Mandrup

The island of Bornholm, located in the Baltic Sea, is renowned for its captivating granite quarries, bearing witness to a long history of extraction and utilisation of this natural stone. Granite, an igneous rock formed through a slow cooling process of magma, has proven to be an exceptionally durable and appealing material for many applications. For centuries, the granite quarries on the island of Bornholm have provided a valuable resource for the construction of local and international buildings, roads, and monuments.

During this semester we want to analyse ways of construction in synergy with the surroundings and the environment, with the peculiar condition of Bornholm and its environmental phenomena (humidity, water, seasonality, air movement, light, shadows...), trying to find techniques and ways of building that promote a cultural action in making architecture in empathy with the resources and manifest themselves as a mediation between knowledge and innovation.
The design task for this semester will be a 3000 m2 public facility located in a granite quarry on the island of Bornholm using resources and materials from the island.

In presence

The semester's project will be carried out in pairs. 

Throughout the semester, we will host specialists and contributors who will delve into the atelier research alongside us. 

Each project will be reviewed weekly under the guidance of Prof. Dorte Mandrup and her assistants.

Students will be evaluated based on the final outcome and the learning process they have chosen. Projects will be evaluated, including external guests during the mid-term and final critiques.

• Island of Bornholm, 29.02.24 - 03.03.24 (Compulsory)