62-049 School of Architecture Summer Study Abroad
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
CMU School of Architecture FacultyLed Summer Study Abroad Summer 2019 Scandinavia Europes Nordic region, comprising Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland is heralded for its mythic landscapes, majestic light, progressive cultures, and through Scandinavian design, unique modern tradition. While it flourished in the 1950s, much of the fundamental ethos of Scandinavian design continues to inform contemporary Nordic designers and architects. This regions architectural identity is in part borne out of a deep respect for the natural landscape and its resources. Its urban cores illustrate progressive, democratic and collective societies, committed to ecologically sensitive models of growth and construction. The legacy of critical, regional work by architects such as Aalto, Asplund, Lewerence, and Utzon is manifest through carefully sited buildings, which leverage contemporary techniques, yet often render form through traditional material. A hallmark of this era of building is the careful modulation of natural and artificial light in response to the unique conditions of Nordic light, illustrated particularly well through the voluminous construction of modern churches in the 1950s and 1960s. Contemporary Nordic architects such as BIG, Henning Larsen, and CF Moller build upon the rich legacy of Scandinavian design while establishing an expressive presence of urban architecture that is ecologically sensitive yet playful. With a heavy reliance upon diagrammatic programming, BIG is producing compelling typologies of urban housing and mixeduse developments, often with visually striking results.
Prerequisites: none listed
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