Perspective. During the characteristic clear-skied mid-season, the snow covers the rocky terrain.
Perspective. Winter night where the moon is lighting up the snow covered mountains in the inland.
Perspective. Arriving from the town centre, passing the harbour, the units are viewed resting left to the water reservoir.
Perspective. During summer the spaces in between the units offer place to stay shaded from the wind, but still overlooking the ocean and the huge icebergs.
Exploded Axonometric explaining the constructional elements of a unit.
Location location location
Diagram. Approach and process. Principles and concepts.
Research field trip_introduction of device
Research field trip_introduction of device
Research field trip_introduction of device
Research field trip_introduction of device
Iniuts (Thule people) in front of a summer tent
Ilulissat seen from seaside.
Family gutting a seal on an iceberg.
An inuit family in front of their home: A turf house.
A turf house overlooking the ocean.
The timber kit houses sent from Scandinavia. Colorful wooden style.
Apartment building in Nuuk.
Traditional Greenlandic house
Diagram. Social zones between the four units.
3D scan of the handicraft work space of case study A.
Diagram. Demographic phenomena.
The Royal Arctic Line supply ship arrives twice a week in the accessable months.
Diagram. Concepts and principals.
Process. Defining places and user profiles.
Variations of the Greenlandic house. A study of characteristics.
General info on the four case study homes.
Diagram. Ilulissat and points of interest.
Site and units location.
Plan of the situation. The harbour and the site.
Site section. Connection to the ocean and hilly terrain.
View from the site. The inland connecting with the town.
View from the site.
View from the site. The inland.
View from the site. The neighbors.
View from the site. The town and harbour.
View from the site. The town and harbour.
View from the site. Ocean and icebergs.
Ilulissat Ice Fiord. The mouth of the ice fiord behind Ilulissat town. Ilulissat translates to "Icebergs".
Traditional Greenlandic House.
Traditional Greenlandic Houses.
Ilulissat Harbour.
Plan drawing of the four units.
Section BACK - Unit A (Situation: 1 person - summer - day time)
Section RIGHT - Unit B (Situation: 6 persons - spring - day time)
Section LEFT - Unit C (Situation: 8 persons - winter - night time)
Section FRONT - Unit D (Situation: 1 person - fall - night time)