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about

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:41:18 +0200

[Get the CV] I'm always interested in hearing peoples thoughts so please feel free to email me: or find me on LinkedIn or Facebook Born in Norway in 1972. Grew up in Sweden. An early fascination by the experiences and environments created for theatre led me to start designing costumes and sets. This led on to working with metal as well as creating events and experience-spaces for people. I worked as a freelance creative director and project manager between 1995 and 2002. D…

alsop_architects

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:07:39 +0200

I joined Alsop Architects with the ambition to apply my computer skills to large scale architecture but also to be a part of a larger team and not have to work so much in isolation. The main project I worked on was the Fourth Grace of Liverpool. The scheme consisted of 3 parts. The Hill; housing a museum, retail space and parking. The Cloud; three floors of hotel, three floors of offices and the 'Garden of Liverpool', an indoors garden at the top. The Tower; a residential tower with 550 apartm…

area_measure

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:56:51 +0200

! -_Runscript ( Option Explicit '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Script written by: Thomas Wingate ' Start date: 10/5 - 04 ' Description: measures the area of a surface or polysurface and presents the result ' as text with a leader in a user defined location ' Change log: 12/5 - 04 new version that uses textdots instead ' '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub AreaAnnotati…

automated_manufacturing

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:14:03 +0200

Robotic manufacturing and 3D printing can do a lot for the future of architecture. A lot of it has been explored and researched at length, still there are many practical obstacles to overcome. Some thoughts based on experiences gained from working at Unto This Last, programming and writing tools for CNC machines, and my time at Alsop Architects working on facades, talking to cladding engineers about manufacturing methods.

cad_tools

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:33:14 +0200

#1: Blackboard [Blackboard] My all time favorite design tool: Blackboard! Collaborative, fast, cheap, Infinitely variable... what more can one ask for? Extending this concept using interactive whiteboards and 3D models we get the basis for the I-room setup used at CIFE.

future_cad

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:11:08 +0200

What do I want my tools to be like in the future? Context Aware Why can't my system be aware of its surroundings? The machine has no understanding of 'place' or 'time', on relationship to the context of what we are trying to create. The machine tools should be focused on doing what they do best and ought to be able to do so in the context of what is being developed. It should be my window on what is not yet built. I want to be able to go down to the ocean and start working on a project that …

icehotel

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:31:32 +0200

After a period of doing projects involving a lot of different materials i was looking for ways of focusing more on content. I had two alternatives; the first one was to build mud-houses in Mali, Africa, the other was the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

icehotel_2005

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:04:28 +0200

A project to design and build a suite and two sculpturesat this years Icehotel. I wanted to use a combination digital- and hand-techniques to explore Machine Easy - Human Hard, Human Easy - Machine Hard and Self-similarity.

information_modeling

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:20:43 +0200

How does one deal with the very large sets of information produced in architectural projects? Are there perhaps better ways to view and investigate the vast number of relationships between building elements and timelines? What about methods used in software architecture to model projects on a meta-level using tools like UML prior to engineering the actual software?

oji

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:50:45 +0200

Oji started out as a whish from the client to build a small coffee shop but quickly developed into a full restaurant as there was a need for this type of 'designy' spot in Göteborg. The project was a collaboration my brother Hannes. I did most of the spatial design and over all concept development while Hannes focused more on detail and texture. It was our first major individual project.

photogrammetry

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:58:59 +0200

Building a deck This was a small experiment done in 04 on how to use photogrammetry to quickly build a site model to adapt a 3D model so as to minimize waste and maximize site adaptivity. the whole project took about a week from start to finish. Sketches [Sketch]

rendering

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:44:41 +0200

A gallery of computer renderings exploring various techniques. Most of the renders done in Renderman and Mentalray. Most of the images are pretty dated (2002) but at the time is was interesting stuff to explore.

rhino

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:34:30 +0200

Scripts Measures the area of a surface and rounds the result, then lets the user place a leader with an annotation point with the area. [Counter] Counts objects with the same name as a picked reference object. The user specifies a length and selects a number of curves. Each curve over the specified length if marked in red and annotated with its length.

schmidlin

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:39:44 +0200

At Schmidlin I was part of a small R&D group responsible for developing future strategies in Visualization/Simulation, Mathematical Modeling and Process. All the the 6 members of the group collaborated on all fields but we were each responsible for a couple of tasks. My main investigations were Visual Communication, Simulation, Knowledge Management and tools coding for sculptural geometries. I was also involved in a lot of discussions surrounding Lean Process and Supply-chain Optimization, more …

self-similarity

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:15:28 +0200

Almost nothing in nature is exactly alike, but many elements are highly similar. Why then should what we build be so alike? Here some explorations of L-systems and a bit about the facade of the Fourth Grace project. [Blades] [Blades] [Blades] [Blades] [Blades] [Blades]

start

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:53:36 +0200

trail_building

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:43:49 +0200

Building for fun: Entertain myself and my friends building big jumps and crazy wooden roller-caster rides in the forest. The project is a testing ground for photogrametry-based site survey and scripted little CAD toys. This project was never “finished” but that was not the intent, it was a project driven by process rather than goal, a continuous exploration where making matters more then result.

tussilago

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:16:09 +0200

Tussilago, a small film production company wanted a space where they could work and experiment with their ideas. The existing space invited a lot of movement/motion. Using chalk we spent a lot of time together with the client drawing on the floor and acting out the imagined space. Considering the clients background this worked quite well. From this body of work the flowing lines that served as a foundation for the walls were developed.

unto_this_last

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:14:03 +0200

At Unto This last i worked as a computer specialist focusing on CNC programming, postprocessor writing and evaluation of CADCAM solutions. The company's ambition is to make mass-customized furniture available at a reasonable price. To do this they rely heavily on automated manufacturing machines and custom solutions for the links between ordering, CAD and CAM.

villa_wingate

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:37:33 +0200

The house is located in an eco-village on the west coast of sweden. The philosophy of the village is that each household should be allowed to build a house most suited to their lifestyle and requirement. As a result the buildings vary greatly in size, method and style. Some are experimental straw-bale and mud houses while others, like this building more traditional in method.

weaving_knitting

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:44:13 +0200

Weaving, knitting and basket making has fascinated me for some time. Some open ended ideas on how it could be used/done on different scales.