Unravelling the Home
(2024) AAHM10 20241Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- Unravelling the home is an anecdotal mapping of the house and the objects within it to seek a deeper understanding of what a home is constructed of. Through prints, photographs, observations, interviews and drawings, the house is slowly unravelled to visualise the material and the immaterial components, including the norms and narratives, that makes it a home. The notion of the home as a physical object is a social construct, continuously shifting and adapting to its context. Are the dwellers then adapting the house or adapting to the house?
As part of my study, I have chosen to interview and observe the two previous generations on both sides of my family in order to explore themes of care and constructs in direct relation to the homes... (More) - Unravelling the home is an anecdotal mapping of the house and the objects within it to seek a deeper understanding of what a home is constructed of. Through prints, photographs, observations, interviews and drawings, the house is slowly unravelled to visualise the material and the immaterial components, including the norms and narratives, that makes it a home. The notion of the home as a physical object is a social construct, continuously shifting and adapting to its context. Are the dwellers then adapting the house or adapting to the house?
As part of my study, I have chosen to interview and observe the two previous generations on both sides of my family in order to explore themes of care and constructs in direct relation to the homes they have lived in and created for themselves. The houses are situated on the West Coast of Norway and they have experienced first-hand the large socio-economic shift that followed the discovery of oil in Norway in 1969. Another similarity they share is their interest in crafts, varying from knitting to painting to woodwork. Where does this intrinsic motivation to create objects through crafts come from? Can it be used to create a dialogue between the dweller and the dwelling?
The objects within the home are used by the dweller to negotiate with the building. A curtain allows the dweller to choose when the light enters or leaves a space, knitted slippers warm the feet and protect them from the cold floor and so on. After all, the act of knitting a pair of slippers is faster than the act of adding more insulation to the floor. Perhaps it’s also easier
because it carries less preconceived notions of what the result should look like? (Less)
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- author
- Indrebø, Emilie Chirico LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- AAHM10 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Architecture, life in the house, home, territoriality
- language
- English
- id
- 9176708
- date added to LUP
- 2024-10-22 11:11:34
- date last changed
- 2024-10-22 11:11:34
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As part of my study, I have chosen to interview and observe the two previous generations on both sides of my family in order to explore themes of care and constructs in direct relation to the homes they have lived in and created for themselves. The houses are situated on the West Coast of Norway and they have experienced first-hand the large socio-economic shift that followed the discovery of oil in Norway in 1969. Another similarity they share is their interest in crafts, varying from knitting to painting to woodwork. Where does this intrinsic motivation to create objects through crafts come from? Can it be used to create a dialogue between the dweller and the dwelling?
The objects within the home are used by the dweller to negotiate with the building. A curtain allows the dweller to choose when the light enters or leaves a space, knitted slippers warm the feet and protect them from the cold floor and so on. After all, the act of knitting a pair of slippers is faster than the act of adding more insulation to the floor. Perhaps it’s also easier
because it carries less preconceived notions of what the result should look like?}},
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title = {{Unravelling the Home}},
year = {{2024}},
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