Skagen Denmark Summer School 2019
“Hjemme i Skagen / At Home in Skagen”.
I was part of a group of Six international architects, designers and artists. Looking at the architecture of Skagen, with a special attention on the homes of Skagen.
Focusing on the question “what makes a house a home?”
To do this I visited a home in Skagen and interviewed the occupants using techniques taught by ethnographers to ultimately convey this knowledge in an architectural object.
The result was exhibited in a home on Sct. Laurentii Vej 14 from August 23 - September 20 2019.
Tutors:
Kirsten Marie Raahauge | KADK - Title. Professor MSO. Institute. Architecture and Design.
Tine kjølsen | KADK - Title. head of programme, Graphic Designer MA. Institute Visual design.
Isabel Ahm , Signe Ø. Lund - furniture designers and carpenters - at www.ahmlund.dk
Suzanne Eog - Architect
During my time in Skagen, I was asked to visit a home and interview the occupants to understand their interpretation of home.
I was inspired by the warmth I felt in their home and the clear importance of family. Their home permeated with pictures of their children and grandchildren as well as pictures of their parents and grandparents. This was a home that was brought to life by family both past and future, lighting up the halls.
Consequently, I aspired to create an architectural object that was an abstraction of this wonderful feeling of home being the centre of both past and future generations of family.
My object entitled ‘Bloom’ signifies the past and future generations as equal and opposite. With the home being the cradle of life in between. Resting on an anchored past of what has come before to support what is yet to come. The stability and darkness of the bottom triangle reflects the strength of past generations that have allowed future generations to flourish.
The two equal and opposite triangles represent the balance between the past and the future; with the egg in the middle representing the present or the home: a cradle of warmth balancing the rich ancestral past of the home, hence enabling a bright and abundant future.
The light coloured inverted triangle projects sentiments of hope and possibilities for the future.
The home itself is expressed in the form of an egg. Eggs conjure up a myriad of symbolic significance, partly because they are a visual shorthand for new life and un-hatched potential. In this instance, the egg has become a symbol of hope and potential. It is the vessel from which the future may Bloom.
further reading: ONSDAGSSKOLEN 18/19
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