Reversible Architecture for Coastal Landscapes

Sammanfattning

The aim of the thesis is to explore the relationship between people and the coast by designing a series of huts that serve as a meeting point. The project investigates the Danish coast as a constantly changing zone shaped by water, wind, ecological processes, and time. Instead of attempting to control the coast, the thesis focuses on how architecture can coexist with these dynamics while creating a closer relationship between humans and nature. The project establishes a human–nature connection through the use of local materials such as seaweed (eelgrass) and oak wood. The function of the project — smoking, selling, and eating local fish — also strengthens the experience of coastal dynamics. Located in a nature reserve, the project uses principles of designing for disassembly to have minimal impact on the environment. The architecture is lightweight, elevated, reversible, and able to adapt, to be dismantled, relocated, and reused over time. The result is a small-scale architectural proposal consisting of three huts connected by an elevated deck, located in Kongelunden, in the Amager Nature Reserve near Copenhagen.