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NAR Norway: Documentation of land form

North Atlantic Rim Collaborative

2004-10

Collaborators: Elizabeth Shotton, Anna Ryan, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, Ireland; Are Øyasæter, Elin & Carmen Corneil, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Porsteinn Geirhardsson, Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Dept. of Architecture and Design, Reykjavik, Iceland; Roger Mullin, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

The documentation of coastal landscapes at the rim of the North Atlantic is imperative given the significant development pressures and environmental threats on these fragile ecosystems, landforms and settlements. Since 2004 the North Atlantic Rim [NAR] Research Collaborative, representing architects and academics from Ireland, Norway, Iceland and Eastern Canada, have worked jointly each summer on the systematic documentation of representative landscapes and settlements in these regions. The documentation has taken the form of local investigations, from the scale of landscape to building form and detail, supplemented afterward with scaled aerial drawings of each region. The documentation has formed a useful resource for comparisons across the regions to identify salient architectural aspects of landscape that inform the culture and settlement patterns recorded and will form the basis for a publication for broader dissemination of the work.

Funding: Graham Foundation Publication Assistance, Landscape: Form & Settlement 2006; COFORD Working Visit Grant 2006; EU Erasmus Teaching Exchange Grants: 2004, 2005, 2007; An Chomhairele Ealaion [The Arts Council] Ireland, Travel Mobility Grant: Norway 2004 

Publications: 

Shotton, E. 'North Atlantic Rim Research Collaborative'. ON | SITE Review. No. 17. (2007)

NAR Canada 2006
In addition to the documentation of landscape and settlement patterns undertaken in Ireland, Norway and Iceland, the project in Canada included a design/build component resulting in a permanent installation of seating at the entrance to an outdoor theatre in Cheticamp, a small settlement in Nova Scotia.

Structures and early design model study

NAR Canada: 1:1 Sketch design on site

NAR Canada: Concept sketch

NAR Canada: Built

NAR Canada: Built