Architecture and Nature
Architecture and Nature is the line for those of you who are curious about architecture and outdoor life.
Join us for a year filled with exciting projects and great trips. On the course we will work on projects inside the classroom and outside in nature. In the classroom we work with drawing, scale and model building. Outside we explore how architecture is not just four walls, but that it can also be living in a snow cave, a tent or a tree house.
The fall begins with basic training in scale, drawing and measuring. We will also work on how you can find your own style to draw with different media and materials. Carpentry and lathing are also on the program. We take this knowledge with us and use it in the field. The projects we will work on vary greatly. Some are quick sketch projects. Some are larger projects where we go through all the phases from idea to a finished construction.
Architecture is more than just the buildings around us. On trips we explore what architecture can be and what provides spatial experiences. For example, have you thought about what a campfire can do to the experience outside?
Throughout the winter we alternate between being out skiing or hiking, and in the classroom working on projects.
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Practical information
The year is divided so that we have three curriculum days a week, except for 4 weeks (the curriculum weeks) where we work with curriculum subjects.
Price for the school year 25/26:
Price full-year study: NOK 145,000
The loan fund provides a loan of NOK 151,690 for the school year 25/26 . 60 percent of this sum is a loan, 40 percent is a loan that will be converted into a scholarship when you are approved for your year at folk high school. To have a loan converted into a scholarship, you cannot have undocumented absences that exceed 10 percent.
Compared to a year of study, a year at a folk high school is cheaper. Everything is included; food, electricity, internet, rent, academic activities and travel. On some line trips you buy your own lunch.
Start: August 24/January 3
Ends: mid-May
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Content on the line
- Scale and drawing training
- Idea development and process
- Model building
- Full-scale construction
- Lathing and carpentry
- Hiking in the autumn mountains
- Sleeping under the open sky
- Skiing in Hallingdal's fantastic ski resort VU
- Make a snow cave, snow cave, igloo
- Transformation/renovation of one of the school's premises
- Using different artistic media
- Finding your own style of drawing
- Learn about national and international architecture
- Playing with the boundary between outdoor and indoor spaces
- Create your own sketchbook/journal
- How to create design in nature
The Line Weeks
- Hallingdal – Out on a hike in the autumn mountains. Tent and campfire. We find a plot of land and learn how to measure and register it. What we learn here is taken into the classroom and becomes the basis for a sketch project.
- Cabin to cabin – We visit cabins of all sizes and categories. How about a night in a treetop cabin? And a ski trip to a DNT cabin.
- The Alps – New and old alpine architecture, mountain hiking and swimming.
Study trip to the Alps
For the big line tour we head towards the Alps. Here we visit towns and villages of all sizes and study the architecture. Spas are a must on the list. The Alps have a long bathing culture, and we obviously have to experience it. We look at new and old Alpine architecture, and buildings that mix the two. We try to arrange a small workshop with local craftsmen and a visit to an architectural office. A little mountain hiking, a little architecture and a little swimming. The ultimate study trip!
Teacher
Pernille Landro
Pernille is a teacher of architecture and nature. She grew up at the school, and is thus a true folk high school child. She has also been a student and fellow at a folk high school further north in the country. Pernille is a graduate of NTNU in Trondheim. She has a strong interest in most things that involve being outdoors, and especially freeriding, long-distance mountain skiing and climbing.
Teacher
Liv Storla
Liv has worked as an architect in Canada, Vietnam and Norway with both architecture and landscape. She has a heart for creating a bridge between architecture and nature, preferably by working with wood, whether bamboo or birch, and has also attended a woodworking course. She also has a master's degree in art and has had several exhibitions in Dublin, Ireland.
Who is the line suitable for?
This is a line for everyone, both with and without experience, but you must want to learn new things and be part of the outdoors.
Expectations for you
- You are positive, both towards your fellow students and what we are going through on the course.
- You want to learn and share experiences and contribute to the community - both on the course and at the boarding school
- We want to build a community where we make each other good. Beginners and more experienced people have just as much to give to make that community strong.
- Play is important - we need to get outside our comfort zone sometimes.
- We do not require any drawing skills. You can create good projects without being "classically good" at drawing.
Remember to have this ready when you start school:
- Valid passport for at least one year in the future
- Travel insurance
- European Health Insurance Cards
- Contents/equipment insurance
Equipment list
Clothing
- Wind and waterproof clothing
- Wool underwear, wool socks
- Warm clothing; wool sweater, fleece jacket and/or down jacket
- Mittens (also wind mittens), hat and scarf
- Workwear
- Mountain shoes
- Safety shoes
Equipment
- Headlamp
- Folding rule and measuring tape
- Drawing equipment; pencils, erasers and reducing sticks
- Sketchbook
- Thermos, cutlery and plates for hiking
- Sunglasses
- Winter sleeping bag (comfort-10)
- Sleeping mat for winter use
- Daypack (30-40 liters)
- Cross-country skiing/mountain skiing
- Large bag (minimum 60 liters)