Anholt Forces

“Anholt Forces” is the culmination of all of the knowledge accumulated from preceding research projects and focused discussions of personal experiences gained over a three day visit to Anholt. The materialization of this knowledge expresses our understanding of the specificities of Anholt’s physical and ephemeral characteristics that give it its particular sense of place. The materials, tools, methods, and conceptual bases established have been selected in order to experiment and explore the transformative capacities of a constantly evolving process to redefine our understanding of material, structure, place, and movement.
The studio conducted a series of analyses through building proposals, mappings, and objects, researching the island of Anholt over the past year. Anholt is the selected territory of focus within the larger theme of “obsolescence”. The term “obsolescence” is examined in relation to the modern day diaspora to metropolitan cities and the redefinition and rediscovery of the places that are left behind.
This construction of steel and acrylic is designed and built for the Aarhus School of Architecture’s contribution to the European Capital of Culture 2017 event, “Architecture Moves”, which is the result of cooperation with international experts and local stakeholders. The exhibition consists of a variety of works designed and constructed by students and distributed throughout Vennelystparken, and is part of Aarhus Festival