The everyday building culture of Hans Christian Hansen: A study of an ecology of urban tectonic

Anne Beim; Marie Frier Hvejsel

Abstract

Can material interest and tectonic aspiration inform the urban scale and how
can urban context call for tectonic qualities in ordinary buildings? Can we speak of an ‘ecology of urban tectonics’ where the scale of the urban context relates to the tectonic scale of construction details? These questions are examined in selected work by the Danish Architect, Hans Christian Hansen (1901–1978). His buildings hold a strong building culture that is deeply rooted in a regional understanding of materials, traditions of construction and the urban context.
Hansen addressed construction and material use in ordinary buildings and translated the challenges of contemporary building industry into long lasting architectural designs. One could argue that his buildings define an ecological tectonic imperative by addressing the urban scale in a direct unimpressed, but highly original manner – in this case defined as an ‘urban tectonic’ approach. The paper analyses two ordinary building to discuss whether Hansen’s ‘urban tectonic’
can inform the challenges of todays everyday architecture – a growing inability to utilize construction elements as spatial features that link the urban fabric to the human scale.

Translated title of the contribution	Hverdagens byggekultur af Hans Christian Hansen - et studie i den urbane økologis tektonik
Original language	English
Publication date	2015
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	ICSA2016: 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture - School of Architecture of the University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal Duration: 27 Jul 2016 → 29 Jul 2016 Conference number: 3

Conference

Conference	ICSA2016
Number	3
Location	School of Architecture of the University of Minho
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Guimarães
Period	27/07/2016 → 29/07/2016

Keywords

Tectonics
Hans Chr. Hansen
building culture
everyday architecture
Regionalism

Artistic research

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Flashback: Dänischer Geheimtipp
Beim, A., Jan 2022, In: ARCH Arkitektur mit Fazercement. 1, p. 4-5 2 p., 2.
Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

Open Access
Everyday Tectonics? Clarification of concepts
Beim, A. & Hvejsel, M. F., 27 Jul 2016, Structures and Architecture: Beyond their Limits. da Sousa Cruz, P. J. (ed.). London: CRC Press, p. 179 8 p. 18
Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
Hverdagens tektonik
Beim, A. & Hvejsel, M. F., Dec 2016, In: Byg, bæredygtigt byggeri. 6, p. 32-34 2 p.
Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Mod en tektonisk bæredygtig byggekultur
Beim, A. (Project Manager, organisational), Jensen, T. B. (Project Participant), Stylsvig Madsen, U. (Project Participant), Egholm Jackson, O. (Project Participant), Bundgaard, C. (Project Coordinator), Christiansen, K. (Project Coordinator) & Bech-Danielsen, C. (Project Participant)
01/02/2010 → 31/01/2013
Project: Research

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The everyday building culture of Hans Christian Hansen: A study of an ecology of urban tectonic

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