Værket

Name
Quynhtran Nguyen
Education degree
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Architecture
Institute
Architecture and Design
Program
Furniture Design - Products, Materials and Contexts
Year
2022

A framed space situated in the heart of Royal Danish Academy campus. The project explores the potential of space in a shifting wall structure. Værket is up for interpretation: its function and spatial qualities are determined by the user’s need; the need of space, gathering and expression.

Plan.
Site and context.
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Royal Danish Academy locations on Holmen.
Project area.
Overview of project area.
Two students having lunch on the ground.
Temporary DIY seating.
The furniture found on campus are scarce and random. The need for seating is evident.
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How can we create a space without a specific program;

a space that invites and inspires for different kinds of activities and stays?

Users' needs.
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Need for leaning.
Need for lying down.
Need for building.
Need for sitting.
Need for a table.
Need for another table.
Need for building. Instagram: kglakademi
Need for sculpting. Instagram: kglakademi
Section Aa
Section Bb

Værk, the Danish definition: Bolværk (bulwark), træværk (woodwork), activity, a place for creation, a work place.

For sitting.
For leaning.
For working.
For conversing.
For spectating.
For storage.
For exhibiting.
For expressing.

The intention of Værket is not to tell how to use it. The familiarity in materials, visuals and relation to the body appeals and communicates how to use it naturally.

Basemodul. Værket is built with modules in the dimensions 40cm in height, 150cm in width and 47cm in depth.

The base module is repeated in a consistent rhythm horizontally. It varies vertically and can be in different heights: 40cm, 80cm and 120cm; heights related to the body scale. It can be interpreted as a seating element, a table element and a spatial element.

Construction and joinery.

Materials: Oak or Robinia, joined together with steelbolts, screw threads and washers and casted in concrete.

15x15cm thick wooden beams are joined together with common wooden techniques "bladning" and "tap".

Left: Bladning, right: Tap
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The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s)