Supervisor:
Beate Hølmebakk, Chris-Johan Engh
The project is situated along the border between the Trillemarka nature reserve and unprotected forest. 14 towers are placed along the border to hand the responsibility of the reserve to the people using it. Buildings are usually constructed as a response to a human need, but the 14 towers are mainly built in favour of nature.
In Trillemarka, we find one of the last remaining areas in Norway that borders on primeval forest. The prefix “primeval” suggests something untouched. The concept itself is an ideal. Trillemarka is not a primeval forest in the strictest sense—it was first protected in 2008.
Despite its protected status, Trillemarka is still vulnerable. The border itself is unmanned and largely invisible. The fourteen towers serve to clarify this boundary and act as physical reminders of the reserve and the responsibility attached to it. With each tower comes a responsibility, both for construction and maintenance, and looking over nature.
The project lies along the border between Trillemarka nature reserve and unprotected forest. Fourteen towers are placed here to hand responsibility for the reserve to those who use it. Buildings are usually constructed to meet human needs, but these towers are built in favour of nature.
Trillemarka holds one of the last areas in Norway bordering primeval forest. “Primeval” suggests untouched, an ideal—yet Trillemarka was only protected in 2008. Despite this, it remains vulnerable. The border is unmanned, invisible. The towers clarify this border, and serve as reminders of the reserve's sensitivity and the responsibility it carries. Each tower, handed to different organizations, brings with it a duty: to build, to maintain, to look over nature.
Contact
Lasse Rademacher Flesland / +47 995 46 253 / lasserflesland@gmail.com