FRIGGEBOD Uppsala Sweden Architecture | Roni Freidman

FRIGGEBOD IS A SWEDISH DEFINITION FOR A STRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT EXCEED THE AREA OF 15 SQ.M AND THE HEIGHT OF 3 M. ACCORDING TO THE SWEDISH BUILDING LAW  IT  DOES NOT NEED A BUILDING CERTIFICATE .USUALLY  IT DEALS WITH SMALL AND SIMPLE HUTS THAT ARE USED FOR SIMPLE PURPOSES AND NOTHING BEYOND.

AT THE FIRM   "A5 AEKITEKTER " IN UPPSALA SWEDEN , IT WAS DECIDED, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY FOR THE PRESRNT FORM OF THE FIRM ,TO BUILD A STRUCTURE INSIDE THE GARDEN,IN THE FRONT OF THE MAIN BUILDING THAT FACES THE TOWN CENTER.THIS STRUCTURE HAS TO WITHSTAND THE ABOVE MENTIONED CRITERIA. BUT, IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE THEN A SIMPLE HUT! IT MUST EXPRESS AN ORIGINAL  AND CREATIVE WAY OF THINKING AND CAUSE THE SPECTATOR TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITS FOR THE DESIGN AND CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES EVEN WHEN THE DEFINITIONS ARE VERY LIMITING.

THE PREFERED SUGGESTION:

THE IDEA IS BASED ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE DIAGONAL AND THE VERTICAL LINE AND LINKING THEM INTO A 3D SPACE. THE STRUCTURE CONTAINS 6 FRAMES. THE FIRST ONE IS A TRIANGLE AND THE LAST ONE IS A RECTANGULAR.ALL THE 4 FRAMES IN BETWEEN OVERBRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THESE TWO FORMS.THE SPANS BETWEEN THE FRAMES ARE THE SAME.IN THE NORHERN SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, WHERE THE FRAMES CHANGE THEIR SLOPE,THE SPANS ARE COVERED WITH GLASS PLATES THAT CREATE COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY  WHILE THE SOUTHERN AND VERTICAL  SIDE CONSISTS OF VERTICAL OPAQUE  PLATES THAT ARE PLACED BETWEEN THE FRAMES TOO ,BUT THEY CAN BE TURNED ROUND AXES THAT ARE PLACED ON THEIR TOP.WHEN THESE PLATES ARE TURNED AROUND THEY CREATE A ROOF OVER THE EXTERNAL SOUTHERN AREA ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE THUS,THE ROOFED AREA IS DOUBLED .THIS OPENING ENSURES FULL SHADOWING OF THE STRUCTURE DURING MOST DAY HOURS AND IN ADDITION CONDITIONING OF THE TEMPERATURE AS WELL.EVEN THE TRASPARENCY AND INTEGRATION  WITH THE ENVIRONMENT GET THEIR CLIMAX IN THIS SITUATION.

THE OPAQUE PLATES ARE SUPPORTED –WHEN OPENED-BY" LADDERS" THAT ARE CONNECTED  TO THE PLATES ON THEIR UPPER OUTER SIDE. THUS, THEY BECOME THE SUPPORTS OF THESE PLATES WHEN THEY ARE OPENED. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE  THE "DESIGN-LANGUAGE" OF THE STRUCTURE –THE TENSION BETWEEN THE DIAGONAL AND THE VERTICAL- EACH  LADDER HAS A DIFFERENT LENGTH WHAT MEANS DIFFERENT INCLINATION OF EACH OPEN PLATE.

THE STRUCTURE IS ABLE TO FURNISH   ITSELF WITH SOLAR ELECRICITY FROM ITS ROOF.

THE LOCATION AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE:

THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN WALL OF AN OLD POND IN THE GARDEN.IN ORDER TO ENTER IT ONE MUST GO OVER AN ELLIPTICAL SURFACE  OVER THE POND AND THEN CHOOSE ONE OF THE NARROW FRONTS.THIS SURFACE IS MADE OF WOODEN PLATES AND SUROUNDS THE POND IN AN ASIMETRIC ELLIPSE.THE SPACE BETWEEN  THIS SURFACE  AND  THE STRUCTURE IS COVERED WITH FLOWERS.SINCE THE WOODEN PLATES POINT TOWARD THE INNER SIDE OF THE ELLIPSE,NO PLATE RESEMBLES ITS NEIGHBOUR.

PURPOSE:

 THE STRUCTURE WILL STAY ON ITS PRESENT PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF UPPSALA  FOR ONE YEAR.THEN IT WILL BE SOLD AND THE INCOMES WILL GO TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS.DURING THIS YEAR IT WILL BE USED AS A MEETING ROOM OF THE FIRM AND A GALLERY FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.