Subjective collective atlas nele bergmans

Nele Bergmans

Subjective collective atlas

DALE context and space(s)

spring 2016

PUZZLE

Dale

Elad

Lade

Edal

Aled

Dela

The valley is a puzzle wich can we interpreted in a lot

of diff erent ways. Every pair of eyes, every other mind,

will lay the pieces diff erently and new layers of this

city will appear. By classifying, dividing, tearing

apart, abstracting, putting back togehter, erasing,

creating, analysing precisly, assuming, googling,

drawing rapidly, pooring plaster, melting soap and

scanning, it was possible to make the Dalepuzzle.

This booklet describes Dale i Sunnfjord, located beside

Dalsfjord, 1081 people living there, surrounded by

mountains and tunnels, and seen and analyzed with the

eyes and brain of a 21 year old Belgian Architectural

student, being in Norway for the fi rst time.

4 | dale noreg remote places

(XL) Dale in Norway (plan)

Dale is a small - remote? - village in Norway. It is called

Dale i Sunnfjord but it lies beside the Dalsfjord. One must

not mistake it with another Dale, the one in Hordaland. In

Norway there are a lot of Dales: this because Dale means

valley.

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Dalepuzzle (plan)

This Dale has a big bridge that connects the North and east

bank. From the Sunnfjord, a river called Dalselva branches off

and divides Dale in two.The east side and the West side. We

conclude Dale is a village with edges and boundaries, There

is the constant prensence of things that lie on the other

side.

a. Sunnfjord e. South side

b. Dalsfjordbrau f. east side

c. Dale g. Dalselva

d. North side h. west side

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b

a

c

d

e

f

gh

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3

4

56

78

9

10

11

12

13

14

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(XL) sea into fjord - fjord into sea

Dale i Sunnfjord lies not beside the Sunnfjord, (as a normal

human would assume). Dale lies beside the Dalsfjord. There is

no sigh of a Sunnfjord on the map. This because Sunnfjord is

an area. ( Southern fjord).

a. dale

b. Dalsfjord

c. North sea

d. deep sea

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a

bc


(L) Dale topography (plan)

Dale is situated between mountains and hills. The mountain on

the north side is called Fløyen and is very big. Surroundig

Dale there are other mountains called Vika and Storehaugen.

In Norway they make tunnels to pass trough the mountains. (It

does not matter if the tunnels lead to remote places). In

Dale, there is the Nishammertunnelen.

a. valley

b. fl øyen

c. Nishammartunnelen

d. Steia

e. Storehaugen

f. Dalsøyna

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f

a

b

c

d

e

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(L) Dale topography (perspective)

These tunnels are ofcours not visible from a perspective

view. But they are there. The fi rst one just in front of the

bridge, and then the other one just after the bridge.

a. Nishammertunnelen 1

b. Nishammertunnelen 2

c. Mountains that need tunnels

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b

c

a

c


(M) best view is ofcourse on top

The best view over the valley is not for the inhabitants,

it is for the visiting artists. Dale is apperently remote,

but they have an art center. Nordic Arts Center, NDK, where

artist from all over the world can have a stay. Dale is an

international remote Norwegain village.

a. valley

b. NDK

c. Residential units for artists

d. Studiospace for artists

e. nive view for artists

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a

e

c

d

b

e

e


(M) 3 terretories

If one looks closely at Dale, 3 bigger terretories exist

beside each other. If one wants to change territory, one must

do this passing the famous roundabout. ( Norwegian villages

don’t have roundabouts usually) This might be the true center

of Dal.

a. territory of industrail use

b. territory of harbour and highest density

c. territory for families with children

d. roundabout

e. possible crossing point

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c

e

d


(M) small map of territory a

Territoy a is the industrial area wich means: buildings that

not have living as main function. The buildings are bigger

that in other territoiries and there is a lot of asphalt. But

also some nice places like the little beach and place where

boats used to arrive and leave. (This is not typical Norwegian

nor remote, this is how every village is usually orginased)

a. dale post h. byggsenter

b. kommune i. nice little beach

c. cafe j. big storage buildings

d. COOP k. some houses

f. the roundabout

g. esso

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A ; 4, 6; a

a

b

c

f

d

g

h

i

j

k


(XS) the tankstation in territory a

The tankstation is located beside Riksveg 57. Riksveg 57

runs between Espeland in Gaular municipality and Knarvik

municipality.

In Norway they have municipalities (this is the same as a

komunne) . Wikipedia says: Municipalities are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for primary education

(until 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen

services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic

development, and municipal roads. Law enforcement and church services

are provided at a national level in Norway.

a.riksveg 57

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A ; 4, 6; a

a


(XS) view of riksveg 57 in territory a

The road system in Norway is not so diffi cult. They have

diff erent Riksveg, wich means national road, and they are

for long distance travelling. They are always topped with

concrete.

a. Riksveg 57

b. Yksnebjørvegen

c. Nishammartunnelen

d. little beach next to Byggcenter

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A ; 4, 6; a

a

b c

d


(XS) fi eld of activity in territory a

This lung of activity catches attention when looking at Dale’s

map, because a lot of names appear in google maps. We conclude

there are a lot of important things gathered here.

a. COOP market

b. kommune

c. Allmuen kafè & interiør/ Allmuen as

d. graveyard

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A ; 6; a

a

b

cd

e

e

e

e


(XS) investigation ground area in territory a

The industrial character of territory a is also made by the

presence of the car. Everything should be accessible. (Yes,

also in Norway between beautiful nature and fjords, cars get

a high priority) Here an investigation of the ratio grass/

asphalt/builing

a. grass

b. asphalt parking space

c. asphalt road

d. building

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A ; 6; a

a

b

c

d


(XS) sight so Dalsfjord in territory a

These are the elements seen from the dock in territory a. The

boundary (the fjord) the in-between (boats growing bigger and

smaller) and the other side (Floyen).

a. boundary

b. in-between

c. other side

d. dock

e. little house beside dock

f. car

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A ; 6; a

a

b

c

d

e

f


(M) territory b

Territory b is a territory of high density, and it is defi ned

by the harbour. Most of the houses can see the fjord from

their window, wich makes it nice to live. This is often the

case in Norway, because they have such varying topography,

every house can have a nive view into a vally or onto the sea.

a. harbour

b. houses with view to fjord

c. fi elds

d. territory a

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A ; 8,9 ; b

a

b

b

b

c

d


(XS) defi ning elements in territory b

Territory b is the territory the harbour. A lot of people

come here especially on sunny days. The road alongside the

harbour ends just after the harbour as there is no longer a

need for the road. Before they build the big Dalsbrau, you

had to use boats to cross the fjord. Nowadays there are less

boats needed in Norway due to road/bridge/tunneldevelopment.

a. harbour

b. road

c. end of the road

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A ; 8,9 ; b

a

b

c

g


(S) walking in territory b

Map of hardened surfaces: terraces, asphalt, conrete, ... One

could assume these are the roads used most often (if you also

keep in mind that many of those surfaces lead to a house or

a garage, a place of dwelling). What is commun in Norway is

that the roads are often dead-ending.

a. big road

b. curly road

c. eyeball road

d. litte rabit road

e. hair-on-fi re road

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A ; 8,9 ; b

a

bc

de


(S) boundaries on paper in territory b

Map of property. Properties lie close to each other, one

fi lling in the space that the other did not want. This way

strange forms appear. Some are lucky: they are very big but

other smaller ones can be luckier because they lie next to

the water: this is an subjective opinion.

a. traingular property

b. biggest property

c. long properties

d. squeezed property

e. not defi ned as property so open space used by the three

properties that lie beside it

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a

b

c

d

e


(S) diff erent types of roofs in territory b

The majority of houses in territory b in Dale has a pitched

roof on two sides. Seen from above, they are rectangular with

a line in the middle. Some houses chose to extend their roof.

They did it by using a small house (also pitched roof) and

adding it to the side of the pitched roof. Some chose this

system on two sides. Other houses chose to have a pitched

roof on 4 sides, this looks like an envelope seen from above.

Then there are other houses that not can be described with a

standard descpription because they only appear once.

In Norway they like to play with the shape of their roof.

a. pitched roof 2 sides

b. pitched roof with small extension houses

c. envelope roof

d. very special

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c

a

b

d

d

d


(S) mowing the lawn in territory b

map of diff erent techniques used for mowing the lawn. One can

do it in stripes, very short. One can do it with an unknown

technique that leaves no stripes. One can just let it grow

wild. Garden in Norway are usually not so big. They have

nature surrounding them in every direction so they don’t need

a big garden. This way, villages can be more compact.

a. mown in stripes

b. very equally mown, no traces

c. wild

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a

b

c


(M) map of territory c

Territory c is defi ned by the bend in the river Dalselva. It

is a housing area for families. They have the biggest and

quietest garden. This territory is also close to the center

(the roundabout) so this is an ideal position. Further down

to the south there are some more houses to be found, but they

don’t belong to the territory anymore.

a. the bend

b. enclosed big garden

c. housing street

d. other houses further away, almost Dingemoen

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A ; 11,13 ; c

d

c

b

a


(M) paths in fi elds leading to crossing in territory c

Within the enclosed space there are paths made to points

where crossing from territory c to b or b to c is easiest.

You can try in the smallest point of the river on top of the

map. Or you can try in the east part, where there is an extra

island and the water is lower (there are some sharp rocks in

this part)

a. path between high grass to short crossing

b. shorter path but longer crossing

c. the other side

Nele Bergmans | 45

A ; 11,13 ; c

ab

c


(S) crossing in territory c (model)

a. narrow crossing point

b. territory b

c. territory c

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A ; 11,13 ; c

a

b

c


(M)mowing lines in territory c

in territory c there are big fi elds in comparison to territory

a or b. There is one person mowing these fi elds. He starts in

the lowest fi eld and then works his way up. This technique only

becomes clear when watched from above.

a. starting point

b. very hard shape for mowing

c. central and biggest fi eld

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A ; 11,13 ; c

a

b

c


(M)roofs in territory c

By seeing similarities in roofscape in territory a b and c, we

can conclude that in Norway almost every house has a pitched

roof. Also garages and postboxes get a pitched roof. It could

be that there are pitched roofs for washing lines and waiting

rubber boots.

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A ; 11,13 ; c


(M)roads in territory c

Roads are not often straight because it’s diffi cult with the

variety of levels. Territory c is the ultimate example of

weird curling, dead ending roads in Norway.

a. dead end

b. dead end

c. dead end

d. dead end

e. dead end

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A ; 11,13 ; c

a

bc

d

e


(M)forgetting about territory a b and c

After closer investigation was noticed that there are other

territories with much more specifi c properties. These territories

are made by the Norwagians, the fl ajer municipality, the Dale

people. It is a suplement to the previous puzzle. Dough

complete other categoratisation of territory, some elements

stay the same.

a. roundabout

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a


(M)earthworks

Area close to Dingemoen preserved for sport activities. West

of the banana: housing area. Up: Industrial area near Dale.

a. Sportfi eld

b. banana

c. housing area

d. industrial area

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a

bc

d


(M)center purpose

A fl exible center is wanted. This area will be for fl ats,

houses, offi ce space, catering, ... They want to be able to

change in accordance to the developments in the future.

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(M)Marina

Area with boat houses. They want to preserve this area, it

should no be open for densifi cation and they want to make this

area more accessible.

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(M)cemetery

a. burial ground for the future

b. possible fl ooted area

c. cemetery

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cb

a


(S)Beach zone Dale north

This plan shows the territories is Dale north. The beach

zone they want to protect, as well as the zone next to the

fjord. There are old factories, they want them to re-develop

(some of them) others are too old. This will become a private

property of the kumune, no housing will be placed. This is

their guideline in developing Dale and surroundings.

a. old factory

b. beach

c. zone of preservation

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a

b

c


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(M)public and private services

Suffi cient space for development of public services is the

main goal for the future of this area. This is considered

as a sustainable densifi cation, and a good balance between

landscape and building.

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