Open Air Musuem

Seaweed roof-a bit smelly

On Friday, we took a field trip to the Open Air Museum, a 30-minute bus ride away from downtown Copenhagen. At the Open Air Musuem, they have exact replicas of vernacular (traditional) Danish housing from the past and different regions. It was really interesting to see how different regions constructed their homes. For as basic as the homes were, they were very sustainable in the ways that they were built. Also, while the lecturers have gone on and on about how light affects a space, at the Open Air Museum, I've fully realized that the Danes are obsessed with light. For good reason, since they live in the dark most of the winter. The assignment for this field trip was to sketch as much as we can to try to understand how the houses work and are put together. (I definately need to work on my sketching skills. I was very rusty!) It was a looooong, hoooooot afternoon. (I don't think I've stopped sweating since coming to this Scandanavian country-there is no relief from the heat and humidity!) During our field trip, I met several of my future RISD classmates. I think I'm going to like most of them. They seem interesting and come from a wide variety of backgrounds. This program is alot bigger than I thought it would be. I think there are about 160 students in the architecture, interior architecture, furniture design, and textile classes. About 40 of them are from Unv. of Cincinatti. You can't go anywhere without coming across a UC kid. Little annoying.

There's a link to the museum website in the title of this posting.