New life for recycled Troldtekt panels at innovative architecture workshop
Architecture is also about experimentation. This was evident when 50 budding architects participated in the Paraply Architecture Workshop in Copenhagen. The focus was on creating creative and climate-conscious projects based on residual and recycled materials, including Troldtekt acoustic panels.
A raft, a transport solution and a new republic. This was the output from the latest edition of the Paraply Architecture Workshop in Copenhagen in August 2024.
The workshop aims to integrate climate awareness with practical adaptability and design alchemy. This is done by letting prominent architects, artists and designers guide a group of architecture students to solve practical challenges using only residual and recycled materials. Among the materials was a consignment of recycled Troldtekt acoustic panels donated by Troldtekt A/S.
At the Paraply workshop, the participants do not know the range of materials in advance, and the intention is to encourage them to “think by doing” - i.e. trying things out, feeling the weight of the materials, experiencing their gravity and testing their stability at full scale.
This year, the 50 national and international participants were guided by Point Supreme from Greece, LLRRLLRR from Estonia and Comte/Meuwly from Switzerland.
The three projects
Point Supreme: “Raft of Medusa”
With an ambition of getting the participants to reflect on the dialogue between materials, Point Supreme assigned the task of creating a raft consisting exclusively of recycled materials. After long negotiations, the materials – including Troldtekt panels – were tied, knotted, braided, screwed and assembled together before the raft was finally launched as a single object.
LLRRLLRR: “Moving bricks”
Move 40 bricks over the canal and into the workshop space without touching them. That was the simple assignment from LLRRLLRR. Through preliminary exercises, the participants familiarised themselves with the bricks and their properties in advance so that by the end of the workshop they pulled, rolled and carried the bricks to safety – without touching any of them.
Comte/Meuwly: “Performing places”
At the start of the workshop, Comte/Meuwly occupied a small concrete island. It was then up to the participants to establish the new republic with minimal resources and maximum effect. The area was explored, concepts developed and interventions planned, and the collective isolation on the concrete island was achieved using several flotation devices.
Read more about Paraply and see previous projects here.
