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Louisiana Museum 

Yayoi Kusama

light exhibit

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Preview to my Long Study Tour in Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland

Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki by the one and only, Steven Holl

Photo by Ali

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Core Course Week felt like a really long time ago...and well, that's probably because it was. So forgive the delay—here's an overview of my Short Study Tour in Western Denmark:

Pedersborg Kirke church in Sorø—over hundreds of years this church has gained several additions, making it much larger than it was originally in 1250 AD

Art piece in the Sorø Kunstmuseum in Sorø—the museum is a combination of the original structure built in 1832 and the modern addition built in 2011

Århus Umdomsbolighus in Århus Havn—an example of sustainable modern student housing

Dinner with the group at Grappa Piccolo

Århus Krematorium Kapel by architect, Henning Larsen—simple and beautiful, this chapel is about how the light inspires divine contemplation

At the rooftop of the Århus Rådhus, by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller, with Ashely, Tonya, and Kate (studying Interior Design at Pratt Institute)

Admiring the architectural thesis work by the students of Arkitekt Skole in Århus

Section cut view of the Rainbow Panorama at the top of the ARoS Museum (by Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen) in Århus—naturally Rosanna and I had to take a lap around the circle and take a video simultaneously showing our faces change color  with the color screens reflecting on us

What's a study tour without the piggyback photo tradition?!

View of the lake at where our hostel was located in Skanderborg at dusk

Group bonding by the bonfire (and yes, s'mores were involved)

Favorite place on the study tour—the Trapholt Kunstmuseum by Bente Aude & Boje Lundgaard in Kolding—Rosanna and I could not stop talking about all of the beautiful details and spaces both in the exterior and interior of this museum, plus it had a killer Danish chair design exhibition (only a few of the chairs are shown in the picture above)

Koldinghus in Kolding—this site was a precedent for my first interior architecture assignment since it dealt with a new modern structure meeting an existing historical structure; shown above is my favorite room in the building

Photos by Ali

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Simply Danish. 

Admiring Danish chair design at the Trapholt Kunstmuseum in Kolding, Denmark

Photo taken by Ali

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Gloves with hearts? Check! Red earmuffs? Check! Got all our Valentine's Day winter wear on!

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Photos and post by Ali

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Sometimes our bodies (yea, the ones used to California and Hawaii temps) can't handle the cold like we want them to and we get sick and we need to drink tea and hot cocoa and eat big bowls of fruit. 

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My biking buddy

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Hi friends and family,

Rosanna and I are off to Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland for our Long Study Tour this week! Catch-up posts from the past month, plus our Long Study Tour photos soon to come. 

Love and miss you all,

Ali

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Anal Tour or Canal Tour?

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Nestled in Nørrebro, the neighborhood where my kollegium is located, Nordic Noodle is a cozy spot to satisfy an Asian food craving with a local Nordic twist. You are able to choose from a simple variety of noodles, meats, vegetables, and sauces to make your bowl unique. I went for the egg noodles with chicken, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, and their special Nordic oyster sauce. Lækker! (Delicious!)

—Ali

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Dansk Arkitektur Center in København is currently exhibiting a collection entitled Life Build Cities. The collection examines architecture that serves as a beacon for their respective cities in that they use public indoor and outdoor spaces to embrace the urban environment. The exhibit was AMAZING.

Pictured above are some photographs I took.

-Rosanna

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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?

Erma Bombeck

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