Norwegian architects reach out to the needy

The Safe Haven Bathhouse is a new sanitary building to meet the basic personal hygiene needs of the orphanage.

The will to do something meaningful and good lies within all of us, agree architects with heart Hanstad (left) and Gjertsen who stayed in Thailand for a full year studying, designing and building with several different communities.

The Safe Haven Library workshop undertaken in 2009 by TYIN involved the participation of 15 Norwegian architecture students from NTNU to ensure that the Safe Haven Orphanage has a space for the children to do homework, use a computer, read books and play games.

The Soe Ker Tie House in Noh Bo, a small village situated at the border tucked between Thailand and Burma is the realisation of a dream for the Karen refugee children. Here, bamboo weaving technique was used for the creation of the Butterfly Houses.

The Old Market Library built in a 100-year old market building caught on with the locals who have developed an attachment to this place built with local and reused materials.

The Cassia Co-op Training Centre located in an area where 75 per cent of the worlds cinnamon production takes place is designed as a space for educating local cinnamon farmers in Sumatra.

Energetic duo Andreas G. Gjertsen and Yashar Hanstad, partners of TYIN tegnestue Architects from Norway live by Finnish architect and writer Juhani Pallasmaas saying, Architecture is about the understanding of the worldand turning it into a more meaningful and humane place.

We have always been interested in basic solutions to fundamental challenges.

Our architecture is usually based on rational choices with the aim of creating useful and beautiful structures. Our background in Norway has taught us a lot about wooden construction and we cherish other natural materials as well.

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Norwegian architects reach out to the needy