Abstract:
Dwelling Monuments formulates a strategy of how to deal with fortifications built across the Atlantic Wall during the Second World War. This strategy seeks to make them visible as monuments in an historic context, as well as structures enabling exploration of the beautiful coastal landscape. The strategy manifests itself in three projects within three islands around Trondheimsfjorden as pilots showing the underlying potential. Each project offers different ways of dwelling by the coast. The aim of this thesis is to create a more healthy way of coping with global trauma, while preserving a collective memory of how the impacts of war reach beyond the devastating destruction caused by violent confrontations.
