Johanne Dalemark (master’s in architecture – RIBA), is an architect living in Trondheim, Norway. In collaboration with Sondre Utgaard she established the studio, Majoren Tegnestue which predominately designs residential and recreational architecture. Majoren Tegnestue is curious to explore and challenge social and alternative accommodations.
Johanne also works as an architect at Norconsult Trondheim. At Norconsult she is currently working on a transformation project at the harbor in Narvik. The transformation consists of conserving an old warehouse building by adding a new building skin that reflex the original architecture. The building will serve as an open pavilion for tourist arriving by boat.
Johanne studied at Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. She studied transformation architecture for her bachelor’s degree, and Habitation - building culture and tectonics for her master’s degree. Her thesis project, Penology, critiqued institutional historicism in prison architecture. She designed a detention center cohering to the principles of the Norwegian Correctional Service’s prison ideology. Penology has later been credited in the book, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Design, published by the University of Birmingham.
In addition to her architectural background, she is interest in environmental psychology, sociology, and urban life. An interest, which is the foundation for her approach to architectural design.
Image 1: Flyteteltet, Majoren Tegnestue
Image 2: Pir1 Narvik, Norconsult
Image 3: Dyrk fritidsbolig, Majoren Tegnestue
Image 4: Penology, Thesis project
