FORMA STUDIO
DOC REF: FS-MONO-2025.A
LOAD-BEARING ENVELOPE STUDIES
[ VOLUME 07 // MONOLITHIC DISCOURSE ] SERIES: MASS // VOID // TOPOGRAPHY

Monolithic Order / The Poetics of Mass & Void

Architectural Works 2018—2025 // Tokyo • Oslo • Zürich • Reykjavík

ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION: ISO 10406-1 HYPO-SLAB
PRJ-09 // KALLSKÄR MARITIME PAVILION
LAT 60.1282° N, LON 19.9234° E
AXIS 01 // SEAWARD OVERHANG: 18.4M
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SURFACE PROFILE

Hydraulic post-tensioned shear walls embedded directly into granite archipelago batholith.

SCALE 1:200 @ A0
BUILDING FOOTPRINT 4,200 M² GFA ENCLOSED
PRIMARY MEDIUM C50/60 RAW ROUGH-SAWN LARCH FORM
MOMENT CAPACITY 14,800 KN•M SEISMIC CLASS D
LEAD STRUCTURAL A. LINDQVIST COMMISSIONED 2024
[ CORE POSITION ] AUSTERE TECTONIC PRINCIPLES

“We sculpt silence out of mass. Concrete as geological permanence.”

The studio rejects ephemeral envelopes, disposable assemblies, and decorative cladding. Every structural pier, coffered ceiling, and monolithic cantilever functions simultaneously as the structural frame, interior enclosure, and final expressive skin.

By anchoring casting compounds into natural topography, the architecture transitions from an artifact sitting on land to an extruded continuation of the earth’s geological strata.

[ SECTION 02 // CHRONOLOGY ]

SELECTED MONOGRAPHS

NO. 08 — THE SUBTERRANEAN ATRIUM
COMPLETED 2024
AGGREGATE SPECS BLACK VOLCANIC BASALT // ZERO FINISH
TYPOLOGY: CULTURAL EXCAVATION

Submerged 14 meters beneath geothermal rift terrain. The building relies on thermal mass insulation provided by surrounding basalt walls, funneling winter light through an unglazed tension-ring zenith aperture.

VOL: 18,200 M³ DEPTH: -14.2 M GEO-STABILITY: 99.8%
SECTION A-A' ELEVATION
LIGHT APERTURE -14.2M DATUM
SECTOR: IC-04 SCALE 1:500
NO. 07 — CISTERN RESIDENCE 2023
KYOTO // 35.0116° N
TYPOLOGY: RESIDENTIAL SANCTUARY

Arranged as two intersecting concrete boxes around a central rainwater retention reservoir. Natural shadows cast across board formwork dictate hourly interior rhythms.

POUR VOLUME 1,420 M³
GLAZING RATIO 8.2% (DEFENSIVE)
NO. 06 — FJORD CABLE TERMINAL
2022
TYPOLOGY: INFRASTRUCTURE

Engineered to anchor a 2.4-kilometer aerial freight gondola span across the ocean channel. Post-tensioned concrete buttresses withstand gale velocities exceeding 210 km/h.

TENSION FORCE 32,500 KN CONTINUOUS
STATUS: OPERATIONAL
NO. 05 — MONOLITH CHAPEL
2021
TYPOLOGY: SACRAL / MEDITATIVE

Constructed using local crushed quartz aggregate sourced from the mountain pass excavation. Interior acoustics produce a 7.2-second natural reverberation decay.

ELEVATION 2,410 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL
UNHEATED VOID
[ SPECIFICATION LOG ]

MATERIAL COMPOSITION & GEOMETRIC STRESS

TEST STANDARDS: EN 206 // ARCHIVAL SAMPLE LOT: A-77
01 / AGGREGATE DENSITY grain
BASALT CRUSH (REYKJAVÍK) 2,850 KG/M³
GRANITE CORES (KALLSKÄR) 2,680 KG/M³
QUARTZITE SILICA (VALAIS) 2,420 KG/M³

Sourced strictly within a 15km perimeter of building envelopes to minimize haulage carbon and harmonize chromatic tones.

02 / THERMAL INERTIA OSCILLATION thermostat
EXTERIOR DELTA (±28°C) INTERNAL REGULATED CORE (±1.8°C)

Wall thicknesses ranging between 600mm and 1,400mm guarantee passive thermodynamic buffering without synthetic envelope layers.

03 / CYCLIC FATIGUE FACTOR precision_manufacturing
120+ DESIGN LIFE (YEARS)
REBAR COVER RATIO: 75MM CAST GRADE
SULPHATE RESISTANCE: SR-0 HIGH HIGHWAY
SURFACE CARBONATION: <0.05 MM/YR

Laboratory verified hyper-densified mixes designed to withstand harsh maritime freezing/thawing exposure cycles.

[ ACCESS REPOSITORY ]

REQUEST TECHNICAL DOSSIER & STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS

High-resolution 1:50 construction schematics, aggregate batch formulations, and structural calculation models are accessible for municipal and institutional review.