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The TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™ contains the tools needed to create useful, beautiful and necessary structures under any circumstance. TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™ is mobile, sturdy, practical and simple to use. Bring it along when you are starting a new project and see the value of using these simple methods and tools. Your architecture and everyone involved will benefit substantially from the use of TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™.

The tools you find in your TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™ will help you in implementing your ideas. The hand tools are useful for solving simple tasks, building beautiful constructions, or shaping available materials. The abstract tools presented will be crucial when facing the social and mental challenges that lie beneath the surface of the situation. TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™ contains practical tips on how to proceed with projects with tight schedules, small budgets and limited resources.

TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™ is sturdy and can easily be shipped by any mode of transport without danger to the contents. TYIN Architect’s Toolbox™ is developed by professionals through hands-on experience and field-tested under extreme conditions.

Gather a good and sturdy team. The rising global challenges require international teams. Select practitioners you feel comfortable working with. Look for a combination of professional and personal skills.

Play at your strengths; everyone doesn’t need to have the same skills.If members of the team are inexperienced, start with something simple and give everyone time to adapt to new challenges and situations.

Don’t worry too much about language difficulties.Use the universal language of the drawing and be aware of your collaborators body language.

Let the confusion and miscommunications become a part of your work.The unexpected results of miscommunication can often guide the process towards the creation of beautiful mistakes.

Rubik’s Cube: a good way to disconnect and reset your mind.Pro tip: Sometimes you will need to change one part you have already solved to fix the whole.

When bringing funding into a project, be conscious about what you purchase and how you invest. Use low-cost materials if possible. Recycle and innovate!

Try selecting products from local markets. This way your money can circulate and multiply, strengthening the local economy. It’s all about leaving behind more than just the physical structures.

Further reading: Nabeel Hamdi “Small Change”

Warning! The hands-on approach will result in dirty hands. Antibac is useful to stay clean and healthy. It solves a simple problem that can have dire consequences.

Knowledge of basic sanitation is not available to all. Don’t confuse lack of education with respect for local culture and tradition.

...it’s about how.

it’s not just about what you see

The white board is a very powerful design tool, in the studio and on-site. White board drawings are immediate, changeable and intuitive in nature.All ideas and suggestions need to be considered and reviewed. Only the strong ideas will survive the elusive quality of the white board.

Try to avoid unnecessary inconveniences.There will always be enough challenges in the project as it is.Feel free to bring small luxuries that enable you to keep your professional focus.

Some naiveté is healthy. Sometimes baby wipes does the trick.

Bring a flashlight!

A pick-up truck can be your opportunity device. It takes you to new sites and potential projects. Bring along your team, all your tools and lots of energy.

Ole Jørgen Bryn, architect

“Don’t design your own problems...”

Philip Pa has been working as a carpenter since 2008.

“I need a hammer!”

Philip Pa had a wish for the future. He wanted to be a carpenter.

When asked what he needed to become a carpenter, his answer was simply;

Find inspiration outside your profession.Music is a wonderful metaphor to architecture.

We recommend Radiohead for mystery, Deftones for energy, Pearl Jam for endurance, Red Hot Chili Peppers for humor, Tool for sincerity, Nirvana for self-scrutiny, Korn for aggression or Dave Matthews Band for precision.

be precise, stay sharp and cut the crap!

In a triangle with sides of 3, 4 and 5 units, one of the corners will be precisely 90O

Perfect when making measurements on your building site.

Manual labour encourages an architecture of necessity, where everything serves a purpose. The use of basic hand tools will trigger your creativity and force you to develop a pragmatic sense when detailing.

When used correctly even the most basic handsaw is efficient, convenient and will provide a high degree of precision.

1. Get a Ø=10-20mm clear PVC hose2. Fill the hose with water

The water in both ends of the hose will always stay on the same level.

3. Hold one end at a chosen point zero4. Hold the other end where you need to find a specific level5. Adjust your structure related to the height of the water column

Bolted connections ensures strength and precision without the need for complicated explanations.It simplifies prefabrication of building elements.

One bolt used in the right place will easily replace ten nails, and you have a greater control of the quality and strength of your project’s main structure.

When working in small communities, a close connection is crucial for a socially sustainable result. Dare to get involved and invest yourself in the project.

However; don’t get overly attached. Tight personal attachments might create large gaps when you leave.

Follow up as closely as possible, and finish what you start!

You will be affected by the project. There will be blood, sweat and tears.There will be dust, mud and ugliness.

Don’t despair.Frustration is a wonderful source of creativity.

put some heart into it

“Don’t think too much before you start working;

and don’t work too much before you stop and

start to reflect.” Nabeel Hamdi,

There will always be some risk involved when creating architecture.Don’t let fear of injury stop you from implementing in your ideas.Let your determination lead you, with the safety of a simple first aid kit.

The cell phone is a powerful symbol of the technological revolution.With ease you can connect to people all around the planet with a push of a button. The cell phone shows us that we are living on the same planet.

Bring a simple phone to the building site. Get a local sim-card.Keep in touch with collaborators, friends and family.

Use the camera as your storyteller. The lens works as a filter between us and the reality. Sometimes this distance is needed to understand the situation you are working in.

The most important part of photographing the projects is to convey the ideas and reasons behind the work to a larger audience. This way you can inspire other professionals to broadening their scope and revaluating the principles of their practices.

Sketchbook, telephone, cinema, encyclopedia, music machine, organizer, game center, day planner, dictionary, internet provider.

Don’t give the computer an unreasonable amount of credit; it will not make your design for you. It is a tool, just like any pencil, hammer or camera.

“I wish I was as fortunate,

as fortunate as me”

wishlist / pearl jam

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