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Charlie Hammarlund
Architecture BA Hons

University of Portsmouth

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Architecture / Design and Technology / Design for Social Good

My location: Stockholm, Sweden

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University of Portsmouth

Charlie Hammarlund

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First Name: Charlie

Last Name: Hammarlund

University / College: University of Portsmouth

Course / Program: Architecture BA Hons

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Architecture / Design and Technology / Design for Social Good

My Location: Stockholm, Sweden

About

I am an architectural BA (Hons) Architectural Graduate from a background of craftsmanship, with a strong interest in metapsychological experience and the influence of architecture on human behaviour and mental state. With a strong belief that architecture is interchanging the physical reality and therefore should be treated with the finest of care for detail and understanding.

Epistemology How do we acquire knowledge? Could architecture make learning inevitable? This project explores the possibility of transforming a journey through architecture into a journey through knowledge. Conceived as an architectural syllabus, the building uses circulation as pedagogy, guiding visitors through curiosity, uncertainty, discovery, reflection and ultimately mastery. The path bends, pauses, rises and redirects, deliberately concealing what lies ahead while offering glimpses of what might be discovered. Learning spaces, research and exhibition become moments within this journey rather than destinations in themselves. Architecture therefore becomes more than a container for knowledge. The building itself becomes inseparable from the act of learning, where movement, space and curiosity shape the experience of acquiring knowledge.