Wenche Selmer slept on construction sites to study wind
The Norwegian architect spent nights outdoors at her project locations to map the precise movement of light and air before drawing a single line.
Wenche Selmer was one of the few women to achieve prominence in 20th century Scandinavian architecture, and her method was as rugged as the Norwegian coastline she transformed. Before designing any of her thirty summer cabins, Selmer would camp out on the empty, undeveloped land. She spent these nights taking meticulous notes on how the setting sun hit the rocks and which direction the evening breeze traveled across the site.
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