This new elective course surveys architectural thinking from the last two decades, looking at contradictory and complementary tendencies on the contemporary scene. Each week students and staff read and discuss texts on current themes, ranging from the many alleged “turns” in contemporary architecture, to overriding topics such as gender, identity, colonialism, and climate change. Contemporary […]
Centralteateret in Akergaten 38, Oslo is an internationally exceptional composite of theatrical architecture, and a cornucopia of time-specific expressions and ideas. Dating back to the late 18th century, its complex urban and architectural history of additions and transformation includes the work of prominent architects such as Jørgen Henrik Rawert, Georg Andreas Bull, Herman Major Backer, […]
The studio will work with the transformation of Centralteateret in the centre of Oslo. The theatre is a cultural building of complex provenance, making it an ideal case study for working with existing buildings. The first iteration of Centralteateret dates back to the late 18th century, and the theatre has since gone through several transformations. […]
