La Byen Synges

Når bystyret i Tromsø trakk søknaden om innlemmelse i Samisk språkområde, mistet vi en viktig mulighet til å befeste et viktig kulturelt lag i våre offentlige rom; til å tilføre en kompleksitet som skaper møter mellom mennesker og fortellinger. Tromsø gikk glipp av muligheten å formidle at byen anerkjenner at den er et sted hvor to verdener møtes.

Nye visuelle språk og ideer oppstår i kampsonene. I høst har vi sett New York gallerier plukke opp Occupy Wall Streets «scruffy cardboard signs» og 15-M bevegelsens visuelle språk bli brukt i Vodafones mobilabonnementskampanje. Vi har sett vrengte kofter. Protestaksjoner er en del av vår kulturelle produksjon og blir etter hvert plukket opp av reklamebransjen, mote, film og kunst.

Tromsø kan ikke kreve av de samiske miljøene at de alltid skal måtte hente den kreative energien i kampen for rettigheter og synlighet - en synlighet som Norge og Tromsø markedsfører for alt den er verdt.
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Oslo 26. Januar: POP UP // Nordic Architecture Award

OAF starter forelesningsrekken 2012 med fire forelesere og presentasjon av vinnerprosjektene fra the Nordic Architecture Award 2011 :

Journalist Mark Isitt (sverige) starter foredraget med en kort presentasjon av Nordic Architecture Award og avslutter med en oppsummering og om tendenser i nordisk samtidsarkitektur.
En av målene til Oslo Arkitektforening er å nå lengre ut til folket med arkitekturen og vi tar i bruk nye steder i Oslo by til OAF-foredrag i 2012.
Første sted ut er Deichmanske hovedbibliotek på Hammersborg - VELKOMMEN!!

Snøhetta (norge)
Beste bygning: Reinsdyrpaviljongen i Dovrefjell nasjonalpark/ Norge.

Landslag (island)
Beste offentlige rom: Byrom ved Harpa konserthus i Reykjavik/ Island.

Dahl + Uhre (norge)
Beste byplan: Nunarsuup qeqqani / Nuup qeqqani // In The Middle of the World / In the Middle of NUUK
- Grønland

Tromsø January 26th

TERRITORIAL PRACTICES / CONFERENCE

Arctic Frontiers 2012 / Tromsø
The conference asks if and how industrial practices and global economic practices are able to develop in a close and sustainable connection to local landscape conditions. It also asks how architectural practices can identify and create awareness of landscape spaces that are not immediately visual. It seeks to demonstrate the significance of architectural logics, explorations and concepts for social development.
The conference will work explore new vocabularies, tools and methods for a sustainable development of the complex set of practices operating within the same territories.

SPEAKERS 

ARCTIC FRONTIERS 2012 

Europan 11 Norway Book of Results

The prizewinning ceremony was held at DogA in Oslo the 14th. of Desember.
The next step for the young architects in and with the cities where laid out at a workshop the day after.The Book of Results where on the table at this ceremony. Knut Eirik has written the text “Fighting on other Barricades” as an introduction to the book , for you to read.

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Berørende, sterkt og utrolig vakkert intervju med Ánde Somby i Portrettet i Lørdagens Klassekampen.

"– Jeg ble født inn i en verden med samehat, og jeg kommer til å dø fra en verden med samehat. Perioden fra 1980 til 2011 var bare et friminutt."

Ánde sier i Portrettet at han tror Tromsø-saken vil bli like stor i fortellingen om kampen for samiske rettigheter som Alta-saken. Begge berører fundamentale spørsmål om minoritetsvern.

Valencia debates - shear energy

In three days in November we lectured and debated in Valencia. This gallery of participants shows the energy and engagement of the artists, architects, designers, researchers and students. In the round-table discussions we had Maria Helstrøm Reimert between us translating from Spanish to Scandinavian – a top performance. The discussion continued into the nights.

Europan 11 Prize Ceremony

The 14th of December the Prize Ceremony for Europan 11 takes place in Oslo. The day after this the first dialogue between the prize-winning teams and the three participating cities takes place. Be present at the ceremony and meet the ambituos cities and the young architects from all over Europe, entering the Norwegian cities in transformation.

going south x 2

On our way to lecture on "Appearing and Disappearing Landscapes" in Valencia, we are "hijacked" to give a lecture at ETSAM in Madrid. The title of this lecture is a light reference to Eduardo Bru’s book "Coming from the South". We read this book at the Europan Forum in Cordoba some years ago, and it informed us then.
We will elaborate on some of our findings seeing our projects as touchstones in the Nordic landscape. At the Europan Forum in Oslo KED was involved in series of discussions on the tensions in Spain, Portugal et al.So being present in Spain today must be quite an experience. Belinda Tato and Ecosistema Urbano from Madrid are now in Hamar working for two months, in direct dialogue with the people in Hamar, with the project Dream Hamar. We find this Spanish/Norwegian interchange really enlightening. Angel Borrego Cubero, professor at ETSAM, was interviewed by Bryan Farrel in May under the title "The beauty and vision of Spain’s "revolution". Here he talks about the role of young architects in the new Spanish realities.
We really look forward to our Spanish journey.

competitive futures

Knut Eirik, President of Europan Norway, is on his way to EUROPAN FORUM in Oslo this weekend,  The Forum of Cities and Juries brings together the 17 Europan national structures, members of the 14 juries, and representatives of the 49 sites involved in Europan 11. The Forum of Cities and Juries is structured as a series of debates, working groups, architectural excursions and social gatherings to discuss solutions and focus adjudication of the entries that have been short-listed by national juries. New in the Europan Forum context is the public and academic program constructing The Europan Week in Oslo.

Kjerstin is going to Harstad to participate in the jury for the Open Idea Competition on sustainable urban development. The  exhibition of entries opens tomorrow at 6 pm in Harstad.

III CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL ARTE Y ENTORNO

Knut Eirik and Kjerstin are giving the opening Lecture at the 3rd International Conference on Art and Environment at the Art and Environment Research Centre (CIAE), Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) 16th of November.

North latitude: Ethics and aestethics of living 16 17 18 nov 2011:
“We understand that a society is projected towards the future in accordance with its own traditions, yet there is strong confrontation with the new realities that value the citizen, the environment or sustainability. That is why this conference which focuses its attention on environments in certain environments of the Nordic Council (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway or Iceland). The capitals of these countries are world leaders in terms of environmental culture. Committed to a set of values, they are examples of societies facing the challenges that lie ahead and can provide us with interesting strategies stemming from their proven experience.”

3 days with, lectures, paper readings and round table conversations + warm weather and long nights! We are really looking forward to meet the organizers, mediators, students and the other lecturers:
Maria Hellström Reimer (Malmø) A visual artist and professor in design theory at Malmö University, School of Arts and Communication. Tone Lindheim (Oslo) Landscape architect, partner in Bjorbekk & Lindheim landscape architects. Luis Navarro (Valencia) Writer and promoter of the 90s underground collective for aesthetic action known as Industrias Mikuerpo and the fanzine, Amano, and coordinator for the independent publisher Literatura Gris, committed to the recovery of the situacionista legacy and formed part of Maldeojo, a collective of critical thinkers. Fernando Gaja i Díaz (Valencia) Urban planner and Senior Lecturer in Urbanism and Regional Planning at the Department of Urbanism (UPV). Amador Fernández-Savater  (Madrid) Independent researcher and engaged thinker. Perhaps the label that best defines him is editor as his thoughts and energies are directed toward thinking processes: the challenge of registering, synthesising, coordinating and communicating fragments of discourse.  Boke Bazán (Valencia) Senior Lecturer in the Master’s Programme in Design and Illustration at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia, (UPV) and in Master’s Programme in Design Engineering at Valencia’s ESET school (Universidad CEU).Peret; Pedro Torrent (Barcelona): He works in graphic design, illustration, photography, sculpture and stage design. He has held 16 individual exhibitions (Spain, France, Japan, and México) and about one hundred collective ones in 24 countries. Luis Eslava Studio (Valencia) Luis Eslava and Lorena Sauras “gear their studio towards the creation of global projects, product design and spatial design.”