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A floating rental cabin along the harbourside in
Oslo, co-living units with a social and sustainable profile, a
memorial centre at Utøya, some of the largest urban
transformations in Norwegian history, and a visitor centre for
prehistoric cave paintings that gently burrows into the
landscape in Lascaux, France, designed by Snøhetta. These are
some of the projects that visitors will see at “A Place to Be:
Contemporary Norwegian Architecture 2011–2016”. A press viewing
will be held 8 June at noon.
The
exhibition focuses on five thematic categories: “Dwelling”, “Shelter”,
“Transformation”, “Recreation”, and “The heart of the city”. The
various projects presented under these banners differ greatly in
scope, nature, and approach, but have in common that they have
been selected as the most characteristic results of contemporary
Norwegian architecture over the past five years.
A distinctly Norwegian architecture? What building projects
typify the Norwegian architectural scene of the past five years?
How does the architecture reflect the ethical values and social
trends in society at large? Is it possible to identify certain
unifying characteristics in today’s Norwegian architecture? “The
most successful projects in contemporary Norwegian
architectureare noted for among other things their site-specific
sensitivity, readable form, material simplicity, and awareness
of the wider social context,” says exhibition curator Markus
Richter.
The
exhibition invites the spectators to reflect over these and
other issues, such as how architecture can help create belonging
and protection, provide a new future for towns threatened with
depopulation, establish new social structures, and improve
living conditions – in short, how architecture can create good
places to be both today and in the future.
The eighth in a series. The exhibition is the latest edition in
a long-running series of exhibitions showcasing contemporary
Norwegian architecture and will present a total of 25 specially
selected projects from 2011–16 designed by Norwegian and
international architects in Norway as well as foreign projects
designed by Norwegian architects. These showcases can still be
regarded as a form of documentation, status report, and synopsis
of Norwegian architecture for a given five- or ten-year period,
with select projects being chosen to be presented to a Norwegian
and international audience at a physical exhibition. The curator
of the current edition is Markus Richter, the project manager is
Cathrine Furuholmen, and the art direction and exhibition design
is produced by U67. The exhibition will run until 19 November
2017.
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