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HERITAGE, IDENTITY, PLACE, NATURE, TRANSFORMATION
Seminar: A Change of Mindset?
Perspectives on Place and Architecture as a Collective Art
Monday 31 August, 15.00 – 18.00
Rosenkrantz Gate 7, Oslo
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of national COVID 19 restrictions, seats in the studio will not be made available unless you have received an explicit invitation from the organizers via email.
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Habitat Norway has the pleasure of hosting the seminar A Change of Mindset? Perspectives on Place and Architecture as a Collective Art, a follow up to a two-day conference which took place in Trondheim in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2018.
The Oslo seminar will focus on bridging the global mission of Habitat Norway’s work with the local challenges related to architectural and urban praxis. The point of departure is how the approach to place and architecture is presented in the theory of place by architectural thinker Christian Norberg-Schulz. Only by exploring the significance of the unmeasurable qualities of place, we can preserve the architecture of history, and find a new inclusive architecture for all – an architecture that opens for our experience of belonging.
With SDG 11, UN member states have pledged to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable,” where target 11.4 seeks to “strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.” Yet, to fulfill this goal, we must turn to how architecture as art is both a concrete and a symbolic mode of expression that exist within local communities in different geographical contexts.
Program:
- WELCOME
Chair of the Board, Habitat Norway, Erik Berg (5 minutes)
Maimunah M. Sharif, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN Habitat (tbc) (5 minutes)
Board member, Habitat Norway, Kjersti Grut (moderator, 5 minutes) - THE CHALLENGE: ARCHITECTURE VERSUS MERE BUILDING?
Gro Lauvland, Architect and Associate professor NTNU (15 minutes) - THE HELLESYLT PROJECT: NEW STORIES
Anna Victoria van der Zwaag and Tora Vollset, Architects NTNU (20 minutes)
Q&A (5 minutes) - BREAK
Musical performance by Pöbel - ARCHITECTS WITHOUT BORDERS & SDG 11: ON THE GROUND – EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES
Alfonso Rengifo, Director, Architects without Borders (15 minutes)
Q&A (5 minutes) - ARCHITECTURE AS PLACE MAKING
Alfredo Brillembourg, Architect Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) (15 minutes)
Q&A (5 minutes) - YES, WE CAN: BALANCING INTEREST GROUPS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
Ellen de Vibe, former Chief Town Planner in The City of Oslo (15 minutes) - PANEL DISCUSSION & SUMMING UP (30 minutes)
The event will be streamed online, but 30 seats are available in the meeting room. Please register via the registration form below. Please also indicate preferred mode of participation.
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The seminar is the first “Urban Thinkers Campus” ever held in Norway. A direct result of the cooperation between Habitat Norway and UN Habitat’s World Urban Campaign. The webinar will be made available to individuals and organisations in UN member states all over the world.
A UTC is an open space for critical exchange between urban actors who believe urbanisation is an opportunity and can lead to positive urban transformations.
