70°N arkitektur

70°N worldwide

2012-01-31T13:07:00.005+01:00

70°N will this winter and spring be found on a multitude of latitudes and longitudes. Right now some of us are at:
12°S / 28°E
55°N / 12°E
60°N / 10°E
43°N / 03°E

and soon some are leaving for:
23°N / 82°W
45°N / 76°W
40°N / 74°W
39°N / 03°E
48°N / 12°E
56°N / 38°E

Maybe we'll meet, somewhere!

office of the month

2012-01-31T10:39:00.003+01:00

70°N is office of the month in issue 01/2012 of Arkitektnytt.

Territorial Practices - thanks!

2012-01-27T14:19:00.005+01:00

Karl Otto Ellefsen, Janike Larsen, Peter Hemmersam

Knut Eirik Dahl, Aileen Espíritu, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl

Natalia Kolesnik, Ánde Somby, Svein Harald Holmen

Lola Sheppard, Bjørn Gunnarsson, John Palmesino

Gislunn Halfdanardottir / Mathias Kempton, Neven Fuchs- Mikac / Torunn Stensheim, Gisle Løkken

Territorial Practices - tomorrow

2012-01-25T15:28:00.001+01:00

The new and upadated poster:

Territorial Practices

2012-01-13T13:09:00.004+01:00

The Landscapes in Change conference we organized during last year's Arctic Frontiers will be followed up. This year in collaboration with AHO the side conference on planning, landscape and architecture is called Territorial Practices and takes place 26 January at Tromsø University.
The main conference theme this year is Energies of the High North, taking place 22 - 27 January 2012, Tromsø - more info and registration: Arctic Frontiers

God jul!

2011-12-24T12:37:00.004+01:00

Julebord 2011

2011-12-21T10:15:00.000+01:00

Ánde's parcours

2011-12-13T12:58:00.002+01:00

Ánde, who lead our students during their DAV week, in a beautiful and important portrait in Klassekampen.

Trondheim talk

2011-12-06T12:34:00.003+01:00

more info here

lavvu-DAV

2011-12-01T14:45:00.004+01:00

Our BAS students are blogging some of their impressions from a week in a lavvu together with Ánde Somby. Thanks to Ánde for sharing this highly special experience with the studio!

colour competition

2011-12-01T04:41:00.006+01:00

We are in the colour in architecture category for the WAN AWARD - do you find our kindergarten among all the colorful nominated projects above?

Sjørosa architects

2011-11-24T15:06:00.003+01:00

We got a visit from Sjørosa kindergarten group; Sigurd, Mathias, Amanda, Annabelle, Lisa and Emil worked the foam and glue!

vernissage tonight

2011-11-17T14:10:00.006+01:00

at small projects - flyer here!

greenhouse lectures

2011-11-11T13:08:00.013+01:00

Flyer here!

tree talk

2011-11-10T14:52:00.004+01:00

Gisle's latest article talks about trees.

Photos by Yngve Olsen Sæbbe

2011 party

2011-11-10T13:02:00.006+01:00

Flyer here!

1000 by 100

2011-11-02T09:26:00.007+01:00

In 1000 tips by 100 landscape architects we and 99 other architects from all around the world are asked by editor Daniela Santos Quartino to formulate ten tips or ideas based on and illustrated by own projects.

1000 X European Architecture

2011-10-28T15:23:00.004+02:00

You can read about these and.. 998 other projects in 1000 X European Architecture, 2nd ed.

Bravo Bodø

2011-10-27T15:41:00.003+02:00

News from Bodø..

Vardø birds

2011-10-13T13:56:00.009+02:00

Gisle has found some lines of flight in Vardø, read about it in the article.

..and here is a faximil for the article published in August: Reorientations:

autumn leaves

2011-10-13T11:51:00.005+02:00

As the first snow is falling and the mountain tops are powdered with white, we give you a glimpse of a secret space: Morten's japanese garden.

PKN#12

2011-10-09T14:17:00.000+02:00

PechaKucha Night Tromsø #12 - in collaboration with Polar Fokus photo festival

Is my red the same as your red?

2011-10-07T10:34:00.003+02:00

Today we received some copies of the publication What's the question?, where we are contributing with an article based on a lecture held this spring:
Is my red the same as your red?

spor

2011-10-07T10:06:00.004+02:00

We received the catalogue, in norwegian and in english, for the spor exhibition

an office with a view

2011-10-05T15:18:00.001+02:00

The view this morning from the soon-to-be-finished office building at Sjølundvegen 1.

Ludique in Ecologik

2011-10-03T15:02:00.002+02:00

Our kindergarten is presented in french magazine Ecologik #22 2011.

20X11 - what's the question?

2011-09-27T14:39:00.004+02:00

The Architecture Festival continues and Wednesday 28 September this event marks the launch of the 20X11 publication What's the question? where we have contributed with an article together with a number of other norwegian architects and with commenting articles by Bart Lootsma and Nan Ellin.

Festival

2011-09-22T15:59:00.003+02:00

We're off to Arkitekturfestivalen and the seminar organized by BAS - Future Trajectories.

people & landscapes

2011-09-16T15:28:00.000+02:00

People & landscapes encountered during our study trip with Emerging Arctic Landscapes.

Emerging Arctic Landscapes on tour

2011-09-04T16:16:00.004+02:00

Follow the master studio on a road trip through Finnmark and Kola: Emerging Arctic Landscapes.

Emerging Arctic Landscapes at BAS

2011-08-25T16:13:00.004+02:00

We have left for Bergen to start up this autumn's master studio, Emerging Arctic Landscapes. Please follow us the studio blog: http://emergingarcticlandscapes.blogspot.com/

harvesting

2011-08-19T16:03:00.003+02:00

Petra brought some cherry tomatoes grown in the green houses at Strandkanten as a part of the Urban Natur project. Delicious!
The picture was taken after lunch..

Tommie's choice

2011-08-17T10:06:00.006+02:00

Dagbladet has let a jury pick Norway's most important public buildings this summer. In addition to the ambitious articles about these buildings, each jury member has picked a personal favourite project, and here is Tommie Wilhelmsen's.

..and the list:
1. Kunstnernes hus by Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas
2. Den nordiske paviljongen i Venezia by Sverre Fehn
3. Ishavskatedralen by Jan Inge Hovig
4. St. Hallvards kirke og kloster by Lund & Slaatto
5. Storhamarlåven by Sverre Fehn
6. Oslo rådhus by Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson
7. Røldal-Suldal vannkraftanlegg by Geir Grung
8. Ingierstrand bad by Ole Lind Schistad and Eivind Moestue
9. Sundts varemagasin by Per Grieg
10. Operahuset i Bjørvika by Snøhetta

Reorientations

2011-08-12T10:41:00.003+02:00

is the title of Gisle's article in today's Nordlys, discussing the dimensions and dynamics of time and space in the construction of our identity, ideas and common future.
(we'll link to the text as soon as it is available online)

update: upgrade

2011-08-09T14:57:00.008+02:00

Update: although the client was very pleased with the cabin we have upgraded it - with a door. This adds a whole new dimension to the project (knock-knock etc), and keeps the sheep out.

Automobile

2011-08-09T13:37:00.004+02:00

Torvdalshalsen rest area in Automobile Architecture.

LA China

2011-08-09T13:21:00.004+02:00

Hydroelectric power plant in LA China.

a room with a view

2011-08-01T12:41:00.004+02:00

This is our latest project: a cabin next to the Skarsfjord cottage.

invisible forces

2011-07-05T13:47:00.009+02:00

This week's article by Gisle is about Steven Holl's Hamsun Centre.

Pics by Nilse Petter Dale.

greenhouse update:

2011-07-05T10:25:00.000+02:00

rooftop reflections

2011-06-20T09:51:00.006+02:00

The facade has arrived at Sjølundvegen 1, in piles up on the roof to be prepared at the workshop with the best view..

seed bomb explosion

2011-06-16T14:04:00.008+02:00

Flax germinating at Strandkanten.

diseño noruego

2011-06-14T13:00:00.002+02:00

Michele gives a lecture in Havana this Wednesday.

open house

2011-05-30T11:28:00.000+02:00

spor

2011-05-30T09:30:00.004+02:00

The exhibition SPOR. Norwegian Architecture 2005-2010 is shown this summer at Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur.

Pic by Anne Hansteen Jarre

go see

2011-05-27T10:59:00.000+02:00

Tromsø Open House

PKN#11 - thanks..

2011-05-27T10:43:00.007+02:00

..for presenting, supporting, attending, donating, serving beer and playing music!

green detours

2011-05-27T10:43:00.005+02:00

Very nice, inspiring and fun breakfast lecture at HT Thursday 26 May with Eva Bakkeslett and Alexander Muchenberger of Bureau Detours.

photos by Helder Neves

PKN#11 - tonight!

2011-05-26T11:53:00.002+02:00

PechaKucha Night Tromsø #11 - Arkitekturens År 2011

PechaKucha Night Tromsø #11

2011-05-24T10:42:00.011+02:00

PKN#11 is organized in collaboration with the Year of Architecture 2011 and special attention will be paid to Inspire Japan.

The presenters are:
Helder Neves // architect // IceMusic Festival & Steinsvik arkitektkontor
Ragnhild Nessa // landscape architect // Urban Natur & Asplan Viak
Eva Bakkeslett // artist & cultivator
Berit Steenstrup // architect // 70°N arkitektur
Bjørn Eirik Olsen // Director & Aikido Sensei // Nofima & Tea, fish and sword
Peter W Søderman // architect // BC arkitektur
Michele Widerøe // interior designer // 70°N arkitektur
Alexander Muchenberger // artist // Bureau Detours
Torstein Piltingsrud // architect // Acona Technopole

No registration needed, the entrance fee will be donated to Inspire Japan // Architecture for Humanity + ArchiAid, so bring the regular 20,- ++..
Thursday 26 May at 19.30 the doors will open at Ølhallen (Storgata 4) - and PechaKucha Night Tromsø #11 will take place - welcome!

PechaKucha Night Tromsø is organized by Arild Øvrum, Morten Skandfer, Kurant, tank and 70°N arkitektur with support from Norsk Form, Tromsø Fylkeskommune and Mack.

seed bombs, flax lines & green houses

2011-05-23T13:01:00.004+02:00

Strandkanten, 21 May 2011

breakfast at HT

2011-05-23T12:37:00.003+02:00

Breakfast lecture with Eva Bakkeslett and Bureau Detours.

Ceci n'est pas..

2011-05-21T13:25:00.001+02:00

Gisle brings Magritte to page 3 in his latest article in Nordlys, 20 May 2011.

Strandkanten workshop

2011-05-21T10:50:00.000+02:00

Spireboks II

2011-05-20T13:07:00.006+02:00

come and join!

Nordgård

2011-05-12T09:57:00.000+02:00

Spireboks invited to an inspiring spring sowing event at the ecologic farm Nordgård. Lots of knowledge on species and planting was shared and several goat kids born during the visit in the barn!

the competition is on

2011-05-05T15:44:00.005+02:00

Berit has spent some days at Gimsøy, preparing for the hotel competition we are invited to participate in, together with representatives for the client, the jury and our co-competitors: Dorte Mandrup, Wingårdhs, Pir II and Jensen&Skodvin..

Norsk samtidsarkitektur 2005-2010

2011-05-05T14:07:00.000+02:00

SPOR. Norwegian Architecture 2005-2010 at Nasjonalmuseet - Arkitektur Norsk arkitektur 2005–2010 Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur, 6 May – 21 August 2011. The exhibition presents new norwegian architecture and opens tomorrow, and is part of the Year of Architecture 2011. We are participating with the housing project Brinken Terrace and the rest area of Torvdalshalsen.

hard work

2011-05-05T13:55:00.000+02:00

at 70°N today..

Stavanger sweetheart streetart

2011-05-03T16:04:00.001+02:00

found this week-end at colourful Øvre Holmegate, Stavanger..

master of chairs

2011-05-03T09:05:00.002+02:00

Michele presents her master's degree essay on esthetics and function in Peter Opsvik's chair design in a lecture tonight at Tromsø Kunstforening, Tuesday 3 May at 18.00.

Lawrence @ PKN#10

2011-04-26T09:29:00.004+02:00

See the beautiful and intriguing projects Lawrence Malstaff presented at PKN#10 above. You'll find this one, and hundreds of other PKN presentations from all over the world, at pecha-kucha.org/presentations/.

we say

2011-04-19T16:00:00.000+02:00

between zaha and china

2011-04-18T14:21:00.003+02:00

We like the architecture library at Fyrstikkalléen high school..

Inspire Japan

2011-04-15T21:18:00.003+02:00

Inspire Japan is happening right now all over the (PechaKucha) world with lots of cities streaming live and others supporting with presentations and greetings.

Byggeskikk tour

2011-04-15T21:10:00.005+02:00

The jury for Statens byggeskikkpris has spent the week visiting the nominated projects all over Norway.

Pics by Caroline Greiner

and the nominees are..

2011-04-08T12:49:00.003+02:00

The list of 90 proposed projects for Statens byggeskikkpris was narrowed down to 7 nominated buildings made public today. See them all here, or read about it in an article in today's Aftenposten / a-magasinet.

Nordicité

2011-04-08T11:49:00.007+02:00

Another article by Gisle is published in today's Nordlys: Il y a tant de nords dans ce Nord.

qualia & complexity

2011-04-08T11:17:00.000+02:00

Gisle has left for Trondheim and NTNU where he will give the lecture Is my red the same as your red?

PKN#10 - thanks!

2011-04-08T10:50:00.003+02:00

Thanks to all the presenters, the audience, the DJ, our co-organizers and to our host for another excellent PechaKucha Night.

la haine

2011-04-06T11:14:00.009+02:00

In the excellent series Film+Arkitektur, part of the Year of Architecture 20X11, after the screenings of Metropolis, Playtime, The Towering Inferno and more, the turn has come to La Haine.

Spring & sprout..?

2011-04-06T10:54:00.008+02:00

Waiting for the sun, and for the snow to melt, the Urban natur group prepares for more work-shops and lectures in the Spireboks project, that will take the greenhouses in use.

And yes, one of the greenhouses is already green.

PKN#10 - tomorrow!

2011-04-06T10:43:00.004+02:00

updated info at: PechaKucha Night Tromsø

20X11

2011-03-30T09:53:00.005+02:00

We got a letter saying:

We have the technology, the knowledge and the resources to realize any construction, the only restriction is our own creativity - we have all the answers but:
What is the question?

Friday 1 April we are one of 20 architects invited to:
1 - formulate a question
2 - propose an answer
3 - show the consequences

..all in 11 minutes.. 20X11!

(in)Spireboks

2011-03-29T10:56:00.004+02:00

An inspiring talk was given by Tom Lien, the owner of the ecological herb garden at Samuelsberg, Kåfjord, in a series of lectures and workshops on the theme of plants, greenhouses, compost, public space and greenery adapted for the northern realities.

This is part of Arkitekturens År 2011 - follow us at the calendar and the blog.

90 => ?

2011-03-28T15:26:00.005+02:00

The jury for Statens byggeskikkpris has been working, narrowing the 90 proposed projects into a much more limited list of nominees - these will be revealed April 8.
The photo above (by Caroline Greiner) shows jury members Marit Thyholt, Magdalena Haggärde, Grete Kvinnesland, Erling Dokk Holm and Maguns Helland in discussion - follow us at Statens byggeskikkpris.

iceploitation

2011-03-25T09:47:00.002+01:00

Exhibition opening tonight at Tromsø kunstforening - go see artistic explorations of the polar archives.

greenery

2011-03-21T12:15:00.002+01:00

Tom Lien who runs an ecologic garden talks about plants, greenhouses and compost at Tromsø Kunstforening, Muségata 3 - Monday 21 March at 19.00.

Triple Towers at Hotdog

2011-03-18T14:59:00.004+01:00

Art academy student Erlend Grevskott presents Triple Towers, an exhibition at Hotdog Kulturkiosk from sunset to sunrise during a week from today.
(The pics are from an earlier installation at Hotdog.)

letter from Tokyo, March 2011

2011-03-14T13:29:00.004+01:00

We received these words from the PechaKucha head-quarter in Tokyo this week-end:

Dear PechaKucha Night organizers around the world,

We knew it had to happen sometime and here we are with an 8.8 earthquake, the biggest ever in Japan.

But we are all safe at PechaKucha HQ in Tokyo. Thank you for all you messages - we really appreciate it.

Central Tokyo was lucky, only light damage, but as you will see from the TV news the coastline has been devastated. We are trying to get in touch with the PKN organizers in Sendai - very close to the epicenter - and Nagano, but had no replies yet.

Our thoughts our with the whole country.

Astrid, Mark, Tomoko and Jean

..and our thought are with you..

PKN points this info page if you want to know how to help: ultrasupernew. And Morten, one of our fellow organizers of PKN Tromsø, posted a few words on his blog this week-end.

pics from Montréal

2011-03-09T11:37:00.004+01:00

Thank you Alessandra for the pics from the Phyllis Lambert seminar!

Strandpromenade Sunday

2011-02-28T12:37:00.001+01:00

Kulta, Juell Group, Haugen sisters, Johnny Espen Cash, fire-jugglers and more made yesterday's windy walk an extraordinary experience - pointing out the importance and possibilities of Tromsø's connection to the water.

ArchitecTOUR

2011-02-28T12:29:00.004+01:00

Nouvelles Cartographies du Nord

2011-02-25T08:58:00.000+01:00

We are happy to be invited to the Phyllis Lambert seminar at Université de Montréal February 25-26. Under the conference theme New Northern Cartographies we will present Impacts of global pressure on vulnerable landscapes and societies: planning for unknown futures in Maniitsoq, Greenland.

New Northern Cartographies
Conception and organisation : Alessandra Ponte

“Il y a tant de nords dans ce Nord” (There are many norths in this North). Thus wrote the great Québécois geographer Louis‐Edmond Hamelin in Nordicité canadienne (1975). The remark summarized his brilliant reconfiguration of the Canadian North. Hamelin graded ten geographical and human factors ‐ latitude, summer heat, annual cold, types of ice, precipitation, vegetation cover, land or sea accessibility, air service, population, economic activity ‐ on the scale of 0‐100 (100 representing extreme nordicity). The sum of the ten elements indicated the VAPO (Valeur polaires, polar values) of a region, with the North Pole reaching a VAPO of 1000. On this basis, Hamelin proposed a redefinition of the Canadian North in Extreme North, Far North, Middle North, and Near North. Thus an incredibly vast and vaguely defined geographical entity was reduced to a series of manageable regions open to transformation. Hamelin also identified and defined processes of “nordification” and “denordification”. Major technological investments could diminish drastically the degree of nordicity of a region, while a locality could undergo a process of brutal nordification when mining or other industrial activities were suspended. Hamelin’s method was inspired by the criteria applied by Russian engineers in order to better identify the regional, local, or punctual realities of the Siberian continent. In both cases, the Nordicity Index, indicating the degree of the investment of the government in a region assumed a charged political connotation and heralded the idea of a “voluntary geography”, or the radical transformation of once uninhabitable territories thanks to the technological harnessing of a previously forbidding “Nature”.

The works of Hamelin and of Russian scientists appeared at the end of more than three decades of powerful efforts of militarization and modernization of the Arctic regions. The awareness of the strategic importance of the North began during WWII and reinforced throughout the Cold War, stimulated the deployment of massive resources for the building of vast transportation networks, spectacular military installations, and ambitious permanent settlement. This vigorous activity did not escape the attention of intellectuals, architects and artists that, during the Sixties and the Seventies, produced a plethora of provoking proposals or poignant commentaries addressing the massive changes taking place in the once remote and romantic North.

During the last two decades, the end of the Cold War and subsequent realignment of the balance of powers, together with massive climate changes, have in fact redefined, once again, the map of the Arctic region and rekindled a passionate interest in the North. The proposal is that the 2011 Phyllis Lambert Seminar will take the form of a colloquium, to be held at the École d’architecture, Université de Montréal, February 25‐26, 2011. Architects, artists, film makers, geographers, and climatologists will be asked to participate.

Click for program and poster pdf:s.

After Arctic Frontiers

2011-02-25T08:56:00.001+01:00

The article by Gisle in today's Nordlys suggests how a mix of rationality and myth could bring new ways of evaluation of northern landscapes.

The Myth is dying. It is about to be defeated. There is a war between two worlds: Rationality and Myth.
(Adorno with Horkheimer)

Strandpromenaden in Nordlys

2011-02-25T08:07:00.001+01:00

Strandpromenaden in iTromsø

2011-02-25T07:20:00.000+01:00

Instantanés d’architecture

2011-02-24T13:40:00.009+01:00

Gisle gives a lecture at Musée de la civilisation in Québec today February 24 at 17.30, invited by l'École d'architecture, Université Laval, in their lecture series Instantanés d’architecture.
The 10 themes above linked to 15 (here invisible) projects by the 35 lines, are the instantanés d'architecture he has brought this time..

paraboloid pic

2011-02-24T10:24:00.006+01:00

Per Ivar Somby sent us some of his photos from the Landscapes in Change conference - thanks!

strandpromenaden

2011-02-23T18:13:00.002+01:00

Sunday February 27 at 16.30 everybody is welcome to experience Tromsø strandpromenad in a new way.

Hovig north

2011-02-23T14:09:00.003+01:00

The exhibition HOVIG I NORD opens at Tromsø kunstforening this Friday February 25 at 20.00. 18 photographies of Jan Inge Hovig's works in Northern Norway by Bent Raanes Sørensen and Sarah Cameron Sørensen show detailed interpretations of the his extraordinary modernist post war architecture.

Photo: Alfheim (2011) by Bent Raanes Sørensen and Sarah Cameron Sørensen

barcelona film

2011-02-20T09:18:00.009+01:00

As part of the year of architecture Cinemateket in collaboration with the Northern Norway Architect Association are screening two award winning films from Barcelona tonight:
En Construcción by José Luis Guerín
Bamboleho by Luis Prieto

An introduction will be given by Tone Huse, human geographer specialized in gentrification.
Verdensteatret, February 22 at 18.00 - read more here.

cold preparations

2011-02-15T09:21:00.004+01:00

Some preparations for the sea front walk event taking place February 27 - be there to rediscover and experience the Tromsø shoreline in a new way..

Fairy tale

2011-02-08T09:25:00.005+01:00

The kindergarten is on the cover and presented in a three spread article in the chinese magazine Interior Design #06 2010.

raj raj

2011-02-08T09:09:00.006+01:00

Jelena Kalicanin of the serbian design and architecture magazine Kuća stil visited us some time ago. Today we received her article presenting the cabin as norveški raj (norwegian paradise).

still life

2011-02-07T14:47:00.006+01:00

The Sami people's day, February 6, was marked by the opening of the installation Still Life by Peder Istad in Kvalsund, Finnmark. An empty gjenreisningshus, once built for a sami family, has been surrounded by an ice wall. A live camera will let us watch it melt during spring..

Qujanaq Grazie Thank you Takk Merci Tack

2011-01-31T15:21:00.006+01:00

We are absolutely happy about the Landscapes in Change conference and grateful to our invited guests who made the day highly reflective and memorable - above from left to right: Roger Connah (UK/Canada), Alessandra Ponte (Canada), Sara Olsvig (Greenland), Berit Kristoffersen (Norway), Ellen Marie Braae (Denmark), Annika E Nilsson (Sweden), Daniel R Williams (USA), Klaus Dodds (UK) and Catharina Gabrielsson (Sweden).

Esfahan - Shiraz - Rasht - Mashad - Masuleh

2011-01-30T08:51:00.005+01:00

Back from Iran, Berit shares some of her impressions with us.

Tipping Points

2011-01-25T08:56:00.004+01:00

The Arctic Frontiers conference has started and you can follow it on live web-tv. Our side conference Landscapes in Change will take place Thursday at the library - where the poster is now installed.

fantastic television

2011-01-24T16:16:00.009+01:00

Turn on your tv tonight and watch fantastic friends Håkon & Haffner blow up Bergen - to create a city from scratch..
This is the first episode out of six discussing different phenomena in architecture.