Čoarvemátta opening day

Reminiscing the extraordinary experience it was being part of the opening of Čoarvemátta – the building housing the Sámi National Theatre Beaivváš & Sámi High School and Reindeer Herding School / Beaivváš Sámi Našunála Teáhter & Sami joatkkaskuvla ja boazodoalloskuvla.

From its very first day Čoarvemátta proved to be truly “the house of magic and knowledge” as expressed by the theatre director Rolf Degerlund.

We have still barely landed after the opening ceremony back in August:
The ambience, the strong and touching speeches, the fantastic concert-performance, the food by the arctic gastronomy students, the truly amazing art and duodji – and of course the people, many of whom have worked for years for the realization of this building.

Some highlights from the day:
Welcoming by Sara Ellen Anne Eira representing the school and Rolf Degerlund the theatre.
Official opening by Silje Karine Muotka, President of the Sámi Parliament
Compères: Marte Fjellheim Sarre & Inger Marie Nilut
Symphony performance “Beaivi áhčážan. Eanni eadnážan / The Sun, my Father. The Earth, my Mother.” by Arktisk Filharmoni & Beaivváš theatre based on poems by Áillohaš, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Composer and music supervision: Frode Fjellheim
Conductor: Anna F. Hartmann
Director: Rolf Degerlund
Choreography: Marte Fjellheim Sarre
Text selection and translation: Rawdna Carita Eira
Soloists: Ulla Pirttijärvi Länsman & Adrian Angelico
Actors / yoikers: Egil Keskitalo, Mary Sarre, Iŋgor Ántte Áilu Gaup, Nils Henrik Buljo
Light: Øystein Heitmann
Sound: David Solheim
Grand drape: Máret Anne Sara
Sámi anthem Sámi eatnan duoddariid by Áillohaš sung in unison summed up the heartwarming and soul lifting experience Ollu giitu!
Architecture team: Snøhetta, Joar Nango & 70°N arkitektur
Photo: 70°N arkitektur

The art project for Čoarvemátta

The art project for Čoarvemátta – the Sámi High School and the Sámi National Theatre Beaivváš in Guovdageaidnu / Kautokeino, takes as its point of departure art which is deeply rooted in the Sámi world perspective and in traditional knowledge.

The Sámi National Theatre Beaivváš presents stories and theatre performances from a Sámi world perspective, while the Sámi High School and Reindeer Husbandry School provides tuition in traditional knowledge, culture and language to Sámi youth. The overarching curatorial approach for the art project is based on two concepts or values that are both fundamental and deeply rooted in Sámi cultural understanding: vuoiŋŋalašvuohta, Sámi spirituality, and árbemáhttu, traditional knowledge.
Particular emphasis is placed on the representation of different geographical areas within Sápmi and selected artists that work with diverse approaches to traditional knowledge and spirituality - and to demonstrate the range and boundary-breaking aspects of Sámi art, from traditional duodji (Sámi handicrafts) to conceptual contemporary art.
 
It has been an honour and pleasure to work with the curators, the artists and duojárat and KORO / Public Art Norway – thanks for a great collaboration and congratulations to you all!

Artists and duojárat:
Rámavuol Elle Bigge - Sáráhkká, Juoksáhkká ja Uksáhkká - in collaboration with Merethe Ella Márjá Kuhmunen 
Fredrik Prost - Máttaráddjá, Meantaš and Beaivvi nieida / The bear, the reindeer stag and the daughter of the sun 
Britta Marakatt-Labba - Miin Duoddarat / Our plains
Elle Valkeapää - Šiella
Máret Ánne Sara - Gapmu
Laila Mari Brandsfjell (coming in 2025)
Iver Jåks - Beaivi ja biegga / Sun and Wind (1996)
Aage Gaup - Girdinoaiddi loddi / Bird of the Flying Shaman (1988)

Curators:
Monica Milch Gebhardt with Anniina Turunen and Joar Nango 
 
Production of the grand drape: Big Image 

Čoarvemátta – the new Sámi National Theatre & the Sámi High School and Reindeer Herding School

Čoarvemátta – the building housing the Sámi National Theatre Beaivváš & Sámi High School and Reindeer Herding School / Beaivváš Sámi Našunála Teáhter & Sami joatkkaskuvla ja boazodoalloskuvla / opened in Guovdageaidnu / Kautokeino, Sápmi / Northern Norway on August 21.

The project is developed in collaboration between the artist Joar Nango, the architectural firms Snøhetta and 70°N arkitektur, and is built by the entrepreneur Econor, for the client Statsbygg. 

Photo: 70°N arkitektur

Partnerships for Change publication

The paper Re-framing agencies: 'production' of non-human subjects in contested territories – counteracting ecological deprivation by Magdalena Haggärde and Gisle Løkken, presented at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 in Copenhagen is now published by Springer Nature in Design for Partnerships for Change – Proceedings of the UIA World Congress of Architects Copenhagen 2023,
editors: Sandi Hilal, Merve Bedir, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Martin Tamke

Proud, delighted and honoured to be part of this project – more than a publication and a conference science track; a collective cultivated by Sandi, Merve & co, sharing knowledge, experiences and ideas for partnerships for change in a truly profound and radical way. 

Ribas Piera International Prize for Landscape Architecture Schools to The Arctic University of Norway

The Arctic University of Norway has won the Ribas Piera International Prize for Landscape Architecture Schools at the Barcelona International Landscape Biennial. 

As part of the teaching team Magdalena, together with colleague Kjerstin and students Didrik, Sofie and Sverre, represented the landscape master program of UiT.

From the jury announcement:

The Arctic University of Norway presents a curriculum anchored in ecological, cultural and economic reality that draws on history, legislation and assessment processes to independently identify the problems of each project. 

Article in Arkitektur: Internasjonal pris til landskapsutdanningen i Tromsø

UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen

We are happy to be in Copenhagen to present our paper at the UIA World Congress of Architects as part of the science track:

Design for Partnerships for Change - Re-framing Agency

With our paper and presentation:

Re-framing agencies: ‘production’ of non-human subjects in contested territories: counteracting ecological deprivation.

FAKTUR journal essay

We are excited to have contributed to this new issue of FAKTUR with the text ’Continuity and Change - Consideration of Urban Littoral Ecology’ by Magdalena Haggärde and Gisle Løkken - and honored to be represented on the cover and the beautiful poster. In the essay Tromsø Waterfront Lab and the Open Day are used as a case.

Thank you very much to the editors Pep Avilés and Matthew Kennedy and the editorial board.

Congratulations to you and everyone collaborating to make the publication possible.

Thanks also for support to DOGA and KORO.

The journal is available through Motto Berlin.

Repost @faktur_journal
Hi, it’s been awhile.

We’re extremely excited to report that FAKTUR 04 is complete and will soon be available for purchase.

This issue features articles by Eric Höweler of Höweler + Yoon; Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco; Emma Leigh Macdonald and Ben Goldner; Alessandro Orsini and Nick Roseboro of Architensions; and Magdalena Haggärde and Gisle Løkken of 70°N arkitektur. Book reviews by Daphne Bakker, Florencia Alvarez Pacheco, André Tavares, and our own assistant editor Matthew Kennedy.

Cover image by Ingun Alette Mæhlum (accompanying Magdalena and Gisle’s text).

Thanks to our fabulous editorial board: Pedro Ignacio Alonso, James Graham, and Ines Weizman. Special thanks also to Catarina de Almeida Brito, Hayley Eber, Mehrdad Hadighi, and Marina Otero.

We are grateful for the ongoing collaboration with our designers, Oficina de Disseny, our copy editor John Wreidt, and our image editor Josep X. Tulleuda Nieto.

The publication of this issue was made possible by the ongoing support of numerous institutions — the Stuckeman School, Penn State University; GSAPP, Columbia University; the School of Architecture, UT Sydney; and the Centre for Documentary Architecture, Bauhaus-University, Weimar — as well as by Mr. Robert P. O’Hara and Ms. Maureen A. O’Hara. And, of course, this issue would not have been possible had we not been fortunate enough to receive a generous organizational grant from The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

TWL at Oslo Architecture Triennale

Tromsø Waterfront Lab is represented at the Oslo Architecture Triennale's Neighbourhood Index.

Layered Landscapes Lofoten in Landscape Architecture Europe #6

Layered Landscapes Lofoten is represented in the newly published Landscape Architecture Europe #6 – Second Glance.

About the book:

This sixth edition in the Landscape Architecture Europe series (LAE #6) presents and reflects on 63 contemporary projects from all over Europe. They demonstrate the ability of landscape architects to come up with convincing conceptual and physical answers to burning questions – by responding sensitively to sites and their various life forms, and by translating abstract sustainability ideas into spatial solutions. 

This richly illustrated book offers food for thought on – and a second glance at – four landscape architectural ambitions: to counter the climate crisis and other challenges, to develop the long-standing European tradition of public space, to enhance people’s empathy for their social and natural lifeworlds, and to conceive just and healthy urban futures.