Course Plan and Syllabus 2015
Course Code: ISSHF1142
Course Name: Norwegian Architecture and Design
Course Leader: Paul Woodville and Christin Fonn Tømte
Time: 10.15-13.00
Date
Time
Topic/ Readings/ Lecturer
Optional Readings
Week 1
June 22
10.15-13.00
Introduction and Visual Overview of
Architecture and Design in Norway –
Introductions, overview of the course,
readings, excursions, and other logistics
(P&C)
June 23
10.15-13.00
Viking Art & Artifacts
Excursion to Bygdøy to the Viking Ship
Museum (C)
Kent, Neil. “Introduction”, The
Soul of the North: A Social,
Architectural and Cultural
History of the Nordic
Countries, 1700-1940.
London: Reaktion Books.
2000. 8 – 15.
Gelfer-Jørgensens, Mirjam.
“Scandinavianism – a Cultural
Brand” in Ed. Halén, Widar
and Kerstin Wickman.
Scandinavian Design Beyond
the Myth. Fifty years of design
form the Nordic countries.
Stockholm: Arvinius Förlag \
Form Förlag, 2003. 17- 26.
June 24
10.15-13.00
June 25
10.15-13.00
June 26
10.15-13.00
Norwegian Stave Churches
Excursion to Historic Museum (C)
Medieval Architecture - The Romanesque,
the Gothic, and the meeting of pagan and
Christian traditions. Monumental works such
as Trondheim Cathedral, Haakon’s Hall, and
Akershus (C)
Akershus Fortress
Excursion to Akershus Fortress (C)
Week 2
June 29
10.15-13.00
Norwegian folk buildings – Rural wood
building tradition and the legacy of vernacular
practices (P)
July 30
10.15-13.00
July 01
10.15-13.00
Rural Wooden Architecture
Excursion to Bygdøy to the Norwegian Folk
Museum (P)
Nordic Neoclassicism -The Gustavian Age
and the Karl-Johan Era
Excursion to Royal Palace - Highlighting Karl
Johan Gate and University buildings en route
(C)
www.summerschool.uio.no
Hegard, Tonte. “Collecting,
Researching, and Presenting
Folk Art in Norway, in Ed.
Nelson, Marion Norwegian
Folk Art. The Migration of a
Tradition. Abbevile, 1995.
238-247.
Glambek, Ingeborg. "One of
the Age's Noblest Cultural
Movements: On the
Theoretical Basis for the Arts
and Crafts Movement,"
Scandinavian Journal of
Design History. 1, 1991. 4776.
July 02
10.15-13.00
Nationalist Appropriations of Vernacular
Traditions - National Romanticism, the
Viking Revival and the “Dream of the North”;
the Lysaker circle (C)
July 03
10.15-13.00
Overview 19th Century Architecture and
its Legacy
“Friluftsliv” case study: Developing an urban
life connected to nature.
Excursion: Frognerseteren; Holmenkollen
Tourist Hotel & Ski Jump (C)
Week 3
July 06
10.15-13.00
Modern Norwegian Architecture - what is
Modernism? The roots of early modernism
(P)
July 07
10.15-13.00
Functionalism – Modernisms and its
Codifications - new classicism;
functionalism and the (ir)resolution of
modernism
Excursion: Villa Stenersen & Havna Allé –
highlighting Villa Damman (C)
Berman, Patricia G.
“Norwegian Craft Theory and
National Revival in the 1890s,”
in: Ed. Nicola Gordon Bowe.
Art and the National Dream.
Dublin: Irish Academic Press,
1993. 155-168.
Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet.
“Viking Revival and Art
Nouveau. Traditions of
Excellence”, I (Red)
McFadden, David Revere,
Scandinavian Modern Design,
1880-1980. Abrams, 1982. 4786.
Norberg-Schulz, Christian.
Chapter 6 "The National," in:
Nightlands: Nordic Building.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1996. 123146.
Tostrup Elisabeth. “Norwegian
Introduction: Effective Words
on Behalf of the Architect(ure).
In (Ed). Asgaard Andersen,
Michael, and Steven Holl.
Nordic Architects Write: A
Documentary Anthology.
Oxon: Routledge, 2008. 203213.
Andersson, Henrik O. "Modern
Classicism in Norden, 19101930," in: Nordisk Klassicism
1910-1930 exh. cat.,
Helsingfors, 1982. 11-28.
Shand, P. Morton. "Stockholm
1930," Architectural Review
68, July/December 1930. 6772.
July 08
10.15-13.00
July 09
Long weekend
July 10
Week 4
July 13
Midterm Examination
10.15-13.00
Institutionalization of a Heritage
Heritage, preservation and the
institutionalization of architecture and design.
Treprisen; Lunning Prize; Jacob Prize (C)
www.summerschool.uio.no
Salomonsen, Kirsten Ruud.
“Norway before the Bauhaus.
The Teaching of Norwegian
Design 1919 – 1952”, in:
Scandinavian Journal of
Design History 12, 2005 9099.
July 14
10.15-13.00
Functionalism in Oslo
Excursion to the exhibition OsloFunkis at
Bymuseet (C)
July 15
10.15-13.00
Design and Craft 1905 – 2005
Excursion to Museum of Applied Arts
(Kunstindustrimuseet) (C)
July 16
10.15-13.00
History of Urban Interventions The urban scale and the politics of the plan social building, and the evolution of
Norwegian urbanism
(P)
Glambek, Ingeborg.
“Museums of Decorative Art in
the Service of Industry and
Public Enlightenment”,
Scandinavian Journal of
Design History. 4, 1994. 108113
Sheffield Jr., Clarence Burton.
Ch. 3, “Social Needs and
Aesthetic demands. Ellen Key,
Gregor Paulsson, and
Swedish Design, 1899-1939”,
in ed., Stritzler-Levine, Nina &
Ostergard, Derek E. The
Brilliance of Swedish Glass,
1918-1939. An Alliance of Art
and Industry. 1996. 35 – 51.
Vigsø, Orla. “Dreams of town
and country” in ed. LindeLaursen, Anders & Jan Olof
Nilsson. Nordic Landscopes.
Cultural studies of place.
Nordic Council of Ministers:
Copenhagen, 1995. 117 –
125.
July 17
10.15-13.00
Housing: The Norwegian Dream
Excursion to key housing projects, Oslo (P)
Week 5
July 20
10.15-13.00
July 21
10.15-13.00
July 22
10.15-13.00
Midcentury Modernism
Discords in Norwegian architecture 1945 –
1965: Different and overlapping trends in
Post-war Modernism; Modernism and History
(P)
Midcentury Modernism
Excursion to central Oslo (P)
Norwegian design 1945 – 1965
Rebuilding Norway, The Scandinavian
Design movement, Industrial design (IDgruppen)
July 23
10.15-13.00
Contemporary Norwegian Architecture
Narrative of nature; nature, place and
identity; continuation of themes – from
National Romanticism to critical regionalism;
key developments in contemporary
Norwegian architecture from the 1980s to the
present.
www.summerschool.uio.no
Grønvold, Ulf. “Norwegian
Contemporary Architecture:
Fehn and His Legacies” a+u
Architecture and Urbanism.
411, 12. 2004. 7-10.
Fallan, Kjetil. “Introduction”, in
Ed, Fallan,
Kjetil. Scandinavian Design:
Alternative Histories. London:
Berg Publishers, 2012. ss. 112.
Berre, Nina “National Tourist
Routes as architectural Policy”
in Ed. Berre, Nina, and Hege
Lysholm. Omveg: Arkitektur
Og Design Langs 18
Nasjonale Turistvegar. Oslo:
Norsk form, 2008. 28-31.
Colquhoun, A. “The Concept
of Regionalism” in: Eds.
Nalbantoglu G.B. and
C.T.Wong Postcolonial
Spaces. New York: Princeton
Architectural Press, 1997.1323.
July 24
10.15-13.00
Contemporary Norwegian Architecture
New Norwegian architecture its noteworthy
trends and developments.
Future directions in Norwegian architecture:
’Norwegian Wood’ and ’The Fjord City’
Kampevold Larsen, Janika.
“The Forms of The National
Tourist Routes” in (Ed) Berre,
Nina, and Hege Lysholm.
Omveg: Arkitektur Og Design
Langs 18 Nasjonale Turistve
gar. Oslo: Norsk form, 2008.
22- 26.
Skotte, Hans. “The State of
Identity in Contemporary
Architecture” in (Ed) Almaas,
Ingerid Helsing. Made in
Norway: Norwegian
Architecture Today. Basel:
Arkitektur N, 2010. 10-13.
Affentranger, Christoph.
“Introduction”, and Ch. 1: “A
Window to the Forest” in:
Neue Holzarchitektur in
Skandinavien (New Wood
Architecture in Scandinavia).
Basel: Bikhäuser Verlag,
1997. 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19,
21, 23.
Week 6
July 27
10.15-12.00
Contemporary Norwegian Design
New Norwegian design, from Norway Says to
Norwegian presence.
July 28
10.15-12.00
Drawings and models, from 1830 to the
present
Excursion to Nasjonalmuseet – Arkitektur
where we will se the permanent exhibition
Building Ideas. We will also have a brief look
at the Sverre Fehn-exhibition Ode to Osaka.
July 29
10.15-12.00
Review for Final Examination
July 30
10.15-12.00
Final Examination
July 31
www.summerschool.uio.no
Johnsen, Espen. “Form
follows emotion” in Ed. Halén,
Widar and Kerstin Wickman.
Scandinavian Design Beyond
the Myth. Fifty years of design
form the Nordic countries.
Stockholm: Arvinius Förlag \
Form Förlag, 2003. 17- 26.
Reading List
Articles will be available in printed compendia handed out on first day of classes.
Affentranger, Christoph. “Introduction”, and Ch. 1: “A Window to the Forest” in: Neue Holzarchitektur in
Skandinavien (New Wood Architecture in Scandinavia). Basel: Bikhäuser Verlag, 1997. 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,
19, 21, 23.
Andersson, Henrik O. "Modern Classicism in Norden, 1910-1930," in: Nordisk Klassicism 1910-1930 exh.
cat., Helsingfors, 1982. 11-28.
Berman, Patricia G. “Norwegian Craft Theory and National Revival in the 1890s,” in: Ed. Nicola Gordon
Bowe. Art and the National Dream. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1993. 155-168.
Berre, Nina “National Tourist Routes as architectural Policy” in Ed. Berre, Nina, and Hege Lysholm.
Omveg: Arkitektur Og Design Langs 18 Nasjonale Turistvegar. Oslo: Norsk form, 2008. 28-31.
Colquhoun, A. “The Concept of Regionalism” in: Eds. Nalbantoglu G.B. and C.T.Wong Postcolonial
Spaces. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.13-23.
Fallan, Kjetil. “Introduction”, in Ed, Fallan, Kjetil. Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories. London: Berg
Publishers, 2012. ss. 1-12.
Gelfer-Jørgensens, Mirjam. “Scandinavianism – a Cultural Brand” in Ed. Halén, Widar and Kerstin
Wickman. Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth. Fifty years of design form the Nordic countries.
Stockholm: Arvinius Förlag \ Form Förlag, 2003. 17- 26.
Glambek, Ingeborg. "One of the Age's Noblest Cultural Movements: On the Theoretical Basis for the Arts
and Crafts Movement," Scandinavian Journal of Design History. 1, 1991. 47-76.
Glambek, Ingeborg. “Museums of Decorative Art in the Service of Industry and Public Enlightenment”,
Scandinavian Journal of Design History. 4, 1994. 108-113
Grønvold, Ulf. “Norwegian Contemporary Architecture: Fehn and His Legacies” a+u Architecture and
Urbanism. 411, 12. 2004. 7-10.
Hegard, Tonte. “Collecting, Researching, and Presenting Folk Art in Norway, in Ed. Nelson, Marion
Norwegian Folk Art. The Migration of a Tradition. Abbevile, 1995. 238-247.
Johnsen, Espen. “Form follows emotion” in Ed. Halén, Widar and Kerstin Wickman. Scandinavian Design
Beyond the Myth. Fifty years of design form the Nordic countries. Stockholm: Arvinius Förlag \ Form
Förlag, 2003. 17- 26.
Kampevold Larsen, Janika. “The Forms of The National Tourist Routes” in (Ed) Berre, Nina, and Hege
Lysholm. Omveg: Arkitektur Og Design Langs 18 Nasjonale Turistvegar. Oslo: Norsk form, 2008. 22- 26.
Kent, Neil. “Introduction”, The Soul of the North: A Social, Architectural and Cultural History of the Nordic
Countries, 1700-1940. London: Reaktion Books. 2000. 8 – 15.
Norberg-Schulz, Christian. Chapter 6 "The National," in: Nightlands: Nordic Building. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1996. 123-146.
Salomonsen, Kirsten Ruud. “Norway before the Bauhaus. The Teaching of Norwegian Design 1919 –
1952”, in: Scandinavian Journal of Design History 12, 2005 90-99.
Shand, P. Morton. "Stockholm 1930," Architectural Review 68, July/December 1930. 67-72.
www.summerschool.uio.no
Sheffield Jr., Clarence Burton. Ch. 3, “Social Needs and Aesthetic demands. Ellen Key, Gregor Paulsson,
and Swedish Design, 1899-1939”, in ed., Stritzler-Levine, Nina & Ostergard, Derek E. The Brilliance of
Swedish Glass, 1918-1939. An Alliance of Art and Industry. 1996. 35 – 51.
Skotte, Hans. “The State of Identity in Contemporary Architecture” in (Ed) Almaas, Ingerid Helsing. Made
in Norway: Norwegian Architecture Today. Basel: Arkitektur N, 2010. 10-13.
Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet. “Viking Revival and Art Nouveau. Traditions of Excellence”, I (Red)
McFadden, David Revere, Scandinavian Modern Design, 1880-1980. Abrams, 1982. 47-86.
Tostrup Elisabeth. “Norwegian Introduction: Effective Words on Behalf of the Architect(ure). In (Ed).
Asgaard Andersen, Michael, and Steven Holl. Nordic Architects Write: A Documentary Anthology. Oxon:
Routledge, 2008. 203-213.
Vigsø, Orla. “Dreams of town and country” in ed. Linde-Laursen, Anders & Jan Olof Nilsson. Nordic
Landscopes. Cultural studies of place. Nordic Council of Ministers: Copenhagen, 1995. 117 – 125.
www.summerschool.uio.no