Course Plan and Syllabus 2015 Course Code: ISSHF1142

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) June 24 10.15-13.00 Norwegian Stave Churches Excursion to Historic Museum (C) June 25 10.15-13.00 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) June 26 10.15-13.00 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 Rural Wooden Architecture Excursion to Bygdøy to the Norwegian Folk Museum (P) July 01 10.15-13.00 Nordic Neoclassicism -The Gustavian Age and the Karl-Johan Era Excursion to Royal Palace - Highlighting Karl Johan Gate and University buildings en route (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. 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. 47-76.

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) July 08 10.15-13.00 Midterm Examination 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. 47-86. Norberg-Schulz, Christian. Chapter 6 "The National," in: Nightlands: Nordic Building. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 123-146. 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. Andersson, Henrik O. "Modern Classicism in Norden, 1910-1930," in: Nordisk Klassicism 1910-1930 exh. cat., Helsingfors, 1982. 11-28. Shand, P. Morton. "Stockholm 1930," Architectural Review 68, July/December 1930. 67-72. July 09 July 10 Long weekend Week 4 July 13 10.15-13.00 Institutionalization of a Heritage Heritage, preservation and the institutionalization of architecture and design. Treprisen; Lunning Prize; Jacob Prize (C) Salomonsen, Kirsten Ruud. Norway before the Bauhaus. The Teaching of Norwegian Design 1919 1952, in: Scandinavian Journal of Design History 12, 2005 90-99.

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) July 17 10.15-13.00 Housing: The Norwegian Dream Excursion to key housing projects, Oslo (P) Glambek, Ingeborg. Museums of Decorative Art in the Service of Industry and Public Enlightenment, Scandinavian Journal of Design History. 4, 1994. 108-113 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. Linde- Laursen, Anders & Jan Olof Nilsson. Nordic Landscopes. Cultural studies of place. Nordic Council of Ministers: Copenhagen, 1995. 117 125. Week 5 July 20 10.15-13.00 Midcentury Modernism Discords in Norwegian architecture 1945 1965: Different and overlapping trends in Post-war Modernism; Modernism and History (P) July 21 10.15-13.00 Midcentury Modernism Excursion to central Oslo (P) July 22 10.15-13.00 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. 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. 1-12. 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. 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 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. July 30 10.15-12.00 Final Examination July 31

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.

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.