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2022 Høst

40 553 Radical Architecture #3: Community

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

Radical Architecture #3: Community

Credits:

Course code:

40 553

Level of study:

Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Year:

2022

Maximum number of students:

Person in charge

Lisbeth Funck

Matthew Anderson

Required prerequisite knowledge

Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).

Part of course series: Radical Architecture

Course content

Through architectural projects, Studio Positions continues to critically discuss and investigate how architecture reflects on, contributes to, and provides for dwelling in our contemporary multicultural society.

Building on the themes from the 2020/21 Venice Biennale of Architecture – HOW WILL WE LIVE TOGETHER?, and the 2022 Oslo Architecture Triennale – NEIGHBOURHOOD, the studio will investigate not only the single unit (A HOUSE) but the notion of COMMUNITY.

In an ideal world — where mutual respect for each others’ lives, identities, beliefs, cultures and traditions prevails – can we establish an understanding of a common foundation for architecture, where the collective is the starting point for discussing architectural quality in design for dwelling? Will such a starting point, free from the class and capital hierarchy, change our way of looking at and designing houses/homes for our time?

How do you, as an architect, want to contribute to an architecture that discusses everyday needs and inclusive architectural qualities – safeguarding the diversity of the NEW COLLECTIVE.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

practice knowledge through case studies
practice knowledge through architectural design (semester project)
material and structural knowledge

Skills:

work based and theoretical research skills
conceptual architectural thinking

General competence:

critical thinking
ability to develop an argument through an architectural project
written reflection.

Working and learning activities

Pedagogy:

The studio has a research-based teaching, were the student is encouraged to develop an individual formal language, and through different medias investigate architectural issues/questions based on a given topic. With a practice-based research and a sensual approach to technical challenges, we aim at a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of architecture and thus position oneself in the continuous architectural discourse.

Structure:

In relation to the theme, students work towards an architectural project through three phases:

Framing an architectural concept
Imagining a life (scale, materiality, activity, accessibility, structure)
An architectural project

This work is accompanied by continuous written reflection (words) to be discussed in workshops.

Teaching:

lectures (course responsible, former students, guests)
round table discussions (internal and external guests)
workshops (internal and external guests)
reviews
group readings
film screenings

The studio emphasizes and facilitates peer-peer review of works and words as a vital aspect of the learning environment.

Excursion: Venice

Curriculum

Click here for reading list in Leganto.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Project assignment	Individual	Pass / fail

Workload activity	Comment
Attendance	Participation and attendance in lectures, supervision at the desks in the studio, seminars and workshops is expected.
Excursion	Excursion. Those who do not have the opportunity to participate in excursion will receive a task / a project that replaces this. Those who do not have the opportunity to participate in excursion will receive a task / a project that replaces this.

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2022 Høst

40 548 T A P - Building in Life

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

T A P - Building in Life

Credits:

Course code:

40 548

Level of study:

Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Maximum number of students:

Person in charge

Beate Hølmebakk

Required prerequisite knowledge

Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).

Part of course series: The architectural project, T A P

Course content

The brief for the fall 2022 semester will be to design a medium sized public building on a specific urban site. The work will be individual and all students will be developing their architectural proposals based on different programs.

The TAP studio acknowledges that architectural quality depends on our care for tangible and measurable, as well as emotional and immeasurable dimensions.

The Building in Life studio has a special interest in the temporal aspects of architecture. Hence, formal, spatial, structural, material and tectonic responses to the program and the site will be explored and discussed through the lens of temporality.

In addition to the emphasis on teaching the art of building design, the T A P studio has a special interest in the structure and presence of the unbuilt architectural project (e.g. student work and paper projects), hence there will be a focus on the framing and the formatting of the students’ individual work.

Site, or other relevant framework for the task:

The site for the project will be in Venice, Italy. Every student will be given a specific site within the Dorsodura district.

Main output of the students work:

A building proposal narrated through models, drawings, illustrations and text.

Learning outcome

Knowledge about the making of a medium sized public building in a specific urban context.
Skills in architectural design, detailing and representation.
General competence in the framing of an architectural interest, the structuring of an explorative design process and the editing of an architectural proposal.

Working and learning activities

There will be a set schedule for the semester with a detailed weekly program consisting of input on Mondays (lectures, plenum discussions based on relevant texts and occasional viewing of films appropriate to the theme of the studio), individual desk crits on Wednesdays and pin-ups on Fridays where the students are encouraged to engage in and discuss each other’s work.

During the semester there will be a week long workshop focusing on architectural illustration.

The design process will be divided into distinct phases from idea to detailed project and finalization. Each phase will be reviewed collectively with an external critic.

If allowed, an excursion to Europe will be part of the studio.

Curriculum

Texts for common reading and discussion will be handed out during the semester.

Mandatory coursework	Courseworks required	Presence required	Comment
Presence required		Required	Attendance and participation in the interim deliveries and presentations is mandatory.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Project assignment	Individual	Pass / fail	Students will be evaluated on the development and architectural quality of their building proposals, the final curation and presentation of their projects, and on their participation in lectures, reviews and discussions.

Workload activity	Comment
Attendance	Participation and attendance in lectures, supervision at the desks in the studio, seminars and workshops is expected.
Planning assignment	The studio requires full time studies.
Excursion	Those who do not have the opportunity to participate in excursion will receive a task / a project that replaces this.

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2022 Høst

40 547 ACDL

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

ACDL

Credits:

Course code:

40 547

Level of study:

Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Year:

2022

Maximum number of students:

Person in charge

Søren S. Sørensen

Required prerequisite knowledge

Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).

Preliminary skills in computational design is advisory.

Course content

The ACDL studio (Advanced Computational Design Laboratory) is a project studio which seeks to discuss and investigate how new technology and engineering contributes to shaping the architecture of the future.

We strongly believe that architects of today need to keep up with, and master some of the vast possibilities of computational tools. At the same time we place great importance in nurturing the classical tools in the Architects toolbox; such as hand sketches and model building. You cannot move forward if you don’t know where you came from, and oscillating between analog and digital unlocks the biggest potential for finding creative solutions to architectural challenges.

ACDL offers a holistic approach to architecture with a strong emphasis on computational design, technology and parametrics. We teach the students to investigate architecture and space through an iterative process, and through disciplinary/interdisciplinary collaboration. We also put great importance on investigating effective and professional ways to convey our ideas to others, be it through partidiagrams, models, sketches, VR/AR, video, renderings.. or something else all together!

We wish to offer an arena to those who have renegade ideas that can challenge conventional thinking, or who find themselves drawn towards the less well trodden paths within our field. Academia has a great responsibility in encouraging imaginative and innovative ways to create architecture. Our ambition is to build up ACDL as a strong platform for practicing and research on how new technology can enrich the architects toolbox, and lead to novel architectural expressions.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

of the architectural and computational design themes pursued by the
studio.
of associative modelling.
of tools for analysis and simulation relating to building performance.
of successful built examples of equivalent projects.
of advanced architectural visualization.

Skills:

in computational design in architecture.
in utilizing associative modelling systems for architectural design.
in using simulations, analysis tools and advanced visualization as part of the design process.
in reflective thinking and evaluation as a tool for developing design ideas within the design process.

General competence:

The ability to develop designs based on specific performative criteria in an integrated manner from the conceptual stage to the material articulation through computational design.
The ability to set up and follow through a design process that leads to the desired result.
The ability to utilize design as a method of research in architecture that facilitates the conception of novel architectural designs.

Working and learning activities

Initial short exercises with defined topics related to the main assignment leading to interim deliveries. The exercises are aimed to gradually work up a field of studies to be utilized in the main assignment; a design proposal in context.

2/3 of the semester will be for the main assignment. The studio will focus on iterative design processes to test and evaluate performative aspects of designs in relation to spatial and functional demands. The research by design will be done through a range of computational methods and tools based on the focus of each topic and design project in the studio. The topics of the studio narrow the focus, while allowing the students to do in-depth investigations simultaneously. The intention is to help the students develop their own design methodology while bridging analog processes and digital tools.

Research and analysis:
- Research report with site analysis

Design process:
- Process journal with screenshot documentation of the design development, photos of sketch models and rapid prototypes

Digital presentations:
- Program and concept diagrams
- Site / Landscape plan
- Plans with immediate surroundings
- Sections with immediate surroundings
- Elevations with immediate surroundings
- Structural diagrams / typical construction details
- Material board
- Renderings and animations
- Simulations
- Other axo drawings and diagrams
- Standalone executable VR visualization

Printed delivery:
- Presentation boards to include most relevant drawings, diagrams, renderings and project description.
- Booklet with additional information to complement the boards.
- Process book

Physical presentation models:
- Sketch models
- Site / landscape model
- Project model

Mandatory coursework	Courseworks required	Presence required	Comment
Presence required		Required	Attendance and participation in the interim deliveries and presentations is mandatory.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Project assignment	Individual	Pass / fail

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80 110 Introduction to Architecture

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

GK1 Introduksjon til arkitektur

Credits:

Course code:

80 110

Level of study:

Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

Norwegian

Year:

2022

Maximum number of students:

Person in charge

Anna Røtnes

Siri Moseng

Required prerequisite knowledge

Det kreves ingen forkunnskaper utover opptakskrav i studieprogrammet.

Course content

GK1 er en introduksjon til profesjonsstudiet i arkitektur ved AHO. Semesteret er organisert omkring flere ulike prosjekter som utgjør hoveddelen av kurset. Semesteret innledes med en konseptuell arkitekturoppgave parallelt med en introduksjon til frihåndstegning. Deretter følger en oppgave der studentene gjennomfører et prosjekt fra idé til realisering gjennom bygging i 1:1. Semesterets siste fase fokuserer på analyse gjennom analog og digital tegning.

Undervisningen i første studieår markerer starten på et sammenhengende forløp, og de kunnskaper og ferdigheter studenten tilegner seg, bygges det videre på gjennom de tre årene i grunnutdanningen. Det er karakteristisk for utøvelse av arkitekturfaget at alle de kompetansene man tilegner seg virker sammen som en helhet, og manifesteres gjennom prosjektarbeid.

Learning outcome

Studenten skal få kunnskap:

om konseptuell idéutvikling ved selv å gjennomføre flere konseptuelle prosesser
om forholdet mellom rom, konstruksjoner og materialer gjennom utvikling av egne prosjekter der dette testes ut
om prosjekteringsprosessens arbeidsmetoder ved å løse oppgaver der ulike definerte arbeidsmetoder anvendes
om arkitekturfagets kommunikasjonsformer ved å presentere og diskutere eget arbeid både visuelt, tekstlig og muntlig
om arkitekturfagets ulike tradisjoner, gjennom en første introduksjon til arkitektur fra historien og samtiden gjennom befaringer og analytiske studier

Ferdigheter:

Studenten skal kunne utvikle et enkelt arkitekturprosjekt ved å anvende arkitekturfagets grunnleggende arbeidsmetoder; tegning, modell og verbal kommunikasjon.
Studenten skal bli kjent med egen arbeidsprosess, og å kunne presentere prosessen som en del av et resultat.
Studenten skal utvikle evnen til å diskutere og reflektere skriftlig og muntlig rundt faglig innhold i eget og andres arbeid.
Studenten skal kunne bygge i flere skalaer, fra skalamodeller til romlig installasjon i 1:1.
Studenten skal beherske AHOs verksted.
Studenten skal kjenne til og kunne benytte de arkitektoniske tegnekonvensjonene, derunder plan, snitt, oppriss, og ulike former for perspektiv hvor parallellperspektiv inngår.
Studenten skal kjenne til og kunne benytte profesjonsrettede og kunstfaglige tilnærminger i frihåndstegning.
Studenten skal kjenne og beherske digitale tegneprogrammer på et grunnleggende nivå.
Studenten skal arbeide med å utvikle et personlig visuelt uttrykk.

Generell kompetanse:

Studenten skal kunne utvikle, visualisere og presentere et selvstendig arkitektonisk prosjekt i henhold til de gitte oppgavene.
Studenten skal kunne diskutere og reflektere omkring arkitektur med utgangspunkt i eget og andres arbeid.
Studenten skal utvikle evnen til faglig samarbeid gjennom gruppeoppgaver og deltakelse i felles faglige diskusjoner.

Working and learning activities

Studentene arbeider i to studioer, men undervisning og oppgavestilling er felles. Det er lagt opp til individuelt arbeid så vel som gruppearbeid.

Undervisningen foregår i form av ukentlig veiledning, gjennomgang av prosjektarbeidet, forelesninger, seminarer og workshops. Kontakten mellom lærere og studenter foregår på tomannshånd, i grupper eller i plenum. Felles gjennomganger der studentene legger eget arbeid frem for diskusjon utgjør en viktig del av undervisningen. Det forventes tilstedeværelse og aktivt engasjement i veiledning, gjennomganger og faglige arrangementer. Kurset benytter den digitale læringsplattformen Moodle til intern kommunikasjon av semesterets innhold og planer.

Curriculum

Klikk her for litteraturliste i Leganto.

Anbefalt litteratur:

Anne Beim: Tektoniske visioner i arkitektur

Francis D. K. Ching: Architecture: Form, Space, and Order

Andrea Deplazes: Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures

Christian Norberg-Schulz: Mellom jord og himmel

Steen Eiler Rasmussen: Om at oppleve arkitektur

Francis D.K Ching: Architectural Graphics

Ansgar und Benedikt Schulz: Perfect Scale

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe)	Individual	Pass / fail
Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe)	Individual	Pass / fail

Workload activity	Comment
Attendance

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2022 Høst

65 511 Territorial practices

Credits:

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

Territorial practices

Course code:

65 511

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Year:

2022

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2022 Høst

65 702 Pre diploma Landscape architecture,Tromsø

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

Pre diploma Landscape architecture (Tromsø)

Credits:

Course code:

65 702

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Presence required
Not required

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2022 Høst

40 416 Contemporary Architectural Theory

Credits:

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

Contemporary Architectural Theory

Course code:

40 416

Level of study:

Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Year:

2022

Maximum number of students:

Person in charge

Mari Hvattum

Required prerequisite knowledge

Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).

It is recommended that the students have taken 80 162 GK6 Arkitekturteorienes historie.

The students must be conversant in English and preferably familiar with academic writing.

Course content

The course surveys architectural thinking from the last two decades, looking at contradictory and complementary tendencies on the contemporary scene. Each week we read and discuss texts on a particular theme, ranging from the many alleged “turns” in contemporary architecture, to overriding topics such as gender, colonialism, and climate change.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The students will aquire an overview and understanding of contemporary architectual theory.

Skills:

The students will gain practice in reading and discussing theoretical texts, as well as in academic writing.

General competence:

Training in theoretical thinking and argumentation.

Working and learning activities

The course is run as a series of reading seminars where students and staff study and discuss key texts in the field. Invited lecturers will give introductions to the various themes.

Curriculum

To be decided.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe)	Individual	Pass / fail	Final grade is set on the basis of reading seminar presentations and academic essay. - In the reading seminars, students will present texts for discussion. - The essay will be about 3000 words with academic references and bibliography.

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SOD6 SOD creative process framework

Credits:

7,5

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

SOD creative process framework

Course code:

SOD6

Level of study:

Executive Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Year:

2022

Person in charge

Birger Sevaldson

Andreas Wettre

Course content

Good systems-oriented design projects proceed several times through the loop outlined in a ‘systems-oriented design creative process framework’. This thorough process guides concept selection and validation by means of various methods. In this module, students will progress their own projects through the framework and receive training in the range of methods. As a connected aspect, we will also practise co-creation and facilitation.

Learning outcome

A deeper understanding of the processes involved in choosing a concept and validating it through testing and challenging perspectives and limits
Using systems-oriented design in innovation processes
Applying processes for co-creation

Working and learning activities

The module consists of two seminars and a final presentation of students’ own concepts.

Seminar I – AHO in Oslo – Introduction to the framework and initial test of own concepts
Seminar II – digital via Zoom – Students will progress their projects through the whole framework once more to strengthen them and test the framework

Evaluation

Presentation of findings and changes to the student’s own project (pass/fail)

Curriculum

An updated reading list will be available at the time of admission to the module.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Oral presentation	Individual	Pass / fail

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SOD5 Advanced SOD practice and methods

Credits:

7,5

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

Advanced SOD practice and methods

Course code:

SOD5

Level of study:

Executive Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

English

Year:

2022

Person in charge

Birger Sevaldson

Course content

The first year of the programme centres on students developing their own projects and receiving a thorough introduction to systems-oriented design. This module delves deeper into systems-oriented design and entails a focused study of relevant publications and literature.

Learning outcome

A more nuanced understanding of systems-oriented design and theory in the field

Working and learning activities

The module is comprised of two seminars and a final presentation of relevant theory for the student’s own assignment.

Seminar I – AHO in Oslo – An overview of relevant literature in the field
Seminar II – digital via Zoom – Interpretation of literature and relation of selected literature to the students’ own projects

Participating in the RSD Symposium in October is part of this module.

Evaluation

Home exam on the presented theory (pass/fail)

Curriculum

An updated reading list will be available at the time of admission to the module.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Home Examination	Individual	Pass / fail

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MARV8

Credits:

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:

Vern, politikk og administrasjon + studietur

Course code:

MARV8

Level of study:

Executive Master

Teaching semester:

2022 Autumn

Assessment semester:

2022 Autumn

Language of instruction:

Norwegian

Year:

2022

Person in charge

Even Smith Wergeland

Kolbjørn Nesje Nybø

Course content

Denne modulen retter søkelys mot den formelle verden av lovverk, forskrifter, forvaltningsapparat og politikk. Temaet er samspill mellom roller, mandat og aktører, men det blir også kastet lys over typiske konfliktlinjer og uenigheter. Det store spørsmålet er hvordan de ulike aktørene håndterer dette, i møte med de formelle dokumentene - men også med hverandre - og hvilket spillerom de har med tanke på å utføre den rollen de innehar. Modulen diskuterer politikkutforming og strategier for gjennomføring der det fokuseres på offentlig og privat samspill i dagens byutvikling, med særlig vekt på vernespørsmål. Vi ser på gjennomføringsstrategier, prosessuelle redskaper, medvirkning, lovverk, roller og rolleforståelse, politiske prosesser, maktstrukturer og uformell makt.

Vi henter fram noen av strategiene, prosessene og verktøyene fra tidligere moduler for å diskutere dem i denne sammenhengen. Dette er den siste rene fagmodulen i studiet (modul 9 er viet forberedelse til masteroppgaver), og det er derfor naturlig å samle trådene fra studiet i oppsummerende diskusjoner.

Learning outcome

Studentene skal få nær kjennskap til de berøringspunktene det er mellom offentlig og privat sektor med tanke på kulturminneforvaltning, på mange ulike nivåer. Seminarene understøtter tidligere innsikt i praksisverdenen med skreddersydde forelesninger om forvaltningsprinsipper, håndtering og tolkning av lovverk, mandat og roller i forvaltningssystemet, politiske perspektiver på vern m.m. Studentene skal sitte igjen med god innsikt i dette.

Working and learning activities

Modulen består av to seminarer og litteraturstudier.

Seminar I:

Forelesninger og diskusjoner. Dette seminaret er felles med urbanisme.

Seminar II:

Forelesninger og diskusjoner.

Curriculum

Klikk her for pensumliste i Leganto.

Form of assessment	Grouping	Grading scale	Comment
Home Examination	Individual	Pass / fail

Form of assessment:	Project assignment
Grouping:	Individual
Grading scale:	Pass / fail
Comment:

Mandatory coursework:	Presence required
Courseworks required:
Presence required:	Required
Comment:	Attendance and participation in the interim deliveries and presentations is mandatory.

Mandatory coursework:	Presence required
Courseworks required:
Presence required:	Required
Comment:	Attendance and participation in the interim deliveries and presentations is mandatory.

Form of assessment:	Project assignment
Grouping:	Individual
Grading scale:	Pass / fail
Comment:

Form of assessment:	Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe)
Grouping:	Individual
Grading scale:	Pass / fail
Comment:

Languages

2022 Høst

Start semester

40 553 Radical Architecture #3: Community

Start semester

40 548 T A P - Building in Life

Start semester

40 547 ACDL

Start semester

80 110 Introduction to Architecture

Start semester

65 511 Territorial practices

Start semester

65 702 Pre diploma Landscape architecture,Tromsø

Start semester

40 416 Contemporary Architectural Theory

Start semester

SOD6 SOD creative process framework

Start semester

SOD5 Advanced SOD practice and methods

Start semester

MARV8

Pages

Workload activity:	Attendance
Comment:	Participation and attendance in lectures, supervision at the desks in the studio, seminars and workshops is expected.