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R E A D I N G S O C I O - S P A T I A L I N T E R P L A Y P A R T 1were accommodated for and how they were designed to work for dense,recreational co-presence with strangers?The purpose of my analysis is to clarify how observable patterns and systemsin the architecture of the three study areas are involved in processes ofinterrelated socio-spatial differentiation of function, meaning and socialspace-production in a contemporary situation, both in relation to other areasand the structure of architectural elements in the urban landscape of Oslo as awhole: Due to archaeological discoveries, Oslo has recently celebrated both700 years and 1000 years of urban history. 251 Despite this, today theeveryday life of citizens of Oslo take place in architectural environments thatmainly have developed from the 19 th century and onwards. Therefore, mytimeline starts with a short description of elements and systems that remainfrom historical periods before 1850 (though not with a search for a “yearzero” in the history of the city). Likewise, I have limited the investigation toenvironmental types, elements and systems that either are present in orrelated to at least one of the three study areas. In addition I’ve examinedenvironmental typologies that can be seen as evolutionary steps (cf. thegrowth belt of the period 1900-1945) between the environmental types thatdefine the main lay out of the study areas. 252Second step: Recent patterns in architectural transformationIn the second part of the architectural analysis I will investigate patterns intransformation of the architectural systems as both observable patterns inaggregated architectural differences and patterns in how such newarchitectural patterns relate to the existing architectural structure in differentways and at different structural levels. In this part analysis I will identify anddescribe different observable patterns in architectural transformation anddiscuss how they both make use of and affect the architectural situation of thestudy areas. This part-study includes such as transformation in the system ofoutdoor spaces, micro-morphological and iconographic transformation of thestreetscape at Grünerløkka and Grønland, architectural transformation relatedto introduction of new typologies, symbolic and programmatictransformation along the Akerselva River, and systematic and programmatictransformation related to development of the main road system.251 Due to recent discoveries (summer 2007) the millennium-celebration might have to be disclaimed. Perhapsthe city soon will have to arrange a new 900 years anniversary celebration?252 Environmental domestic typologies that are typical elements of other (western) parts of the urban landscapeof Oslo (such as the urban villa type in the area behind the royal castle and the representative villa type as atSkillebekk, Frogner, Bygdøy, etc.) are not presented in this study, although they to some extent have affectedthe spatial contextuality of “our” areas, by representing a contrast that domestic typologies in other areas couldbe defined against.132