Sankt Olavs Plass Analysis_Urban Preservation_Spring2020
Publication from AHO's Urban Preservation Course Spring 2020. It presents a study of the changing narrative of St Olav's Place in the Centre of Oslo, undertaken by an international consultancy team of students comprising - Eudine Blancardi, Félix Blanchard, Kostas Argyriou, Kristofer Mattsson and Julian Riise. The project started as a normal study with community engagement and installations on site and then owing to Corona Virus, the team had to rethink the project and complete the study as a virtual project. The team were assisted by course leader Tom Davies, Viksjø expert- Even Smith Wergeland, community artists- Kim Frydenlund Grane & Torgeir Stige, Byantikvaren's Marte Muan Sæther, Post-war construction expert- Barbara Ascher, Norberg Schulz expert- Beata Labuhn, and Oxford Archaeology's Ben Ford. There are plans to realise the different 'chairs' in the report as experiences at SOP, which you can do right now by taking the publication to site and trying it out yourself. Enjoy!
Publication from AHO's Urban Preservation Course Spring 2020. It presents a study of the changing narrative of St Olav's Place in the Centre of Oslo, undertaken by an international consultancy team of students comprising - Eudine Blancardi, Félix Blanchard, Kostas Argyriou, Kristofer Mattsson and Julian Riise. The project started as a normal study with community engagement and installations on site and then owing to Corona Virus, the team had to rethink the project and complete the study as a virtual project. The team were assisted by course leader Tom Davies, Viksjø expert- Even Smith Wergeland, community artists- Kim Frydenlund Grane & Torgeir Stige, Byantikvaren's Marte Muan Sæther, Post-war construction expert- Barbara Ascher, Norberg Schulz expert- Beata Labuhn, and Oxford Archaeology's Ben Ford. There are plans to realise the different 'chairs' in the report as experiences at SOP, which you can do right now by taking the publication to site and trying it out yourself. Enjoy!
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« Hi ! Niels Holter, architect...
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I designed the Teledirecktoratet building standing in front of you. Although
I am quite pleased with what I achieved here, the modernist urban
approach has been criticized for several decades. Some say that the
project neglects the urban coherence and the human scale of the square.
What do you think?
Some people regret the loss of the older buildings that stood here. These
were two Neo-Baroque buildings of forming 3 and 3 and ½ floor rental
blocks from the 1870s. The ground-floors of these hosted several shops
over the years including a Buntmaker (leather shop) and a Tobacconist.
St OlavsPlass’ star shape connects several important elements of Oslo,
taking in several remarkable buildings such as the royal palace. The star
design determined the overall layout for this part of the city. For example, I
bet you have noticed the skyline of the City Hall in the background. This
building with its own round public space, from 1950, seems the perfect
counterpart of St. Olavs Plass across the Universitetsgata axis.
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