Sankt Olavs Plass Analysis_Urban Preservation_Spring2020

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VIKSJØ CHAIR1800«Hey! Do you know who I am?18501899191719381943185018631869190019101944195019651969My name is ErlingViksjø, I am an architect. Together with engineer Inge A.Dahl, I designed Domus Nova which stands in front of you. The buildingwas completed in 1969 and hosted the Oslo Health Council (Helserådet)for a long time. Today Domus Nova is called the St. Olav Quarter and isoccupied by the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Law. At the corner of No.5 stands the 12.2 metre high sculpture Tetraeder (Tetrahedrons) builtin natural concrete and erected in 1969 by Spanish-Norwegian sculptorRámon Isern.Look at the concrete of the building! Does it remind you of something? Yblokka (Y Block) at the Government Quarter perhaps, yes exactly, I madethat too! I developed the Naturbetong technique together with SverreJystad in 1950. The Naturbetong casting method consits of filling theformwork with aggregates of different types of shingles and gravel. Then,cement mortar is pressed into the formwork until all cavities between theaggregates are filled. Once dry enough, the concrete is sandblasted untilthe stones are clearly visible on the surface, which gives it this uniquetexture, which you can also encounter in the Hotell 33 (Standard TelefonogKabelfabrik) and Bakkehaugen Church.Before Domus Nova, a school in new roman style designed by the architectVan Hanno stood here from 1869 to 1965. This was Gjertsen’sschool, who occupied the building until 1899. From then the buildinghosted the War School (1899- 1910) and later the Seamen’s School Sjømansskolen(1910-17). The Oslo Health Council took up residence from1917 to 1965 in the building until its demolition.Among Gjertsens School’s attendees, some were destined to a notablefuture. Theodor Frølich was nominated for the Nobel Prize in medicine in1938 for his groundbreaking work on Vitamin C. Also famous, was artistEdvard Munch (1863-1944)! He used to live at Pilestredet Gate 28 andstudied at Gjertsen School together with his great friend,architect Henrik Bull.The building’s facade facing Pilestredet was severelydamaged during the Second World War. On April20, 1943, Hitler’s birthday, the building, thenOslo Labor Office’s premises, was subjected toa sabotage campaign carried out by AsbjørnSunde and four members of the Osvald group(a Norwegian sabotage organisation, originally abranch of the Wollweber League, a subsidiary tothe NKVD). From a truck parked nearby, theythrew Molotov cocktails and dynamite throughthe windows, leaving the office space completelydestroyed by the explosions and the fire thatfollowed.20002020
VIKSJØ CHAIR1800«Hey! Do you know who I am?1850189919171937193819431965202018501863186918821900191019441950196519692000My name is ErlingViksjø, I am an architect. Together with engineer Inge A.Dahl, I designed Domus Nova which stands in front of you. The buildingwas completed in 1969 and hosted the Oslo Health Council (Helserådet)for a long time. Today Domus Nova is called the St. Olav Quarter and isoccupied by the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Law. At the corner of No.5 stands the 12.2 metre high sculpture Tetraeder (Tetrahedrons) builtin natural concrete and erected in 1969 by Spanish-Norwegian sculptorRámon Isern.Look at the concrete of the building! Does it remind you of something? Yblokka (Y Block) at the Government Quarter perhaps, yes exactly, I madethat too! I developed the Naturbetong technique together with SverreJystad in 1950. The Naturbetong casting method consits of filling theformwork with aggregates of different types of shingles and gravel. Then,cement mortar is pressed into the formwork until all cavities between theaggregates are filled. Once dry enough, the concrete is sandblasted untilthe stones are clearly visible on the surface, which gives it this uniquetexture, which you can also encounter in the Hotell 33 (Standard TelefonogKabelfabrik) and Bakkehaugen Church.Before Domus Nova, a school in new roman style designed by the architectVan Hanno stood here from 1869 to 1965. This was Gjertsen’sschool, who occupied the building until 1899. From then the buildinghosted the War School (1899- 1910) and later the Seamen’s School Sjømansskolen(1910-17). The Oslo Health Council took up residence from1917 to 1965 in the building until its demolition.Among Gjertsens School’s attendees, some were destined to a notablefuture. Theodor Frølich was nominated for the Nobel Prize in medicine in1938 for his groundbreaking work on Vitamin C. Also famous, was artistEdvard Munch (1863-1944)! He used to live at Pilestredet Gate 28 andstudied at Gjertsen School together with his great friend,architect Henrik Bull.The building’s facade facing Pilestredet was severelydamaged during the Second World War. On April20, 1943, Hitler’s birthday, the building, thenOslo Labor Office’s premises, was subjected toa sabotage campaign carried out by AsbjørnSunde and four members of the Osvald group(a Norwegian sabotage organisation, originally abranch of the Wollweber League, a subsidiary tothe NKVD). From a truck parked nearby, theythrew Molotov cocktails and dynamite throughthe windows, leaving the office space completelydestroyed by the explosions and the fire thatfollowed.In 1882, W. von Hanno built an extension buildingbetween Universitetsgata and Pilestredetgate. This building held Kunstindustrimuseet(The Art and Industry and Museum )(1892–1904), which then moved to the top of St Olav’sGate, the Art Association (1904–37) comprisingAmaldus Nielsen’s Collection of Paintingsuntil the school was fully demolished in 1965.
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