Oslo arkitekturtriennale
Oslo Architecture Triennale (OAT) is an international event held in Oslo, Norway once every three years. From Thursday, 26 September to Sunday 24 November 2019, the seventh triennial will be arranged. It was launched by the Association of Norwegian Architects (Norske arkitekters landsforbund) in year 2000.
OAT is the Nordic region’s biggest architecture festival, and one of the world’s prominent arenas for dissemination and discussion of architectural and urban challenges. The main target groups of OAT include the citizens and users of the city, decision makers, professionals and international guests.
Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019
The theme for Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019 (OAT 2019)[1] builds on the acknowledgement of a need to revise the pace and scale of extraction, production, consumption, development, and building that has driven the growth of industrialized societies and economies throughout the 20th century. OAT 2019 will propose, critique and imagine the buildings, spaces and culture of a new economic paradigm in which human and ecological flourishing matter most. The festival will search for alternatives to the supremacy of economic growth and propose the architecture of this new economy –the architecture of Degrowth. Oslo arkitekturtriennale is curated by Interrobang [2]
Administration
The OAT Secretariat is located at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). Hanna Dencik Petersson is Director of the Triennale (Acting Director: Martin Braathen).
Association:
OAT is a non-profit association with Members and Associated Members.
Board:
The board of OAT comprises representatives from the Association’s Members: Nina Berre (Chair), Ole Gustavsen (Oslo School of Architecture and Design), Joakim Skajaa (Oslo Association of Architects), Kari Bucher (National Association of Norwegian Architects), Tor Inge Hjemdal (Design and Architecture Norway), Anne Marit Lunde (National Museum) and Fredrik Winther (Oslo Business Region).
Associated Members
The Association of Consulting Architects in Norway, Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), FutureBuilt , the Norwegian Organization of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) , the Norwegian Association of Landscape Architects (NLA)(), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and ROM for Art & Architecture .
Themes
2007: The Culture of Risk
"The Culture of Risk" aimed to contribute to focusing attention on our potential for new thinking, both with regards to what Norway as a nation represents and what we can become. Curated by Spacegroup with Gary Bates and Alexandra Cruz
2010: Man Made
The 4th edition of the Oslo Architecture Triennale, MAN MADE, focused on innovative and futureproof spatial policies for architecture and urban development, looking and thinking ahead to meet the rising global demand for a more sustainable life. Curated by Code Architecture with Bjarne Ringstad
2013: Behind the Green Door - Architecture and Dream of Sustainability
“Behind the Green Door – Architecture and the desire for sustainability” examined sustainability’s extensive impact and influence on architecture and city planning the last 30 years. It was curated by Rotor
2016: After Belonging
“After Belonging” examined both our attachment to places and collectivities—Where do we belong?—as well as our relation to the objects we own, share, and exchange—How do we manage our belongings. Curated by Kuratert av After Belonging Agency with Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Ignacio González Galán, Carlos Mínguez Carrasco, Alejandra Navarrete Llopis og Marina Otero Verzier.
2019: Common Futures
Common Futures[3] is the 2019 version of the triennale and is curated by Interrobang with Maria Smith, Matthew Dalziel, Cecilie Sachs Olsen og Phineas Harper
History
2000: OAT was established by the National Association of Norwegian in year 2000.
2006: The frequency was shifted and the triennial was postponed to 2007. NAL had a new country governor, who needed more time to organize such a large and comprehensive event with the professional high quality they wanted. The country governors are elected for three years at a time. This shift also gave rise to more time for preparation for the next conference.
Bibliography
There are published both catalogs and books about the triennals.
· Lars Müller Publishers (2016). 'After Belonging: The Objects, Spaces, and Territories of the Ways We Stay in Transit' (English). Oslo: Oslo architecture Triennale. ISBN-13: 978-3037785201
· Rotor (2013). Behind the green door: a critical look at sustainable architecture through 600 objects (English). Oslo: Oslo Architecture Triennale. ISBN 978-82-999370-1-6.
· Berg, Helle B., Nina Nielsen, Morten Gottschalk; Rotor (2013). Behind the green door: architecture and the desire for sustainability (English). Oslo: OAT. ISBN 9788299937009.
· Jorem, Kaja Tvedten, red. (2013). Bak den grønne døren: arkitektur og drømmen om bærekraft: rapport Oslo arkitekturtriennale 2013 (Norwegian). Oslo: Oslo arkitekturtriennale.
· Brudvik, Siri Jæger og Joakim Skajaa, red. (2013). Here and there and in and out and – (Norwegian and English). Oslo: Oslo arkitektforening.
· Several authors (2013). «sustaineble?». Arkitektur N (Norwegian and English) Oslo: Norske arkitekters landsforbund. pamphlet
· Berg, Helle Benedicte (2013). Oslo: OAT. ISBN 978-82-999370-0-9.
· Oslo arkitekturtriennale (2013). Custom Made: naturalizing tradition. Oslo: Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen in Oslo. [Poster and catalog for the exhibition in the Gallery, AHO]
· Several authors (2010). «Oslo arkitekturtriennale 2010; Amateur Architecture Studio; Decolonizing architecture; Ecosistema urbano». Arkitektur N. Oslo: Norske arkitekters landsforbund. pamphlet
· Ringstad, Bjarne (2010). «Man made»: politikk og arkitektur: hva mener du?». Oslo: OT10. Catalog.
· N.N. (2001). «100 000 boliger: Arkitekturtriennalen 2000: Bjørvika». Byggekunst. Oslo: Norsk arkitekturforlag (4). pamphlet
Lending, Mari (red.) (2000). Arkitekturtriennale Oslo #1 2000: ways of living (Norwegian and English) Oslo: Norske arkitekters landsforbund.