We have been asked to make a proposal for a rest stop in Brunstranda, Lofoten, for the the National Scenic Routes in Norway. This will be our 3rd project for the government-funded infrastructure initiative, that aims to promote Norwegian nature as a national and international travel destination.

The project will be done in collaboration with long-time partner Studio Vatn.

Jørgen Tandberg will teach a new studio at the Institute of Architecture at AHO, focusing on two highly pressing concerns: the advent of sustainability as a major force within architectural discourse, and the planning of the Norwegian small town. Read more here:

http://aho.no/courses/40-538/2020-host

I was invited to give a lecture about my work at the University of Oulu, as the first lecture in their 2020 series "Sustainability in Architecture". The lecture was named "In the Garden".

We were announced official runner-up in the competition to design a new urban area in the centre of Raufoss, Norway, creating better connections between the city and its large industrial park. We will meet with the local municipalities again in the coming year. The jury wrote: «The proposal This Must Be the Place celebrates a modernist past of rationality and scale that connects well to the industrial heritage of the place. The aesthetics of the built elements seduces with clever and modest architecture (...). The phasing of the proposal is uncomplicated and provides a reasonable strategy for the municipality.» The project was done with colleague at AHO, Andreas Kalstveit, and with help from Louis Gervais.