Demolition

The Architect In Fiction

A selection of books where an architect is the main character in the plot. Click here to read.

Plasma Studio

A flick on Plasma Studio, one of the firms competing to build Deichmanske Library.

Building Models

Black Is The New Black

Yes, my banana is old.

Un-building

Un-building is as much an architectural act as to build. To not build would also be an architectural act.

Architectural Skate

Make a cup of coffee. Find a chair. Snug in. Enjoy. Its a skateboard video.

Kaiser Cheifs' Architecture

Code

Code update their site.

Dobpler

Found this here, Stig's Dobpler project.

Domino

The folks over at Sony are at it again.

Body Navigation

Danish Recoil Performance Group up to some interactivities. Some good sturdy Prossesing coupled up with a dance group make them an interesting addition to all the code-crews Bakgård have come across so far on the Internet.

Kabul Skating

Skateboarders are one of the most adaptable user groups of the urban built environment. Interesting read about skating in Afghanistan here. Did a post on skateboarders and architects a while ago here. Beneath are visuals from the article.

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

RRA updates site.

Joshua Talks

The guy holding the blue foam model talks about what architects need in designing a public building. Click here to listen.

Opera Video

I know... Here comes yet another post about the Opera. If you have an hour to kill, here's a link to a documentary NRK made about the whole process of builiding the Opera. Watch which problems they had to solve and what music looks like in the form of concrete.

Metal Wave

Metal works at school by first year students.

N House

More photos of Sou's N House. Photos clipped from here. Some recent posts on him in Bakgård here.

Featuring Deichmanske Munch & Stenersen

Hav Eiendom AS presents a new museum and a new library along the Oslo waterfront. The following cast:

Munch Museum with Stenersen Collection, invited:

Tadao Ando – Japan
Zaha Hadid Architects – England
Abalos Herreros Arquitectos – Spain
Foreign Office - Spain / England
Tony Fretton Architects – England
Gigon Guyer Architekten – Switzerland
REX Architects – USA
Henning Larsen Tegnestue – Denmark
Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter – Norway
CODE Arkitektur – Norway

Munch Museum with Stenersen Collection, pre-qualified:

NONAME 29 – Spain
Heneghan Peng Architects – Ireland
Nieto Sobejano – Spain
Diller Scofido Renfro – USA
Kengo Kuma Associates – Japan / France
ALA – Finland
Christ Gantenbein Architects & Lie Øyen Arkitekter – Switzerland / Norway
Sauerbruch Hutton – Germany
Ghilardi Hellsten Arkitekter – Norway
Manuelle Gautrand Architecture – France

Deichmanske Library, invited:

Toyo Ito – Japan
Xaveer de Geyter Architects – Belgium
Wiel Arets Architects – Netherland
Lacaton Vassal Architectes – France
Smidt Hammer Lassen – Denmark
David Chipperfield Architects – England. Local architect: DivA Architects - Norway
Behnisch Architekten – Germany
LAR / Fernando Romero – Mexico
Snøhetta – Norway
A-lab – Norway

Deichmanske Library, pre-qualified:

Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten – Germany
Morger Dettli Architekten – Switzerland
SeARCH – Netherland
Sou Fujimoto, ADEPT – Japan / Denmark
Lund Hagem Arkitekter, Atelier Oslo – Norway
Team 3 AS – Jensen Skodvin Arkitektkontor AS, Arne Henriksen Arkitekter
AS, Arkitekt Carl Viggo Hølmebakk – Norway
Plasma Studio – Argentina / Germany / England / Italy
70* nord & Dahl og Uhre Arkitekter – Norway
Lundgaard Tranberg Arkitekter AS – Denmark
Kister Scheithauer Gross Architekten und stadtplaner – Germany

Note To School

Have architecture students think green design. More on it here.

Wood Galore

More wood works scattered around school campus.

Little Paper Planes

In need of some art? Order it here. Lots to choose from.

Cast

More models at campus.

Frei Otto Sketches And Models

Bakgård needs suggestions for construction.

Flores and Prats Arquitectes

Four-day long workshop with Flores and Prats Arquitectes. Here is a quick note on them in Wallpaper.

Wood Works

More wood works keep popping around school campus. First year students experimenting and learning about materials. Here is a wooden spider. Turned out pretty nice on photo, so its dedicated a post of its own. More works coming up.

Endosceletons

World Expo Model

Did a post on this ago. Here are shots of the model and boards of the proposal Snøhetta did. Pixels by Ville.

Architecture Lecture Posters

Archinect collected guest lecture posters from architecture schools. Graphically, the ones beneath are Bakgårds favourite entries. Vote for your favourite.

Architecture Divorce

Future Systems splits up. More on it here.

At Sea

Pictures from our boat ride from Kalvåg to Kinn.

Mortensrud Church

By Jensen & Skodvin arkitektkontor. Pixels by Ville.

The Image Of The Architect

Ski Jump

Bit by bit the the ski jump is coming down. More on it here.

Oh My O.M.A.

The in's and out's of the OMA office in Rotterdam. A film profiling employees talking about their experiences working in the office.

Architecture Cartoon

Fritt Vilt II

I think you guys should go and watch this movie! My roomie Mats plays in it. I'm a little bit scared to see it, because I suspects he gets killed. Leave your comments below.



The cast



The trailer

Architectural Ride

This one has been out for ages. Architectural critic Reyner Banham learns how to drive so he can explores Los Angeles in this 1972 BBC documentary.

Entrance Exams

Two months past due with this post. Any how, here are pixels of the entrance exams.

David Chipperfield

David will guest Oslo Architecture Association October 14th, 7PM.

Elevation Models

Photos of final crit and elevation models put together with each groups proposals.

Wood Village

When students come fresh in their first year, they are producing astonishing things. Do surprisingly good architecture. People with free minds. And so forth. First year students at NTNU AB were given 8 kilometres of plank to build with. More of this at our school, please. Watch the first snippet of ten.

Bakgård Got Mail

Got this little bag from the AA, containing a flyer, news catalouge and the prospectus.

School Documentary

A short documentary about the University of Florida School of Architecture.

Containers

First year students making containers in either wood, metal or plastic. Here are the first batch.

Let's Not Talk About Aesthetics

Container Slice

Slice the container to re-configure its program.

Library in Utrecht

Conceptual Links

Monty Python

PANG!

Annual workshop and social event PANG! kick starting a new year at school. Shots from the workshop.

Celebrating Rector

Our rector Karl Otto Ellefsen turned sexy 60 this week.

Lots of people showed up.


Rector had a speech.


Soprano from the Norwegian Academy of Music.


Marie spoke on the behalf of the student body.


The gift was a portrait of Karl Otto.


It was composed of miniatyre portraits of every students that make up his school, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design.


And then we ate and drank wine.

Line Describing A Cone

Saw this some weeks ago. Film meets architecture.

The National Archives Of Norway

This house is situated by Sognsvann in Oslo. Drawn by Kritt Arkitekter.

Gyldendalhuset

Oslo Open House was a few weeks ago. We got the possibility to see some interesting houses which are not open to the public. This one is also by Sverre Fehn.

Cut Here

Pit Stop

Shed At Gressholmen

Pushak Interview

Arkitektnytt posts an interview with Sissil along with the partners in Pushak. Read it here.

Group Talk

As a first fase of our asylum centre project, studio teacher Hallvard set us out to analyze cultural aspects, typology and program. We also managed to visit an asylum centre. However, no one was living there, only the attendee was present.

Group Meeting

Met up with the rest of group one for a meeting today. Talked about the site and discussed how to make the most of it. Lots of nice sketches and interesting point of views on the aerea surrounding the site.

Islamic architecture

A week ago during history class Arne Eggen had a treat in store for us. Fired up this baby and had a slide show on medium format (6x6).

Bolteøkka Asylum Centre

As stated in the heading, we are drawing an asylum centre in Bolteløkka. A timely social issue on a sensitive site.

Parameters in our project text states that the building must house 4 families, have private sleeping and toilet areas, eating facilities, a storage room, staircases and/or elevators, emeregency exits and spaces for recreation inside as well as outside. There are also possibilities of integrating commercial areas on ground floor.

Color red marks the site.

Flaneur

Bakgård out strolling with Ville. Good or not, we were looking for examples of mixed urban spots in city centres and discuss what we find interesting. However, ended up staring at buildings, like this one down town Grønland. Facade with green glass and perforated metal plates. Turned out pretty handsome on photos.

Urban Think Tank

Venezuelans lecturing at the Oslo Architectural Association. October 7th, 8PM. More on them here, here and here. Its free.

Norwegian Glacier Museum

Exterior of the Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland, Norway. Sverre Fehn drew this one as well.

Stav Church Contours

Finally In Norway

Accordion By Sverre Fehn

Storhamarlåven

Details from Storhamarlåven at Hamar. The barn from the 18th century was converted into a modern museum in 1963 by Sverre Fehn.

Church Ruins

One of our first stops on the tour around Norway with our class was Hamar. The glass building by Lund and Slaatto was finished in 1998. The old ruins are from the 13th century. Read more facts on it here.

Stockholm Seminar

Beate, Jan Olav, Sami at the Stockholm Seminar. More snaps here.

Studarch

Site is up an running.

DSR

Diller Scofidio + Renfro updates site.