Halvor Weider Ellefsen
“PROSPECT-BASED URBAN DEVELOPMENTS” –
PLANNING, PRODUCING AND MANAGING THE
OSLO HARBOUR FRONT 1982-2012 – A CASE
STUDY OF TJUVHOLMEN AS SPACE, DESIGN
AND STRATEGY
SUPERVISORS: Jonny Aspen, Peter Hemmersam
The point of departure for the thesis is the alteration of
harbour areas to properties primed for urban develop-
ment in Oslo. These projects are often results of pub-
licly initiated and privately financed urban renewal
strategies, combining real estate interests with societal
demands for ‘public function’. The project is based on
an empirical study of Tjuvholmen, focusing on the pro-
cess of architectural production and the articulation of
urban form and space. The goal is to unveil the precon-
ditions, ideas and strategies that led to its design and
realization both seen as an architectural project and as
a property development strategy.
Anders Ese
UNCOVERING THE URBAN UNKNOWN.
MAPPING METHODS IN POPULAR SETTLEMENTS
IN NAIROBI
FUNDERS:
AHO
SUPERVISOR:
Edward Robbins
This thesis is a critique of historical and current map-
ping efforts used in popular settlements in Nairobi.
It argues that these are closely related to the policies
and zeitgeist of their periods. By mapping a history of
Pumwani, a popular settlement in Nairobi, socio-eco-
nomic diversity is highlighted, arguing that popular
settlements cannot be limited to being described as
only poor neighbourhoods. Based on the premise that
many mapping efforts fail to uncover this diversity, an
alternative mapping method is provided. Synthesizing
theory, data collection, interviews, historical and pres-
ent day research, the mapping method seeks to better
highlight the socio-economic diversity of Pumwani
and its connections to spatial practices.
Espen Aukrust Hauglin
GIS, CARTOGRAPHY AND URBAN PRODUCTION –
THE DISPLAY AND CRITIQUE OF SPATIAL URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE METROPOLITAN
AREA OF OSLO
SUPERVISORS: Martina Keitch, Jonas Tornberg
The project departs from an analysis and interpretation
of maps constructed in GIS of current growth patterns
in the larger metropolitan area of Oslo. The theoretical
foundation is a series of contemporary perspectives on
cartography (and GIS) that decipher their representa-
tional acts, particularly their inherent benefits towards
examinations/interpretations of spatial structures.
The question, from a cartographic perspective, orbits
around how desired spatial structures, as described
by The Ministry of the Environment to achieve better
coordination of land-use planning and transport plan-
ning, corresponds with the existing one.
Jafar Salehe Jongo
LIVING WITH FLOODS: WATER LANDSCAPE
URBANISM STRATEGIES FOR THE MSIMBAZI
RIVER, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
SUPERVISOR: Kelly Shannon
The Msimbazi River Valley has been continuously and
extensively urbanized despite the flooding risks that
occur during rainy seasons. The on-going building and
land-based infrastructural development reduces flood-
ing on the plain and diverts the natural river watercourse
and therefore increases unpredicted, longer and severe
flooding in the valley and its nearest relatively higher
grounds. The research is envisaged to develop water
landscape urbanism strategies, which take into account
hydrological conditions and contemporary urban
development challenges. Through a trans-disciplinary
approach, water landscape urbanism will take a major
role in integrating the natural water processes within
urban design, engineering, hydrology and ecology.
Ongoing PhD projects
AHO WORKS RESEARCH 2012
Urbanism and Landscape
