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Tina Di Carlo
MODERN HAUNTS IN “DECONSTRUCTIVIST
ARCHITECTURE”
FUNDERS:
NORWEGIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
THROUGH PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT
SUPERVISORS: Mari Lending, Barry Bergdoll, Columbia
University
The 1988 “Deconstructivist Architecture” exhibition at
theMuseum of Modern Art, NewYork curated by Phil-
ip Johnson and Mark Wigley, was a minor exhibition
that forced architecture to change direction. The ten
week exhibition showed ten projects by seven archi-
tects, staged in three galleries during the off season of
the summer months. While the exhibition and partic-
ipating architects are now well known the installation
was at the time largely overlooked. “Modern Haunts
in Deconstructivist Architecture” invokes an archeo-
logical method to consider the constituent apparatus
of the exhibition and its effects on architecture and
architecture exhibitions.
Lothar Diem
INTANGIBLE MATTERS: ENACTING CULTURAL
HERITAGE
FUNDERS:
AHO
SUPERVISORS:
Thordis Arrhenius, Jorge Otero-Pailos,
Columbia University
“Intangible matters: Enacting cultural heritage” inves-
tigates the implications of the concept of intangible
cultural heritage on the display of architectural objects.
Within the framework of the OCCAS research project
“Place and displacement: Exhibiting architecture”, this
thesis focuses on the history and current correlation
between intangible and material aspects within the
practice of architectural preservation. Through case
studies of material and immaterial preservation objects,
the project examines different conditions and possibil-
ities for the understanding of entities that are defined
through a framework of performance rather than
material conditions.
Hans-Henrik Egede-Nissen
MATERIAL AUTHENTICITY IN THE FIELD OF
CULTURAL HERITAGE – RELEVANT OR NOT?
FUNDERS:
AHO
SUPERVISOR: Mari Hvattum
Material authenticity has a solid foothold as an overall
qualifier in the field of cultural heritage: To be consid-
ered worthy of preservation, an object generally has
to fulfill this demand. The thesis uses reconstruction
as a means of investigating the relevance of material
authenticity, regarding the capacity of the object to
act as carrier of cultural meaning. By comparing the
value of recent high-grade reconstructions with their
predecessors, as measured by the current value sys-
tems in the field, the text aims to understand whether
cultural value and meaning are truly connected with
original material.
Mattias Ekman
EDIFICES. ARCHITECTURE AND THE SPATIAL
FRAMEWORKS OF MEMORY
FUNDERS:
AHO
SUPERVISORS:
Thordis Arrhenius, Alexandre Dessingué,
University of Stavanger
The thesis addresses the supportive role of architec-
ture for societal remembrance. Focusing on the built
environment as it is represented in memory rather
than on its materiality, the thesis emphasizes multi-
ple perspectives and transition rather than singularity
and stability. The study offers a reading of the French
sociologist Maurice Halbwachs’ concept of memory
as a spatial framework. It develops this reading in ana-
lyses of the writings of Kevin Lynch, Aldo Rosi, Aleida
Assmann, and Jan Assmann. The merits of the concept
are demonstrated in an analysis of the debate about
the Government Quarter in Oslo after the bombing on
July 22
nd
2011.
Ongoing PhD Projects
AHO WORKS RESEARCH 2012
OCCAS
