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Kunsthall i roma + romakurset
Professor Erik Langdalen
Throughout history Rome has been a place
of transit for art works, from Egypt to Paris,
Greece to London, Florence to New York.
While galleries showcase a transient art
market, and the modern museums must
provide permanent spaces for a steadily
increasing volume of canonised
art, the Kunsthalle—established around
1900—was conceived as a non-commercial
space to show temporary exhibitions.
The assignment is to design a Kunsthalle
in the historical center of Rome, and give an
architectonic response that reflects on the
exhibition institution, historically and con-
temporary. The projects are discussed on a
conceptual level and concretised through
architectural solutions emphasising spatial
qualities and layout, materiality and con-
struction.
Architecture on Display
Professors Mari Hvattum and
Mari Lending
Architecture on Display
studies the intellec-
tual and architectural background of three
important public institutions in Oslo: Chris-
tiania Penitentiary (1851), Gaustad Asylum
(1855), and the National Gallery (1881), de-
signed by architect H.E. Schirmer. Through
archival research, literature studies, essay
writing, model building and exhibition
curation, we examine architecture as a
cultural expression within the hypermoder-
nity of 19th century Norway.
Form, Theory and History
