Sankt Olavs Plass Analysis_Urban Preservation_Spring2020
Publication from AHO's Urban Preservation Course Spring 2020. It presents a study of the changing narrative of St Olav's Place in the Centre of Oslo, undertaken by an international consultancy team of students comprising - Eudine Blancardi, Félix Blanchard, Kostas Argyriou, Kristofer Mattsson and Julian Riise. The project started as a normal study with community engagement and installations on site and then owing to Corona Virus, the team had to rethink the project and complete the study as a virtual project. The team were assisted by course leader Tom Davies, Viksjø expert- Even Smith Wergeland, community artists- Kim Frydenlund Grane & Torgeir Stige, Byantikvaren's Marte Muan Sæther, Post-war construction expert- Barbara Ascher, Norberg Schulz expert- Beata Labuhn, and Oxford Archaeology's Ben Ford. There are plans to realise the different 'chairs' in the report as experiences at SOP, which you can do right now by taking the publication to site and trying it out yourself. Enjoy!
Publication from AHO's Urban Preservation Course Spring 2020. It presents a study of the changing narrative of St Olav's Place in the Centre of Oslo, undertaken by an international consultancy team of students comprising - Eudine Blancardi, Félix Blanchard, Kostas Argyriou, Kristofer Mattsson and Julian Riise. The project started as a normal study with community engagement and installations on site and then owing to Corona Virus, the team had to rethink the project and complete the study as a virtual project. The team were assisted by course leader Tom Davies, Viksjø expert- Even Smith Wergeland, community artists- Kim Frydenlund Grane & Torgeir Stige, Byantikvaren's Marte Muan Sæther, Post-war construction expert- Barbara Ascher, Norberg Schulz expert- Beata Labuhn, and Oxford Archaeology's Ben Ford. There are plans to realise the different 'chairs' in the report as experiences at SOP, which you can do right now by taking the publication to site and trying it out yourself. Enjoy!
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CONTENTS
1807
1800
Josephine’s chair gives you an immediate view of Sankt Olavs
Plass No.3 and Apoteket with Sankt Olav Church in the background.
We nammed it after Joséphine of Leuchtenberg (de
Beauharnais) who was the Queen of Sweden and Norway. She
was politically active during the reign of her spouse,acting as his
political adviserandactively participating in government affairs.
In 1856, she helped fund the construction of St. Olavs church.
JOSEPHINE CHAIR
1859
1850
1868
Sitting on Holter’s chair in front of the old Apotek, you will face
the Teledirektoratet Building (Telecommunications Administration
Building) built in 1963 by Nils Holter but also embrace the
view towards the City Hall. Nils Holter was a Norwegian modernist
architect. Apart from Universitets gata 2, he designed the
NRK buildings at Marienlyst and the Telegraph Building in Oslo.
1876
HOLTER CHAIR
1899
1910
1900
1910
The Viksjø chair frames the incredible triangular concrete building
standing at Sankt Olavs Plass No.5 (1969). It is named after
the Norwegian architect ErlingViksjø, central modernist figure
of architecture. He is known for reinventing Norwegian tradition
through his use of textured concrete called Natur-betong.
He also designed the Government Quarter and the Y Block
(today threatened of demolition).
VIKSJØ CHAIR
Cupido’s chair stands right next to Viksjø’s. It gives a global view
on the square and draws your attention onto the Lysfontene
standing in the middle. Cupido’s chair refers to the previous
fountain ornement which stood at St. Olavs Plass for nearly 80
years before he was removed by the city council in 1950. The
Cupido sculpture was casted in France in the middle of the 19th
century century. In classical mythology, Cupido represents the
god of desire, attraction and affection.
CUPIDO CHAIR
1950
1971
1950
1952
Leif Juster, father of the Edderkoppen theatre (The spider) will
tell you its story. So just sit on the chair in front of the Teledirektoratet
and look at that white modernist building located at St.
Olavs Plass number 1, with the old site of Rikshopitalet in the
background. Juster, Norwegian comedian, singer and actor,
founded the Edderkoppen in 1945 and worked as the Edderkoppen’s
director until 1966.
JUSTER CHAIR
1995
1995
2000
Jump from Juster’s chair to the next one where Knut Hamsun
will bring you back to the 19th century. He will tell you the story
of the Apotek building standing in front of you. From that chair
you will also be able to admire von Hanno’s work in Sankt Olavs
Gate. Hamsun was a Norwegian writer, considered one of the
founders of modern literature. In his novel “Sult” (Hunger) the
first-person protagonist meets Ylajali, a young woman who probably
lived on the second floor of St. Olavs Plass number 2.
HAMSUN CHAIR