Urban Redevelopment Study, Graduate studio

Architecture design competition entry 2010. Animated by Babusjka.

What is quality in architecture? By Gary Bates

Behind the proposal for the establishment of a kunsthalle in Norway lies a strategy that differs from what one is used to in Norwegian cultural life. Rather than presenting a complete plan for an exhibition program, an organization and a building, Oslo Kunsthall takes the form of a practical laboratory for research into what a Kunsthalle is, and what it might become.

In 2006 Gary Bates was invited to Curate the 2007 edition of the Oslo Triennale, the third in a series of international architecture events organized by the National Association of Norwegian Architects (NAL), in collaboration with the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), Norsk Form, OAF (Oslo Association of Architects), and Oslo Teknopol. Under the theme “Culture of Risk”, the 2007 Triennale focused the attention on Norwegian Architecture in a critical perspective that expanded from the objectified quality of its tradition towards its potential for innovation, opening space to challenge innovative thinking and risk taking in architecture. The program unfolded through diverse initiatives in different venues across the city, including 2 main exhibitions, “Risk” and “Urban without Urbanity”, the special publication “B-Sides” and the Triennale International Conference.

Space Group Architects was invited by the city of Kristiansand, in connection with the Day of Architecture 2002 – Byens Ansicht - to investigate the transformation of the city’s waterfront.