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Arid Frontier: Urban Growth and Environmental Degradation Along the Hexi Corridor

The dissertation project is a regional study of the Hexi Corridor in China’s northwestern Gansu province—a culturally and geopolitically significant zone known as the ‘golden sector’ of the Historic Silk Road. The multi-scalar research includes cartographic mapping, fieldwork, and the visual documentation of individual sites and projects.

Date:
01.08.2018 -> 08.08.2023
Project leader:
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Themes:
China|Landscape|Urbanism
Project type
PhD

Bymiljøarkivet

Bymiljøarkivet på AHO dokumenterer en serie utviklingsprogrammer drevet fram av Planavdelingen i Miljøverndepartementet fra 1980-tallet og framover.

Date:
01.03.2022 -> 31.12.2025
Themes:
Oslo|Urbanism
Approaches:
Historical
Project type
Basic research

Community Water Systems: Climate vulnerabilities and resilience opportunities

Water-related risks will jeopardize the water security of up to 2.4 billion people by 2050, with impacts on access to water and health (Risk #7), lifeline infrastructure (Risk #3), food security, livelihoods, and cultural heritage. We will be supporting community partners in Kenya, South Sudan, Norway, and Canada to: a) map their water systemsʼ climate vulnerabilities; b) implement and evaluate interventions that augment their water systemsʼ resilience; and c) create a globally-applicable toolkit to inform policymakers at the global, national, regional, and local levels to advance interventions with vulnerable groups in other locations. Our first two aims will support in-community activities to advance water security beyond the duration of this project. Research objectives include understanding: (i) the systems that ensure water security, (ii) the climate vulnerabilities in those systems, and (iii.) the opportunities for creating and maintaining climate-resilient water systems.

Date:
01.03.2024 -> 01.03.2027
Themes:
Arctic|East Africa|Landscape
Approaches:
Propositional
Project type
Basic research

Digital Urban Living

The project focuses on how digital technologies and media enable new ways of designing urban services and positively affect issues of urban liveability, sustainability, design and governance of cities and urban space.

Themes:
Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical|Propositional
Project type
Basic research

Ethnography of Northern Landscapes

The project maps and investigates existing and potential vitality of remote Arctic communities, with fieldwork to be completed in the Barents region, and in particular in the Varangerfjord Region (Vardø, Kirkenes) of the Kingdom of Norway, and in the Murmansk Oblast of the Russian Federation (Murmansk, Nikel).

Date:
01.09.2013 -> 31.08.2017
Project leader:
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Themes:
Arctic|Landscape|Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical
Project type
PhD

Innovating Urban Practices

This research project explores the potential of a more active role for the architect as a mediator and a key agent in shaping the future, and study innovations in urban practice. How may urbanists and architects contribute to a sustainable future for our cities by operating intelligently in the space between grassroots initiatives and top-down approaches?

Project leader:
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Themes:
Oslo|Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical|Experimental
Project type
Basic research

Oslo Water Metropolis

The project focuses on landscape in relation to the project of the metropolis – the possibility of imagining and realizing a coherent form and image of the space of inhabitation. The project proposes the image of Oslo Water Metropolis , as a tool for elaborate descriptions and projections that are able to inspire visions, projects and policies. The aim is to stimulate a dialogue in the Oslo region, to transfer knowledge from relevant experiences and models, and to invite experts and regional actors to engage in a research-by-design.​

Project leader:
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Themes:
Landscape architecture|Oslo|Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical|Propositional
Project type
Basic research

Spatial Mediation: Place‐based approaches to the dynamics of forced migration in arrival cities​

The project explores the correlation between the layout and architecture of places used for both displaced persons and their hosts, and suggests inclusionary programmatic and spatial solutions in future responses to urban displacement. The research concerns the role and design of public spaces in urban life. It explores the application of urban design and architectural practices in crises contexts and contingency planning and asks what architects and urbanists can learn from studying displacement situations.

Date:
01.09.2019 -> 31.08.2023
Project leader:
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Themes:
Oslo|Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical
Project type
PhD

SUV – Preparing Cities for Autonomous Vehicles

The SUV project (Stimulating the Uptake of Autonomous Vehicles by Local Authorities) provides cities and regions with the right tools and practices to prepare their urban developments for the introduction of autonomous vehicles. It aims to connect and enhance sustainable mobility and city/regional planning to understand the actions needed to maximise the benefits autonomous vehicles can offer society.

Date:
01.09.2019 -> 31.08.2022
Themes:
Oslo|Urbanism
Approaches:
Propositional
Project type
Applied research

The Norwegian Winter City

The project explores the evolution of travelling methods for winter-adapted architecture and its socio-environmental significance in the development of Arctic Norwegian Cities.

Date:
01.09.2023 -> 31.08.2026
Themes:
Arctic|Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical|Historical
Project type
PhD

The Vital City

The project on The Vital City sets out to explore the relevance of vitalist perspectives for understanding cities and urban cultures.

Project leader:
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Themes:
Oslo|Urbanism
Approaches:
Critical
Project type
Basic research

Urban Base

Stadtunterbau/Urban Base – Catalyst of the sustainable, mixed-use or open-use and adaptable city.

Date:
01.11.2021 ->
Project leader:
Themes:
Urbanism
Approaches:
Propositional
Project type
Basic research