ARCHITECTURE AND POWER

Per Kristian Nygård, Pavilion, 2025
Photo: Tor S. Ulstein

Friday 19th September invites Kunsthall Dikemark to a full-day symposium that illuminates the relationship between architecture and power.

PROGRAM

10.00
WELCOME!
by Bjarne Asp, architect and public debater  

VI MØTES PÅ DIKEMARK
guided tour by curator Anne Siv Falkenberg Pedersen and director Oda Broch 

10.40
THE POWER OF ARCHITECTURE
lecture by Jonas Major, architect and associate professor, University of Agder 

DOES THE GINGERBREAD MAN LIVE IN A HOUSE OF SKIN?
artist presentation by Per Kristian Nygård

WALK ON THE DIKEMARKT
lecture by Linda Veiby, director of the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage 

12.20-13.00
LUNCH

13.00
STATUS REPORT
at Slottsberget development, new owner of the plot at Vardåsen 

PROCESS REPORT
lecture by Janeche Bull Borander, architect and project manager, department of urban and regional development, Asker kommune

2:00 PM
POWER AND JOY
lecture by Rannveig Hägg Berge, architect and professional advisor to the Norwegian Association of Architects 

DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY
lecture by Einar Sneve Martinussen, designer and associate professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design 

ARCHITECTURE AND POWER
conversation between Bjarne Asp, Linda Veiby and Einar Sneve Martinussen 

15.40
ROUNDUP AND THANKS!
by Bjarne Asp 

*Doors open at 9:30 with coffee and mingling.

*The seminar has limited places and a registration fee. This covers light lunch, snacks, coffee and tea.  

Regular price: 300 kr
Askerbøringers, artists and students: NOK 150

REGISTRATION HERE

Registration by September 17th.

The event is supported by: Fritt ord, Kulturrådet , Akershus Fylkeskommune and Asker kommune 

Dikemark city center, Photo: Asker kommune