Studio course (24 credits)

The course will deal with architecture as practice, legal and procedural frames and regulations for planning and construction of buildings, different roles and perspective of architects, and variations in ways of organizing work on national and international levels.

Knowledge of legal and technical requirements that an architectural project has to meet from its inception to completion, knowledge of the processes of design, of the documentation and the different agents. Impressions of different ways of establishing and organizing a practice.

The course consist of seminars/lectures, the study of relevant literature and casestudies.

The final assessment is based on the students logs and digital presentations. The course is assessed as pass/fail, subject to the Regulations for Master's degree programmes at Oslo School of Architecture and Design, § 6-14.

Knowledge of building law and regulations, forms of building applications, quality assesments .

Arge, K., & Bleiklie, S. (2003). Arkitektonisk kvalitet. Oslo: Norsk form.

Arkitektfaglig ytelsesbeskrivelse (2000). Oslo: Norges praktiserende arkitekter.

Arkitektverktøy - tools (2007). [Oslo]: Arkitektbedriftene i Norge service.

Cuff, D. (1991). Architecture: the story of practice. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.  

Kostof, S. (1977). The Architect: chapters in the history of the profession. New York: Oxford University Press .

Larson, M. S. (1993). Behind the postmodern facade: architectural change in late twentieth-century America. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Maks 2005: modell for arkitektkontorets kvalitetssystem (2004). Oslo: Norges praktiserende arkitekter.  

Molander, A., & Terum, L. I. (2008). Profesjonsstudier. Oslo: Universitetsforl.  

Robbins, E., & Cullinan, E. (1994). Why architects draw. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.  

Saint, A. (1983). The image of the architect. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press.

Søk: veileder : ansvarlig søker (2007). Oslo: Arkitektbedriftene.  

WEB BASED SOURCES

Standard Norge kontrakter 8401 og 8402  (updated version of Adobe required)  

www.be.no (Statens byggetekniske etat, alt om lover, forskrifter veiledninger, søknadsskjemaer etc)  

Oslo kommune, byggesaksbehandling (om krav til kart og tegingsmateriale, søknader, fremgangsmÃ¥ter, behandling etc.)