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FULLY BOOKED! A growth and degrowth tour of historical Oslo

Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019

The Oslo Society (Oslo Byes Vel ) is part of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, the Nordic region’s biggest architecture festival, and one of the world’s prominent arenas for dissemination and discussion of architectural and urban challenges.

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THIS TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED!

A growth and degrowth tour of historical Oslo

The Oslo Society invites you to walk through the historical part of Oslo and experience the growth and degrowth of the Quadrature (Kvadraturen). The guided tour takes you from the year 1624 to the present day, enabling you to see historical buildings in new settings, offices that have been transformed into housing as well as recent upgrades of neglected city spaces in Oslo. 

The tour ends in Rådhusgata 7 where the participants are encouraged to see NIL´s exhibition “Interior architecture and degrowth”, in the occasion of The Oslo architecture triennale.

Meeting point: Christiania Torv

Hours: 2:30pm

Language: English

THIS TOUR IS FREE. PLEASE SIGN UP BELOW

The Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, “Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth”, responds to an era of climate emergency and social inequality by proposing alternatives to the unsustainable paradigm of growth. The festival explores the architecture of Degrowth, an economy of shared plenty in which human and ecological flourishing matter most.

The Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019 takes place in Oslo 26 September – 24 November 2019.

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