Bergen Arkitekthøgskole - BAS

30/10/2026

“Ways of teaching-with in architecture” Lecture Series

Wednesday 4 Nov, at 15.00

BAS Auditorium

Open to all!

Reclaiming the Space: Studio as Site of Civic Experimentation

In this lecture, Saman Qayyum explores how public space in Pakistan is continually regulated, restricted, and reclaimed, from gated communities and heritage sites governed by security and control, to informal markets and community-led parks that quietly assert civic presence against those same systems. Rather than treating this tension as a subject for study alone, Saman Qayyum will discuss how it has shaped her own teaching practice, particularly through an urban design studio conducted with students in Haripur, KPK, Pakistan. There, students were asked not to design finished solutions, but to test ideas of access, ownership, and everyday democracy directly on site, through participatory and culture-driven methods of inquiry. Drawing on selected student projects, Qayyum will reflect on what it means to treat the studio itself as a space of experimentation and contestation, mirroring the very urban dynamics it seeks to understand, and on what this approach can offer architectural pedagogy more broadly, in Pakistan and beyond.

26/10/2026

Arkitektur.no skriver om BAS 40 år

"BAS i nytt lys. Bursdag, symposium, fest og performance på BAS denne helgen."

https://www.arkitektur.no/aktuelt/utdanning/bas-40-aar-som-alternativ-arkitektutdanning/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVMLBxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAWJyaWQRMXh0ZUpITmE1T2R6ZVphcWpzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEexLIfd8CaXXDi3sELycxyk2-OlQNgTbM9A3SHYhSXoSB1bjHJya64ARckryA_aem_FqveTePmwN7b7xrjsXlH3g

Bergen arkitekthøgskole feiret 40 år denne helgen – med kritiske blikk fra gode venner. Kan man stivne i forsøket på å være alternativ? 

26/10/2026

"Ways of teaching-with in architecture" Lecture Series

Wednesday 28 Oct. at 15.00
BAS Auditorium

Tomasz Fudala

The Open-Form Partisan Movement. The Oskar and Zofia Hansen House as a museum

The lecture will present the activities of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, located in the home of the architect couple Zofia and Oskar Hansen, where the Hansens lived and worked.

The house possesses a distinctive architectural character, original compositional, material, and functional solutions, and fully embodies the ideas of the Open Form.

It is one of the few works by the Hansens that was realized in accordance with their wishes. The museum invites visitors into the house, but at the same time poses questions: How can we create a museum in line with the idea of the Open Form? How can we create an institution focused on participation, process, and a shift in the hierarchy between an artist and the viewer? How can we ensure that the Hansens’ architecture remains an inspiring point of reference for the artistic work of future generations of students?

Tomasz Fudala (b.1980) is an art and architecture historian and curator based in Warsaw. He works at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw from the beginning of the project. He is a curator of the Oskar and Zofia Hansen House in Szumin (2018-) and WARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION FESTIVAL (2009-).

He also curated several exhibitions, seminars and public programs on modern and contemporary architecture. His writings have appeared in Domus, Artforum and Autoportret magazine. He has received the Jerzy Stajuda Prize for Art Criticisim (2017) and SARP (Association of Polish Architects) Bene Merentibus Medal in recognition of his contribution to the development of Polish Architecture and the Association of Polish Architects.

Open For All !

23/10/2026

Student book launch at BAS today at 17.30 !!!!

20/10/2026

3 days to go! 🎂

Bergen Arkitekthøgskole turns 40, and we’re marking it with a symposium on alternative pedagogies, rooted in Oskar and Zofia Hansen’s Open Form, the idea the school was founded on.

📍 BAS, Sandviken

Chair: Andreas Lang

Updated programme – Friday 23 October, 09:30–17:00

09:30–10:00 Registration
10:00–10:10 Welcome: Andreas Lang & Anders Rubing
10:10–11:10 Experiences from Within: BAS students and recent graduates
11:30–12:30 Alternative Pedagogies: Ignacio G. Galán and Thomas Aquilina, with a reflection from BAS by Emma Nilsson
12:30–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:00 Open Form, BAS, and Beyond: Aleksandra Kędziorek and Deane Simpson, with a reflection from BAS by Cecilie Andersson
15:30–16:30 Art and Architecture Education: Ane Hjort Guttu and Apolonija Šustaršič, with a reflection from BAS by Marianne Skjulhaug
16:30–17:00 Concluding Remarks & Welcome Back: Andreas Lang & Anders Rubing

Saturday 24 October
15:00–18:00 Performance and games
18:00–01:00 Birthday party 🎉

Students, alumni, teachers, neighbours and friends of the school: welcome!

19/10/2026

Sigrid Z. Heiberg (MDG) sin kritikk av snobberi rettes ikke bare mot feil folk, men underbygger en latterliggjørende holdning til oss i faget som prøver å utfordre egne rekker gjennom spekulativ tenkning og tverrfaglighet, skriver Vilde Haug Amundsen.

02/10/2026

Open public lecture 06.10.2026 at 19.00
Place: Main auditorium at BAS

crumblig land

on climate migration´s
impact on property and sovereignty in North America

The lecture will also be on Zoom

by Noah Gotlib

28/09/2026

Open Lecture at BAS
29.09.2026, at 19.00
Main Auditorium

Site Archeology, by SAQQRA

Open for all, free of charge

Bio:

Saqqra is a research and architecture practice founded by Marwa el Mubark and Nile Bridgeman, based in London and Cardiff. The studio's name Saqqra, means bedrock or ‘origin'; an understanding of environmental histories, ecologies and cultures of making shapes their process. The studio’s approach has led them to working in many sensitive locations, including listed buildings and conservation areas and across various typologies, settings, and scales; from private homes to public pavilions, commercial premises to community projects, and landscapes to infrastructures. They believe that strategic efforts made to reduce climatic impact should find meaningful architectural expression; where the chosen materials, arrangement and construction method impart character. This understanding is supported by their teaching and research practice acting as formative backdrop to live projects. Saqqra was featured in New Architects 5, the ‘definitive index of the UK’s best new architects’.