This page will present a wide-ranging resource list consisting of different articles debating the city development in Bjørvika, Oslo. Currently under construction.
While waiting, we would like to share a few of the links to articles on Bjørvika. In Norwegian only.
Til minne om Schweigaards gate 32
About gentrification in Oslo and the Grønland-area. How can a politics be carried out that fulfills the need for lower quality and cheaper spaces for cultural production? In Oslo there has been a great focus on housing where office and industrial buildings have been reregulated to development of new housing projects, thus leaving a smaller space for capital-weak initiatives like studios and other cultural production spaces. The article traces out some possible and impossible political strategies to secure these kinds of spaces.
Fra Byens Fornyelse
Fjordbycharretten i november 2004 har langt mindre å gjøre med begrepet charrette enn det ovenforstående prosjekt. Her er det mer snakk om arbeid med visjoner enn konkret byforming på charrettens premisser.