Oslo Architecture Triennale

During the Oslo Architecture Triennale (OAT) The DisOrdinary Architecture Project was invited to run a workshop for staff at the Oslo Architectural Museum on disability and access. Part of this workshop - led by Co-Founder Zoe Partington - included her ‘characters’ activity, where participants are asked to alter their body state in creative ways for a period, by carrying a heavy load, walking very slowly, holding their hands about their heads, etc, and then map both the frustrations of that changed experience and the new pleasures and detailed observations it can bring.

Alongside at the Triennale, Disabled film-maker Anna Ulrikke Andersen and Jos Boys facilitated a one-day workshop on disability and architecture called ‘Places of Comfort/Places of Disturbance’ at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, together with tutors Paul-Antoine Lucas and Bui Quy Son, founders of the critical spatial practice Exutoire. This was part of their (RE)acting/(EN)acting week-long workshop as part of OAT Academy 2022 and was a day where students carefully explored and critically observed everyday details and encounters.