Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) is Norway’s largest college of higher education in the field of arts, with over 550 students, 200 employees and more than 900 guest teachers and teachers on short-term contracts, all of whom are leading practitioners in their own discipline.
In autumn 2010, all KHiO’s faculties were located together in newly renovated, customized buildings on the Seilduken campus. See pictures from this project here. The building was originally one of Oslo’s pioneering factories: Christiania Sailcloth Factory, founded in 1856, hence its name “Seilduken” (sailcloth). The architecture from this era influences the design of KHiO’s workshops and workplaces and provides space for a new interdisciplinary library, exhibition rooms, a canteen open to all, well-equipped workshops and light, spacious classrooms/studios , and a gallery.
This blog is about the making of this gallery.
Opening date, May 21th 2011.
Adress: Fossvn 24, Grünerløkka, Oslo.
Contact: themakingofagallery (_) gmail.com
All gallery photos by Kjetil Helland at Communications, Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Photo on this page by Bent Raanes. Banner design by student Adrian Storm, MA Design. Editor Randi M. Head of Communications.
the making of a gallery 