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Many detached houses contain qualities that remain invisible at first glance. These qualities are embedded in the plan, in the movement of daylight across surfaces, in the relationship between interior and exterior spaces, in the material palette, and in the subtle ways a house adapts to life over time. At Vuggaveien 3 in Kristiansund, POETIC has transformed an existing detached house through a series of restrained yet highly deliberate architectural interventions. Rather tha

Language is secondary to presence. It can point toward reality, describe it, circle it, tune us toward it, but it cannot hold reality itself. Language is a representation, a picture, a trace. It can be beautiful, precise and necessary, but it is not the thing itself. A drawing of a room is not the room. A text about light is not light. A sentence about silence is not silence. Presence begins where representation is no longer enough. In a time where images, language and concep

Denne uken ble Folkeparken skole i Kristiansund markert under BIG SEE Architecture Awards 2026 i Portorož, Slovenia. Prosjektet er tildelt BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026, og inngår dermed i årets internasjonale utvalg av arkitekturprosjekter løftet frem av BIG SEE-plattformen.

At Nils Collett Vogts vei 44 in Voksenåsen, Oslo, POETIC has submitted a planning application for the rehabilitation of an existing detached house and the construction of a new detached house. The project is situated within a sloping residential area where topography, vegetation and views are among the site’s defining qualities. The plot lies below the road, with favourable sun exposure and generous views. Rather than treating the property as a neutral development site, the p

POETIC has been commissioned by Averøy Municipality to realise a multifunctional sculpture outside the town hall on Averøy. We would like to thank Project Manager Ragnhild Berthinussen for her trust, and for the opportunity to contribute to a project that brings together art, architecture, landscape and public use. The sculpture has been developed as an organic, undulating timber form. It can be experienced as a small-scale landscape: a place to sit, climb, meet, play, rest,

Date: 16 April 2026, 5.00 pm Venue: POETIC Vågeveien 7 – Loennechengården In Creative Talk #11, we welcome two of Norway’s most renowned photographers for an evening on light, darkness, presence, and the power of photography. With Arne Beck and Ketil Born, we invite you to a conversation between two strong photographic perspectives, two distinct temperaments, and a shared interest in how images shape the way we see the world. Arne Beck is a photographer, neuroaesthetician,

We are strengthening the foundation of POETIC Elias B. Wolden joins POETIC as Systems Architect. With a background in economics from BI and studies in informatics, Elias brings a combination of financial understanding and system thinking that is highly relevant for how we are developing the studio.

Abstract This article proposes an alternative architectural genealogy in which the development of modern and contemporary architecture is traced not through stylistic shifts, but through changing conceptions of human experience. Beginning with montage theory in early twentieth-century art and film, the article follows a trajectory through movement-based architecture, event-oriented spatial practice, and contemporary explorations of perception. Drawing on the work of Malevich,

POETIC is proud to moderate the panel discussion Safeguarding the Public Realm – Our Shared Responsibility , presented as part of the IN2IT Festival. This conversation shifts attention away from individual events and institutions towards cultural infrastructure : the long-term structures that enable a society to function, even under pressure. The Opera in Kristiansund, Kristiansund Kunsthall, Nordmørsmusea, and Nordic Light will come together to discuss the responsibility cul

Tara Eliassen Kongsvik is a fifth-year Master’s student at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and joins POETIC with a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford Brookes University (RIBA Part 1). Her work is characterised by a strong material and model-based approach, where physical making functions as an investigative and spatial tool within the architectural process. In the autumn of 2024, Tara worked as a student assistant on AHO’s centenary exhibition dedicated to Profess

Our Principal Architect Hans-Petter Bjørnådal will serve as a juror for Rome Rain Rooms, an international architecture competition exploring how rain can become an active and meaningful part of public space. Set in Rome — a city shaped by water, stone, and time — the brief invites small, reversible architectural interventions that collect rainwater and engage the city during moments of rainfall. We are grateful to Buildner for the trust, and pleased to be part of an internat

POETIC has delivered the design drawings for a sculptural bench for the outdoor areas of Innlandet Primary School in Kristiansund, Norway. The project has been developed in close dialogue with the school and its users, through meetings with Inger Endreseth , Headteacher of Innlandet Primary School, alongside Eigunn Stav Sæthre and Wiam Alaridi . In addition, POETIC conducted workshops with the pupils, allowing children’s perspectives, movements and ways of inhabiting space