2024
From IDW-folder, Antwerp University
EXHIBITION OPENING, FEBRUARY, FRIDAY 16TH
re-ACT by design.
International Design Workshop week. Hosted by Universiteit Antwerpen. 12.-16. February 2024
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/international-design-workshops/
Gro Rødne, Hanna Landfald Hanssen and Nina Haarsaker led one of the Interdiciplinary Workshops, representing NTNU/ The Making Is Thinking studio and the Experimental Pracitce`s Threads of Innovation project.
Our workshop was directly linked to the transdisiplinary research project Ecologies of Stone at Aarhus School of Architecture:
[ https://aarch.dk/en/ecologies-of-stone/ ], [ instagram: @ecologiesofstone ]
The theme of the workshop was: ALIENATE
The title of our workshop was: DELINEATE THE ALIENATED (#03) MAKING IS THINKING ECOLOGIES OF STONE
2023
MALE-ATELIER: Workshop, onsdager på FormLab, NTNU okt. 2023- mars 2024
2022
Threads of Innovation Workshop at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India 11.-20. Oct. 2022
MOVING BORDERS
TOI project proposes a collaborative educational platform combining design studio culture and teaching pedagogy with traditional craft practices in NTNU, Norway and CEPT, India.
The studio Celebrating Crafts and NTNU studio is part of the International Academic Research Project - Threads of Innovation (TOI) - (2021 -2025) between the Faculty of Design, CEPT University and Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway which Diku has awarded the grant of UTFORSK 2020 - The Directorate for Internationalization and Quality Development in Higher Education.
TOI makes way for two kinds of alliances – one which is cross-disciplinary, between design, architecture and crafts, and the other cross-cultural, between Norway and India. The students, faculty members, craftspeople and professionals will continuously engage with each other and enrich the bipolar cultural knowledge in crafts, design and architecture throughout the program through knowledge sessions, site explorations, common assignments and workshops in the hybrid academic model - online and physical.
This project is coordinated by Aleksandra Raonic, Associate Professor at Department of Architecture and Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Design, NTNU and Jay Thakkar, Associate Professor at Faculty of Design, CEPT University and Co-Founder, DICRC, CRDF.
Architects:
Team from CEPT University, India. Faculty: Jay Thakkar (Project Leader) and Rishav Jain. TA : Kamna Vyas. Students: Nipun Gurram, Kolagani Neeharika, Nitya Parmar, Prisha Shah, Swathi Sarvisetty, Dhairya Garg, Jayati Golyan, Saumya Patil, Ishani Kuwar, Santhanu Chakravarthy, Kanushri Taneja and Lia Mehta
Team from NTNU, Norway. Faculty: Aleksandra Raonic (Project Leader), August Schmidt and Nina Haarsaker. Students: Ana Zaragozá Tortajada, Ana Barberá García, Anniken Marie Haugan, Julie Maria Thune Eide, Anna Julia van der Ploeg, Anna Schmidt, Annabell Aichele and Hasse Peeters
The theme of the workshop was: Khamir Center for Craft and Ajrakhpur Block Printing Process, and an installation of work at CEPT campus in Ahmedabad
The title of our workshop was: MOVING BORDERS | Threads of Innovation at CEPT
Threads of Innovation Workshop at NTNU Trondheim 6.-17. June 2022
NEST
NEST_NTNU Trondheim June 2022 Threads of Innovation in collaboration with KOMPAN organized an Experimental Design and Building workshop with an international student/teacher team from NTNU, Norway and CEPT, India. https://www.instagram.com/toi.ntnu.cept/
Threads of Innovation - TOI - International academic research project supported by Ministry of Education and Research
The architecture of the NEST will frame space of encounters and creative exchange. It is a hybrid space where work and play shift constantly. NEST sets a stage for various unexpected scenarios and social activities to unfold, from playful work/study assemblies, or having lunch together in the sun to serene book reading, while nesting. Nest honours KOMPAN’s and AD NTNU shared values: to create healthier, happier and more inclusive communities.
NEST is a part of a broader University strategy to activate outdoor campus areas with architecture/art installations and lab activities. The FORMlab extends to the outside.
Architects: IAT AD NTNU, FORM + Tektonikk: Aleksandra Raonić, Gro Rødne, August Schmidt, Nina Haarsaker, Arnstein Gilberg, Hanna Hanssen, Tordis Berstrand and NTNU students.
Photos from the process: https://issuu.com/aleksandra.raonic.raum/docs/nest_june2022
The theme of the workshop was: Threads of Innovation & KOMPAN
The title of our workshop was: NEST | Threads of Innovation at NTNU
WOOL AND METAL WORKSHOP, 28.-30. March 2022
The project design was connected to the Hearts og Hannah/ Hannah Ryggen Triennale 2022- AntiMonument (at Gråmølna and Brekkstad during March-August 2022) and the art work of Hannah Ryggen “En fri”.
The workshop was parallel with the 100 first year students praxis-week, working one week divided on different companies/firms with different materials: wool, steel, brick, clinker (leca) and concrete. Working with local wool renting the workshop at Selbu Spinneri and using the Design workshop for metal and the FormLab at NTNU. Making a place to sit by the harbour and speedboat terminal at Brattøra in Trondheim.
The two workshops was led by Ina Samdal and August Schmidt, assisted by Nina Haarsaker and Hanna Landfall Hanssen at the Department of Architecture and Technology, AD, in cooperation with in collaboration with TOI/ Aleksandra Raonic, Trøndelag Kunstindustrimuseum and Trondheim Kommune.
The theme of the workshop was: “En fri” OUT DOOR/ bench of METAL and WOOL
The title of our workshop was: PRAKSISUKA ARK 2: METAL and WOOL
TOI AD NTNU as part of Hannah Ryggen Triennale 2022; 25.March-14.August 2022
Hearts of Hannah
Threads of Innovation - TOI - International academic research project supported by Ministry of Education and Research
Hannah Ryggen Triennale 2022 Anti-monument: https://nkim.no/hrt2022
HEARTS CARNIVAL | The knot as a basic element is the primordial starting point for both textile production and the first structures made by humankind. The hundreds of knots in this installation demonstrate this principle. Inspired by Hannah Ryggen’s art, 90 architecture students from NTNU have created works using wool yarn and framing lumber. The modules are abstract ‘Hearts’. Together, they create an airy organism that extends out into the urban setting.
PHOTOS: https://issuu.com/aleksandra.raonic.raum/docs/22022331_aleksandra_raonic_toi_hearts_of_hannah_ry
https://www.instagram.com/toi.ntnu.cept/
During the triennial, you can see more modules near Verftsbrua, at Krigsseilerplassen, and along the harbour promenade. Threads of Innovation - TOI Hearts of Hannah Ryggen, 2022 Installasjon i tre/bambus og garn / Installation in wood/bamboo and yarn.
Tilhører TOI+ARK2, NTNU / Courtesy TOI+ARK2, NTNU: Aleksandra Raonić, August Schmidt, Nina Haarsaker, Arnstein Olav Gilberg, Hanna Landfald Hanssen Photo credits: Milan Ognjanovic for Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum.
The theme of the workshop was: Anti-Monument | HEARTS CARNIVAL
The title of our workshop was: Hearts of Hannah | Threads of Innovation Workshop I and II
re-ACT by design.
International Design Workshop week. Hosted by Universiteit Antwerpen. 14.-18. February 2022
Twenty Interdisciplinary Workshops (Masters in Architecture, Interior architecture and Product development) and eight Disciplinary Workshops (Bachelor in Product development) were held in five days.
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/international-design-workshops/
Hanna Landfald Hanssen, Nina Haarsaker and Gro Rødne led one of the Interdiciplinary Workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU. The workshop was linked to the Hearts of Hannah- Threads of Innovation workshop I in Trondheim arranged by Aleksandra Raonic involving 100 first year architect students.
The theme of the workshop was: MEANTIME
The title of our workshop was: CIRCULAR state of FREEDOM (#16) MAKING THE MEANTIME
2021
RAMMED EARTH WORKSHOP, 12-18 March 2021
Working with local blue clay from a nearby construction site, testing rammed earth (stampejord). Making a garden bench for the Svartlamon Community at Nyhavna in Trondheim . The workshop was parallel with the 100 first year students praxis-week, working one week divided on different companies/firms with different materials: steel, brick, clinker (leca) and concrete.
The workshop was led by Ina Samdal, Nina Haarsaker, August Schmidt, Per Berntsen and Hanna Landfall Hanssen, Department of Architecture and Technology, AD, in cooperation with Charlotte Lunøe at Svartlamon and the excellent architect students from two groups of the Ark 2 Studio.
The theme of the workshop was: OUT DOOR/ garden bench of RAMMED EARTH
The title of our workshop was: PRAKSISUKA ARK 2: STAMPEJORD / RAMMED EARTH
AKSELERATOR | LARVIK, 28.march- 24. juni 2021
I anledning Vi350, Larviks byjubileum 2021, har 20 studenter og faglærere fra læringsmiljøet Making is Thinking / faggruppe FORM ved Fakultet for arkitektur og design, NTNU, skapt et midlertidige hageanlegg: AKSEPARKEN.
Gjennom en midlertidig bygget struktur skape engasjement og inspirasjon for revitalisering av bydel i Larvik. Prosjektet viser til stedets historie fra å være Norges første barokke hageanlegg, de sosialdemokratiske endringene de siste århundret til at det nå står tomt - med muligheter for mye prosjekter.
MakingIsThinking “Akselerator- LARVIK | 350 ” is led by Gro Rødne, August Schmidt, Nina Haarsaker and Hanna Landfall Hanssen at IAT, AD/ Fakultet for arkitektur og design. NTNU architect students participating: Ada Stakseng Lindvik, Allegra Farrah Thorstensen, Andrea Live Wartdal Wolstad, Aksel løvseth, Hege Akernes Olsen, Hanna Lovise Nyby, Henriette Helverschou Hagen, Ingvild Kvikne, Jan Trinh, Justyna Ubostad, Linnea Teichroeb, Maren Hessen, Ole Martin Hamran, Sam Lagethon Lunøe, Åshild Fostervold, Vegard Lien
The theme of the workshop was: Larviks byjubileum 2021- revitalisering av bydel i Larvik
The title of our workshop was: MAKING IS THINKING - AKSELERATOR - LARVIK | 350
Over: at FORMLAB in April/ Under: Larvik in August
foto: O. M. Hamran, N. Haarsaker, G. Rødne, H.Landfall Hanssen
SE OGSÅ UNDER FANEN EVENTS/ FOR MORE IMAGES: SEE “EVENTS”
MAKING IS THINKING PERFORMING BIOPLASTIC OF MARI-CULTURE 2020-2021
BIOPLASTIC OCEANIC-ARCHITECTURE PERFORMANCES
Performance 1 / CoronaImprovSession/ 12th September 2020, Seebühne, ArsElectronica, Linz. Alex Murray- Leslie, Nina Haarsaker, Diana Lindbjerg, … [https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/corona-improv-sessions/]
Performance 2 / 14th October 2020, Trondheim, PERFORMANCE part of Havnelangs/ Friske hendelser. Alex Murray- Leslie, Nina Haarsaker/ Ark 1-team, art student Einar Grinde and artist Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir
(Performance 3 / 27th March 2021, Antwerp, LABO ALTER EGO; https://www.champdactionlabo.be/about)
Performance 4 / 30th April 2021, Trondheim, NyMusikk at Gråmølna, [https://nymusikk.no/arrangementer/only-connect-trondheim-the-things-we-need-feedback]
ALGINATE BIOPLASTIC WORKSHOP AT FORMLAB, 19. April 2021
Kelp alginate used for making bioplastic with focus on larger pieces (up to 1,8 x 2,5 meter), exploring spatial possibilities and testing the bioplastic as instrument and costume parts.
The workshop was led by Alex Murray-Leslie in cooperation with Nina Haarsaker, Fakultet for arkitektur og design and María Azucena Gutiérrez González, NTNU Oceans, Fakultet for ingeniørvitenskap and Jussi Evertsen, Førstelektor, Insitutt for naturhistorie, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet and supported by the NTNU students: Thea Farstad Blindheimsvik, Weronika Wojtczak, András Mészey and Andrés Méndez.
The theme of the workshop was: BIOPLASTIC from kelp-based AGAR-AGAR
The title of our workshop was: MAKING IS THINKING KELP BASED BIOPLASTIC
“LEARN MORE”- BUTTON IS A LINK TO https://www.facebook.com/ActionOceanPlasticWaste, 16. juni kl. 00:42 ·
Musical instruments and bikinis made of bioplastic?? It's a reality with researchers from NTNU arkitektur, kunst og design. We sent some students to a unique workshop to learn more!Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, NTNU NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet NTNU Sustainability NTNU Oceans#bioplastic #sustainablefashion
KELP: HARVEST at Kjervågsundet: EXTRACT at Dragsneset, Frøya, 11.-12. April 2021
Kelp harvesting and co-making of kelp alginate based bioplastics generously led and supported by Jussi Evertsen, Førstelektor, Insitutt for naturhistorie, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet, Gro Rødne og Nina Haarsaker, Fakultet for arkitektur og design. With NTNU students: Thea Farstad Blindheimsvik, Weronika Wojtczak, and Andrés Méndez
MakingIsThinking “Performing Oceanic Architectures of Mariculture” is led by Alex Murray-Leslie in cooperation with Nina Haarsaker, Fakultet for arkitektur og design and María Azucena Gutiérrez González, NTNU Oceans, Fakultet for ingeniørvitenskap.
The theme of the workshop was: Hunting for -and gathering kelp and seawead, for experimental use and for extracting agar agar
The title of our workshop was: MAKING IS THINKING BIOPLASTIC; KELP HARVESTING & AGAR-AGAR EXTRACT
Photo: András Mészey Photo: N. Haarsaker2020
MAKING BIOPLASTIC OF MARI-CULTURE HYBRID WORKSHOP with
Anastasia Pistoufidiou, 6th October and 24th November 2020
Learning about bioplastics, biogradable materials and circular economy for sustainable design. Get used to the process of handing ingredients to make both vegan and non vegan bioplastics. Combined with the ‘ARTEC Seminar Series’ with guest Anastasia Pistoufidiou, our project will focus on material research and testing at FORMlab through a telematic/physical workshops with participation of staff & students from 3 departments in addition to international guests at ZOOM.
Anastasia Pistoufidiou, IACC Barcelona/ Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunia, https://fabtextiles.org/bioplastic-cook-book/ Leader of workshop, on ZOOM Alex Murray-Leslie, Nina Haarsaker hosting the workshop at FORMlab, Einar Grinde assisting. For collecting kelp/ seaweed; Jussi Evertsen, Institutt for naturhistorie, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet.
MakingIsThinking “Performing Oceanic Architectures of Mariculture” is led by Alex Murray-Leslie in cooperation with Nina Haarsaker, Fakultet for arkitektur og design and María Azucena Gutiérrez González, NTNU Oceans, Fakultet for ingeniørvitenskap.
The theme of the workshop was: Exploring the performing potential of bio plastic, experimenting using kelp and agar agar
The title of our workshop was: MARICULTURE BIOPLASTIC WORKSHOP 1 and 2, with Anastasia Pistoufidiou
WOOL : MAKING IS THINKING WORKSHOP, 23.-24 March 2020
Working with local wool from Budalen at the lovely, old stock pier close to Rådstu-almenningen in the old senter of Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgata 27. The workshop introducing knowledge about the wool fiber from a molecular level, to the low tech and hands on testing different tools and techniques for making thread (karding and spinning), and for making felt (toving) with green soap (grønnsåpe).
The workshop was initiated and led by Eileen Garman Johnsen, Department of Architecture and Technology, AD, in cooperation with the students Sigurd Randby, Emilie Sjøgren, Guro Reinaas and Åsne Eng. Participating: Evelina Bartuseviciute, Nina Haarsaker, Aleksandra Raonic and Ina Samdal.
The theme of the workshop was: WOOL | KARDING | THREAD | FILT/TOVING
The title of our workshop was: WOOL - WORKSHOP MAKING IS THINKING
WOOL workshop photos: Sigurd RandbyMAKING IS THINKING BIOPLASTIC WORKSHOP at FORMlab. February- March 2020
During three sessions at FORMlab with 3-6 Art students from KIT, the 6 students at the master course making is thinking and 2 diploma/master students of architecture cooking, casting and testing different qualities of bio plastic. Using the recipe of Clara Davies as the starting point of experimenting. Leading the workshops, Nina Haarsaker linked the studio Making Is Thinking, and Alexandra Murray-Leslie running the course of Performance Art and developing her own artistic practice at KiT/ department of fine art at NTNU.
The theme of the workshop was: First workshop at FORMlab exploring the performing potential of non vegan bio plastic
The title of our workshop was: BIOPLASTIC
MAKING IS THINKING LANDSCAPE
RADICAL BORDER MIGRANT at Dragsnesskaget, Frøya. 27.-30. May 2020
Making your place in the landscape of Dragsneset during four days. Finding a site and using found materials and simple tools making a space for sleeping under a tarpaulin for one night. How to continue embrace and further explore the theme of utopia and radical border being part of the last month of designing future living at Nyhavna.
Nina Haarsaker and August Schmidt led this workshop, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU. Participating: The MIT-masterstudents from Lithuania, Marocco/ France, Mexico and Norway migrating into the landscape after more than two months of NTNU-korona-quarantene.
The theme of the workshop was: Using the qualities of the site for making a space of your own. Sleeping there for one night.
The title of our workshop was: Living on the border / Radical migrant project
FUTURE RADICAL MIGRANT PROJECT/ the chosen sites at Dragsnesskaget
PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO SCROLL // Photos and illustrations: Håvard Gismerøy Ekker
PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO SCROLL // Site photos: Junda Auguste Andriuskeviciute & Evelina Bartuseviciute // Sina Marie Haave// Salma Mastour & Dunia Isabel Vazquez Juarez
2019
Foto: Erik Børseth / Synlig
MAKING IS THINKING - LÆN ART LANDSCAPE
LÆNT at Stangvik. Hosted by Atelier Ilsvika. 4.-7. April 2019
Artist of various disciplines at Atelier Ilsvika invited for a Workshops at Stangvik outside Surnadal, Norway, for working together in the landscape during four days in April 2019. Nina Haarsaker and Gro Rødne led this Interdisiplinary Workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU.
The theme of the workshop was: Activating curiousity and friendship through finding the strange by reorganizing the existing
The title of our workshop was: LÆN-ART/ RYTMER, REGLER OG UNNTAK (MELLOM TUSTER, TING, TANG & TARE)
Foto: Erik Børseth
Foto: Erik Børseth
Foto: Erik Børseth
Day 2 of 5
re-ACT by design.MAKING IS THINKING in Antwerp
International Design Workshop week. Hosted by Universiteit Antwerpen. 11.-15. February 2019
Fifteen Interdisciplinary Workshops (Masters in Architecture, Interior architecture and Product development) and eight Disciplinary Workshops (Bachelor in Product development) were held in five days. Nina Haarsaker and Gro Rødne led one of the Interdisiplinary Workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU.
The theme of the workshop was: LIMINALITY
The title of our workshop was: SHAKEN NOT STIRRED think through making
More info at the webpage of re-ACT by design: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/international-design-workshops/
‘ A liminal space is the time between the “what was” and the “next”. It is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing.
Liminal space is where all transformation takes place, if we learn to wait and let it form us.’ 1
‘It might be said that what is offered in research and education should be determined by the challenges that are being
articulated in the lines of fracture of society itself.’ 2
1) https://inaliminalspace.org/ about-us/what-is-a-liminalspace/ 2) Simons, M. (2006). ‘Education Through Research’ at European Universities: Notes on the Orientation of Academic Research. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40(1), 31-50.
2018
ILS Innovative Learning Spaces. MAKING IS THINKING in Alghero
International Design Workshop Summer School. Innovative Learning Spaces- City for everybody. Hosted by Department of Architecture at Alghero, University of Sassari, Sardinia. 26. August -1. September 2018
Ten Interdisciplinary Workshops (Masters in Architecture, Interior Architecture, landscape, history, economy etc) were held in seven days outside beautiful Alghero. Nina Haarsaker and Gro Rødne led one of the Interdisiplinary Workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU.
The theme of the workshop was: Innovative Learning Spaces- city for everyone
The title of our workshop was: Innovative Learning- Making is thinking
All three photos from photographer at the Department of Architecture at Alghero 2018
re-ACT by design.MAKING IS THINKING in Antwerp
International Design Workshop week. Hosted by Universiteit Antwerpen. 12.-16. February 2018
Fifteen Interdisciplinary Workshops (Masters in Architecture, Interior architecture and Product development) and eight Disciplinary Workshops (Bachelor in Product development) were held in five days. Nina Haarsaker, Johanna Gullberg and Gro Rødne led one of the Interdisiplinary Workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU.
The theme of the workshop was: R E SI LI ENCE
The title of our workshop was: REMAKING IS RETHINKING
2017
From the Exhibition in Antwerp 2017
re-ACT by design.MAKING IS THINKING in Antwerp
International Design Workshop week. Hosted by Universiteit Antwerpen. 13.-17. February 2017
Fifteen Interdisciplinary Workshops (Masters in Architecture, Interior architecture and Product development) and eight Disciplinary Workshops (Bachelor in Product development) were held in five days. Nina Haarsaker and Gro Rødne led one of the Interdisiplinary Workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU.
The theme of the workshop was: DISPLACEMENT
The title of our workshop was: Displace - Place - Display - Play
2016
The Power of Experiment - Lisboa - October 2016
Together with a few other Nordic and Portuguese Master programs of architecture, Making is Thinking was invited to participate in The Power of Experiment: “Despite the distance and differences between them, Nordic and Portuguese architecture share the same lasting tradition – the ability to adapt architecture to its context. Nordic architecture schools are currently focusing on the specificity of local resources and opportunities offered by specific contexts in a series of pioneering Master degree programmes that address local issues, whilst geographically broadening the spectrum of discussion towards local and global emerging practice of the profession that is strongly committed to the world in transformation.” (from the Lisbon Architecture Triennale website)
The Power of Experiment was made by Artéria – Humanizing Architecture as a part of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2016. The Power of Experiment consists of a workshop set up in relation to the opening of the triennale, an exhibition with installations and videos from the workshop, and a book released in relation to the closing of the triennale. Johanna Gullberg represented Making is Thinking in the workshop; Johanna Gullberg and Gro Rødne contributed with a chapter to the book.
Making Is Thinking in Barcelona - April 2016
In April 2016 the Making Is Thinking masters studio took a study trip to Barcelona and collaborated with ETSAB in a series a short workshops and lectures.
Making Is Thinking Workshop - KTH Stockholm, 4 April 2016
Nina Haarsaker was invited to the KTH Architecture School in Stockholm to hold a workshop based the methods and ideas developed through the Making Is Thinking pilot.
From the exhibition day- presenting the process.
MAKING IS THINKING in Antwerp
ADSL 2016 Antwerp Design Seminars & Lectures, University of Antwerp, 8-12 February, 2016
The theme of the workshop was: CONSISTENCY
The title of our workshop was: SO, ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER…
Twelve parallel five-day workshops were held for Masters level students of architecture. Nina Haarsaker and Johanna Gullberg led one of these workshops, representing TRANSark and the studio, Making Is Thinking at NTNU.
http://johanna-gullberg.com/workshop-in-antwerp
