Interview to the Norwegian team Dahl & Uhre in Hotel de las Letras, Madrid, in November 2011.
Knut Eirik Dahl
Knut Eirik Dahl, 1943, Norway, Architect MNAL and Professor at the Institute of Urbanism and Landscape at AHO in Oslo. He is founding partner in Dahl & Uhre (D&U) architects in Tromsø and President of Europan Norway since 2001. Dahl is an initiator and creator of comprehensive public discourses as the Game of Tromsø (City Of Dialogues) and the Year of City Development (City of Chronicles).These open and inviting public dialogues, and competition projects in Scandinavia on urban and regional scales, has established him as a lecturer in cities and at universities. As former partner in blue line architects (blå strek) and now in D&U he has realized a series of projects which is published national and international. Dahl has been awarded prizes for both buildings and projects on the larger urban level.
Kjerstin Elisabeth Uhre
Born: in 1967 in Oslo, Norway, Architect MNAL, BAS 1994, has studied Aesthetic philosophy at Bergen University. She has earlier working experience from blå strek arkitekter, Norway. Kjerstin is partner in D&U (and managing director since 2005). She has worked with the development and graphics of the comprehensive public discourses; the Game of Tromsø and the Year of City Development, Northerngateway and competition projects in Scandinavia on urban and regional scales. In D&U she has realized a series of projects which is published national and international. In 2004 she participated at the exhibition 20 under 40 – young Norwegian Architecture, at the National Museum for Art, Architecture and design. Uhre has been teaching architecture at BAS and AHO. She was member of the board of Tromsø Arkitektlag from 2003-2005, the Architects Association of Northern Norway from 2005-2008, and is member of the board of Arkitekturmuseet since 2008.