Birger Sevaldson PhD

Research

Publications within Systems Oriented Design, Digital Design and Design Research

My research is within three fields: Systems Oriented Design, Digital Design and Research Methods in design.

The research is based on three arenas: Teaching-based research and research-based teaching in the master level education at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), Collaboration projects with or without external funding with companies and organisation and spatial experiments within the genre of art installations. The collaboration and dialogue in OCEAN design research association has been important in many phases of my research activities.

The main approach is Research by Design.

Downloadable Papers

2010 "Systems-oriented Design and Sustainability" Sevaldson, B., HenselL, M. & Frostell, B. . In: CESCHIN, F., VEZZOLI, C. & ZHANG, J., eds. Sustainability in Design: NOW!, 29th October to 1st November 2010 Bangalore. Greenleave Publishers, 465-474. Proceedings

2010 "Getting Going - Research by Design" Morrison, A. & Sevaldson, B. .. FORMakademisk, 3.

2010 "Discussions and Movements in Design Research: A systems approach to practice research in design" .Sevaldson, B. .FORMakademisk, 3, 8-35.

2009 "Why should we and how can we make the design process more complex?" A new look at the systems approach in design.
In Shaping Futures, ed. Marianne Lie Berg, Oslo, Oslo School of Architecture and Design,
Order a copy at the frontdesk of AHO: postmottak@aho.no

2008 "A Systems Approach to Design Learning", Systemisches Denken und integrales Entwerfen, ed. Achim Menges, Präsident der Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Offenbah, Germany.
Order a copy at the frontdesk of AHO: postmottak@aho.no

2008 "Rich Research Space" in Form Akademisk: www.formakademisk.org,

2005 "Developing Digital Design Techniques
Investigations on creative design computing"
Doctoral Thesis
Order a copy at the frontdesk of AHO: postmottak@aho.no

2004 "Designing Time: A laboratory for time-based design"
Paper and presentation at the Future Ground conference in Melbourne, November

2004 "Ways of Working"
Key note speach at the conference "Digitale Designprodukter" in Kolding January 2004

Computer Aided Design Techniques
Published in the Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, Autumn 2001

The Renaissance of Visual Thinking
Presented at the IT and Architectural Research Conference in Aarhus, April 2001
Nordic Association for Architectural Research

The Integrated Conglomerate Approach
Presented at the Doctoral Education in Design Conference in La Clusaz, 2000
Design Research Society.

Dynamic Generative Diagrams
Published at the eCAADe in Weimar, 2000

Research on Digital Design Strategies
Presented at the "Useful and Critical" design research conference in Helsinki 1999.
University of Industrial Arts Helsinki

Research Design in Design Research
Presented at the Cumulus conference in Rome,1999

Complete list of papers, lectures, publications, exhibitions and project presentations.

2010 Currator of Norsk Bildesign, with Geir Øxseth, Gallery AHO

2010 19th october Royal Institute of Technology, Institute for Industrial Ecology, Stockholm: A new perspective on wood.

2010 Eladio Dieste, Main currator Michael Hensel, assisting currator Birger Sevaldson

2010 " Exploring relations between Ergonomics and Systems Oriented Design" Sevaldson, B. & Vavik, T. 2010. NES 2010. Proactive Ergonomics - implementation of ergonomics in planning of jobs, tasks, systems and environments. Stavanger: Nordic Ergonomic Society.

2010 Norwegian Design Council: Sytems Oriented design.

2010 Four workshops for the Norwegian Design Counsil

2010 "Getting Going - Research by Design". Morrison, A. & Sevaldson, B. 2010.FORMakademisk, vol 3 nr 1

2010 "Discussions and Movements in Design Research: A systems approach to practice research in design" Sevaldson, B. . FORMakademisk, vol 3 nr 1, 8-35.

2010 Curator of Arne Eggen / A fascination for Bridges, Gallery AHO.

2010 Curator of Sadar Vuga Architects, Gallery AHO.

2010 Currator of Sven Ivar Dysthe - Norwegian furniture designer, Gallery AHO.

2010 "On systems oriented design" 9th march, Presentation at NAL. Hearing conference for the building environment strategic plan by the Norwegian Government.

2010 Currator of Facilitating the Empirical - Rapid Prototyping in Architecture and Industrial Design,With Michael Hensel and Steinar Killi, Gallery AHO

2010 3rd February: Lecture on Systems oriented Design at Chalmers Institute of Technology Gothenburg.

2009 Currator of First Year Ambitions, Gallery AHO

2009.Currator of World Usability day, Gallery AHO

2009 1st December. Presentation of three OCEAN installation in five version. Art and architecutre seminar at NAL and NIL

2009 " Deichmannske Media Pods: Realisation of a student project with research content" Sevaldson, B. .. In: BERG, M. L. (ed.) Fremtid Formes / Shaping Futures. Oslo: Oslo School of Architecture.

2009 Currator, Norsk Murarkitektur, Gallery AHO

2009 Currator of Roma 2009, Exhibition of studytour sketches, with Carsten Loly, Gallery AHO

2009 "Deichmannske Media Stations" (curator), Exhibiton at Galleri AHO, Oslo

2008 Rich Research Space in Form Akademisk: www.formakademisk.org,

2008 A Systems Approach to Design Learning, Systemisches Denken und integrales Entwerfen, ed. Achim Menges, Präsident der Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Offenbah, Germany.
Order a copy at the frontdesk of AHO: postmottak@aho.no

2008 "Digital Design Techniques" Invited Lecture at Oslo University, Institute for Informatics.

2008 "BARELY part 2" Installation with Natasha Barrett, Galleri ROM, Oslo

2007 "Exploring digital design" presented at CMC Conference 07, COmpetence & Media Convergence, University of Oslo.

2007 "Waterfornt Developments with Web Mediaiton" Synne Skjulstad, birger Sevaldson, Andrew Morrison, at Design Inquiries, NORDES conference Stockholm.

2007 "Barely" Installation with Natasha Barrett at Ultima Festival 2007, Kanonhallen, Oslo

2006 "Design Computing in the Post Digital Age: Sequential, Parallel and Composite Processes", Institute of design at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago USA

2006 "OCEAN NORTH" invited lecture at Arkitekturdagen 2006 SAR Swedish Association for Architects, Stockholm.

2006 "Design Computing in the Post Digital Age: Sequential, Parallel and Composite Processes" , The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA.

2006 "Developing Digital Design Techniques: projects with OCEAN north" Exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

2006 "Design Computing in the Post Digital Age: Sequential, Parallel and Composite Processes" Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, USA

2006 "Developing Digital Design Techniques: projects with OCEAN north" Exhibition at The Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, USA

2006 "Digitale Designprosesser" at the annual meeting of the association of norwegian interior architects and furniture designers. Tønsberg, Norway.

2005 "Design Computing in the post-digital age" invited lecture at NTCU Tai Chung, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2005 Developing Digital Design Techniques
Investigations on creative design computing
Doctoral Thesis
Order a copy at the frontdesk of AHO: postmottak@aho.no

2005 "Developing Digital Design Techniques: projects with OCEAN north" Exhibition at Gallery AHO, Oslo

2005- L’Arca, October 2005, OCEAN NORTH; Milan, Italy.

2005- 10x10_2; OCEAN NORTH; pp. 264-267, Phaidon.

2005 "Digital creativity: conversation with Birger Sevaldson / OCEAN north with Yu-Tung Liu in "Demonstrating Digital Architecture" ed Yu-Tung liu, Birkhauser, Basel, pages 68-73

2005- "Blobjects & Beyond – The New Fluidity in Design"; Ed. Steven Skov Holt and Mara Skov Holt; OCEAN NORTH; pp. 171, 190-191; Chronicle Books, San Francisco.

2005 Fehnsymposium, Domkirkeodden, Hamar and Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway, "Digital Design and Fabrication in Architecture - Shifting Paradigms?" (with Martin Bechthold)

2004 "AGORA: a music-theatre performance and installation" in "Diversifying Digital Architecture: 2003 FEIDAD award" ed. Yu-Tung Liu, Birkhauser, Basel, page 50-55

2004 "Digital Design Techniques" invited lecturer at "Advanced Simulations and Design Processes no 1. Symposium for Advanced Simulation and Generative Design at Architectural Association School of Architecture, London

2004 Designing Time: A laboratory for time-based design
Paper and presentation at the Future Ground conference in Melbourne, November

2004- New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Asia-Pacific 2004-05; Ed. Ippei Yamasaki; OCEAN NORTH; pp. 26-29; Fram Kitagawa.

2004- Fast Forward - Hot Spot Brain Cells Architecture Biennale Beijing 2004; Ed. Neil Leach; OCEAN NORTH; p. 89; Map Book Publishers.

2004- Byggekunst 04/04; Ed. Ingerid Helsing Almaas; OCEAN NORTH – Curvature Logic; pp. 16-29; Oslo, Norway.

2004- Imagining Ground Zero; Ed. Suzanne Stephens with Ian Luna and Ron Broadhurst; OCEAN NORTH; p. 138; Rizzoli, New York, USA.

2004- A New World Trade Center – Design Proposals from leading Architects Worldwide; Ed. Max Protetch; OCEAN NORTH; pp. 110-111; Regan Books Harper Collins.

2004 Ways of Working
Key note speach at the conference "Digitale Designprodukter" in Kolding January 2004

2003 "Agora : en undersøkelse i lyd og rom", 2002 Yearbook / Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo, Page: 236-247 Publisher: AHO, Oslo

2003- Innovation – From Experimentation to Realisation; Ed. Alexandra and Andreas Papadakis; OCEAN NORTH; pp. 90-93; New Architecture.

2003 "Agora-boundary conditions" in "Developing Digital Architecture": 2002 FEIDAD Award" ed. Yu-tung Liu, pages 35-37, Birkhauser, Basel.

2002 "Small Formations" objects exhibitet at OCEAN north @ Styrian Autumn in Graz, group exhibition.Curated by Zaha Hadid

2002- " OCEAN NORTH - Practice Profile" AD Furniture + Architecture; by Christopher Hight; pp. 110-115; AD Wiley Academy, London, England,

2002 "Are we ready to compute?" by Michael Hensel Contemporary Architecture Volume no 42 CAPress Co Ltd Korea pp.22-41

2002 Volume 72 no.1 Architectural Design Wiley Academy Contemporary Techniques in Architecture Guest-edited by Ali Rahim Vigorous Environments by Michael Hensel and Kivi Sotamaa a_drift NYTimes Capsules, IntenCities

2002 "Kreativ debatt om Ground Zero" by Simen Saetre 13.02.02 Aftenposten Norway

2002 "What Architects belive should rise from the ashes of the World Trade Centre site" by Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian 19.01.2001, England

2002 Stars' Vision for NY: World Center for Human Concerns, Building Design 18.01.2002, England

2002 "Some Thoughts on Design Computing" 2001 Yearbook / Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo, page 167-172

2002 "Design og ide-utvikling ved hjelp av IT-verktøy" at Steel-IT, Lillestrøm, Norway

2002 Birger Sevaldson & Michael Hensel eds."The Space of Extremes, the do-group" Oslo School of Architecture ISBN 8254701229. You can order this booklet here.

2001 "Digitale Designstrategier" Arkitekten 07. Denmark.page 2-7

2001 KhiO SHKS, Oslo "Form og Fleksibilitet" lecture 15. februar.

2001 Computer Aided Design Techniques
Published in the Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, Autumn 2001 Vol 14 nr 3 page 55-68.

2001 The Renaissance of Visual Thinking
Presented at the IT and Architectural Research Conference in Aarhus, April 2001
Nordic Association for Architectural Research

2001 "Social Scale" Exhibition at Architecturforum Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria 8th February- 23rd

2001 April no. 652 vol. 56 Kenchiku Bunka, Japan OCEAN north pp. 81 - 85 Essay by Michael Hensel

2001 Dialogue, Taiwan, Ambient Amplifiers, OCEAN north, Birger Sevaldson and Phu Duong (Oslo 2000)

2001 "Social Scale" Video for exhibition at Architecturforum Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria 8th February- 23rd March 2001. With Soundtrack by Natasha Barrett.

2000 KiO SHKS, Oslo "Hva er det Virtuelle?"

2000 "The Integrated Conglomerate Approach ". Presented at the Doctoral Education in Design Conference by the Design Research Society. La Clusaz, France.

2000 Computerworld NR.76 2000 "Bevegelsesstudier påvirker Formen" side 42-43

2000 "Dynamic Generative Diagrams". paper at eCade 2000. Weimar, Germany.

2000 Computerworld NR.20 2000 "Cyberspace uten 3D-trøkk" page 38

2000 Cumulus Helsinki. "Digital Design Strategies" Presentation and paper in proceedings. 28th may.

2000 "Ambient Amplifiers: urban design study and digital design study" hounorable mention at FEIDAD award. Presentation at price ceremony, Taipei, Taiwan.

2000 Architectural Design, London, Contemporary Processes in Architecture p. 36-43

2000 10X10, 10 Critics 100 Architects, London Book edited by Vivian Constantinopoulos and Iona Baird. Essay by Mohsen Mostafavi, Phaidon

2000 Archiworld, Seoul p.72-116 Architect of the month: OCEAN north

2000 5/1 DOMUS “Urban Surfaces” p.32-35 OCEAN projects review OCEAN Cologne/ Helsinki/Oslo

2000 "Eksperimentelle digitale designmetoder" Presentasjon ved Industridesign-dagen 11. mai, CAD/CAM 2000 Oslo
Chair for industridesigndagene.

1999 "New Digital Design Strategies" At the conference "Useful and Critical" Presentation and paper in proceedings.Tuusula, Finnland.

1999 NTNU, Trondheim "Digitale design strategier".

1999 NAL, Oslo: "Tendenser 1999" presentasjon "Lonely OCEAN Video".

1999 "Research Design in Design Research" Presented at the Cumulus conference in Rome, published in working papers.

1999 Research on Digital Design Strategies
Presented at the "Useful and Critical" design research conference in Helsinki 1999.
University of Industrial Arts Helsinki
Presented at the Cumulus conference in Rome,1999

1999 Computerworld NR 72 1999 "OCEAN" side 35

1999 5/12 The New York Times Magazine “Designs for the Next Millennium” Herbert Muchamp ”a_drift” Time Capsule OCEAN Cologne/ Helsinki/Oslo

1999 Hybrid Space p. 150-163 Book by Peter Zellner Thames & Hudson OCEAN Cologne/ Helsinki London/ Oslo

1999 Computerworld NR.69 1999 "Fremtidens IT" side 6

1998 Cumulus Prag: "Research Education and International Collaboration in Design Research". Presentation and paper in proceedings. 24th April.

1998 Cumulus, Dublin: "Internet-based 3D-Chat Environments". Presentation and paper in proceedings. September.

1998 Architectural Association, London, Conference: "Adaptive Technologies and Smart Materials". Presentation: "New Digital Design Strategies" 25-26th november.

1998 Universitetet i Oslo, avdeling Kjeller: "Visualisering av Designprosesser" 18.11.98.

1998 14/12 Arkitektnytt, Oslo, p. 1, 4-5 “Omveltningens arkitektur” (Synthetic Landscape 3) OCEAN Cologne/ Helsinki/Oslo

1998 11/98 Korean Space Magazine, Seoul p.88-109 OCEAN projects review OCEAN Cologne/ Helsinki/Oslo

1998 11/98 Archis, Rotterdam p.11 Article on “Chamberworks” OCEAN Cologne/ Helsinki/Oslo

1998 "Virtuell Arkitektur" OAF. Sammen med Kim Baumann Larsen 3.12.98 "Dynamic Relations in Design"

1998 OAF "New Digital Design Strategies" 5.12.98.

1997 Morgenbladet, Oslo OCEAN Oslo interview

1997 "Chamberworks" installation OCEAN north Galleri RAM, Oslo

1997 "Argumentation on Design Research" unpublished 70 pages analyses and study report.

1996 DEcon ‘96 Special Focus Symposium and Design Convention, Baden-Baden, Germany: “Science, Scientific Reasoning and Research on Design” (Presentation and published in conference proceedings)

1996 NIBI Norwegian Intergraph User Group “3D for designers” Oslo, Norway.

1995 TechnoCad User Conference: “On Solid Modeling” Asker, Norway

1995 “3D for Formgivere” (150 pages)

1994 Silicon Graphics, Oslo. “3D Representation and Construction Principles”. Oslo Norway

1994 C/World user meeting. “Construction Principles”. Oslo Norway

1994 Eurographics 94 “The use of CAD/CAM in the education of industrial designers in Norway” Oslo, Norway

1994 FEM Engineering : lecture about 3D for industrial designers. Trndheim, Norway

1994 “Lynkurs i Microstation” (ca 60 pages)

1993 SINTEF “The implementation of 3D software in design” Trondheim, Norway

1993 Byggekunst. "Tredimensjonal Formgivning på Data"

1993 Senter for Industriell matematikk (nå SINTEF): “Freeform modeling” , presentation, Oslo, Norway

1993 “Datamaskinens historie” (ca 40 pages)

1993 “Dataassistert tredimensjonal modellering, visualisering og konstruksjon på IFID” (ca 90 pages)

27.oct.1995 last updated 30th Octobert 2010