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AV Monografías 177 SNØHETTA
25 Years, 25 Works

The Norway-based studio Snøhetta is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and to mark this occasion AV has selected 25 of its most important works and projects to summarize a career that soon became international. With offices in Oslo and New York – and ateliers in San Francisco, Innsbruck and Singapore – the studio has become a global brand with works across the planet. Featuring ten works, five structures and ten projects, the monograph is rounded off with articles by Craig Dykers (founding partner), Norwegian critic Ingerid Helsing Almaas (editor of the magazine Arkitektur N), and an introduction by Luis Fernández-Galiano, who highlights how the office favors design intensity over formal identity.

Coincidiendo con el 25 aniversario del estudio de origen noruego Snøhetta, la última monografía de AV selecciona 25 de sus obras y proyectos más importantes para resumir una carrera que desde muy temprano fue internacional. Con oficinas en Oslo y Nueva York –y sedes en San Francisco, Innsbruck y Singapur- el estudio se ha convertido en una marca global con trabajos repartidos por todo el planeta. Diez obras, cinco estructuras y diez proyectos se examinan en este volumen para ilustrar la carrera de Snøhetta. La monografía se completa con un artículo de Craig Dykers (socio fundador), otro de la crítica noruega Ingerid Helsing Almaas (editora de la revista Arkitektur N), y una presentación de Luis Fernández-Galiano, que resalta la escasa identidad formal en beneficio de la desbordante identidad proyectual del reconocido estudio.

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The American Craig Dykers and the Norwegian Kjetil Trædal Thorsen have walked a long way in twenty-five years. From the competition for Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 1989 to the opening in New York of the September 11 Pavilion in 2014, the founders of Snøhetta have wandered like the characters of Knut Hamsun in the shadow of the snow hood of their chosen name, with no other compass than landscape and life. Showing greater design intensity than formal identity, they have fertilized their cultural diversity with Scandinavian civic spirit in the accessible roofs of their colossal Opera House in Oslo, and their mixed backgrounds with Nordic love for nature in the warm interior of the tiny Wild Reindeer Pavilion: two contrasting works in location, purpose and scale, and yet linked by their sculptural slant and their celebration of human and animal life.

With studios in Oslo and New York – and ateliers in San Francisco, Innsbruck and Singapore –, Snøhetta has become a global brand without losing its stubborn Norwegian roots; it has merited the recognition of awards so different in approach as the Aga Khan (in 2004 for Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and the Mies van der Rohe (in 2009 for the Oslo Opera House); and has extended its work from the large monumental constructions to graphic design, a good example of which are the new Norwegian banknotes, which represent with musical abstraction the mythical landscapes of a country that tops all the rankings of wealth or human development. Driven by the manna of oil, but also by a pragmatism where NATO membership is combined with the rejection of the EU, today’s Norway can see itself reflected in the mirror of Snøhetta, just as it did in that of Sverre Fehn not so long ago.

These northern lights fall on a path that has its shadows. The romantic Norway of Grieg was also the one portrayed in the dramas of Ibsen, from A Doll’s House to The Wild Duck: the 19th century was not only that of Peer Gynt’s fantasy; the essential country of Hamsun would find a counterpoint in the expressionist angst of Munch; and the lyrical landscapes of Fehn would coexist with the dark world of Black Metal. Snøhetta, a Norwegian and global creative quest, displays the best features of a model nation, but must also deal with the contemporary erosion of values described by its crime novelists, from Jo Nesbø, Karin Fossum or Kjell Ola Dahl to Anne Holt, former Minister of Justice in a country that lost its innocence with the Utøya massacre, and that is homaged here with the Norwegian wood and the musk oxen herds of these resilient wayfarers.

Luis Fernández-Galiano
Caminantes Wayfarers

Noruega y global  Norwegian and Global

Craig Dykers
¿Por qué (nos) importa? Why (Do We) Bother?

Ingerid Helsing Almaas
Una conversación permanente On-Going Conversations?

Diez edificios  Ten Buildings

Biblioteca Alexandrina, 1989-2001, Alejandría (Egipto)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 1989-2001, Alexandria (Egypt)

Museo de Pesca de Karmøy, 1998, Karmøy (Noruega)
Karmøy Fishing Museum, 1998, Karmøy (Norway) 

Ópera y Ballet Nacional de Noruega, 2000-2008, Oslo (Noruega)
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 2000-2008, Oslo (Norway)

Museo Petter Dass, 2001-2007, Alstahaug (Noruega)
Petter Dass Museum, 2001-2007, Alstahaug (Norway)

Pabellón del Museo Memorial del 11-S, 2004-2014, Nueva York (EE UU)
National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion, 2004-2014, New York (USA)

Centro Escénico Isabel Bader, 2007-2014, Kingston, Ontario (Canadá)
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, 2007-2014, Kingston, Ontario (Canada)

Biblioteca James B. Hunt Jr., 2008-2013, Raleigh (EE UU)
James B. Hunt Jr. Library, 2008-2013, Raleigh (USA)

Centro de aprendizaje de la Universidad Ryerson, 2009-2015, Toronto (Canadá)
Ryerson University Student Learning Centre, 2009-2015, Toronto (Canada)

Powerhouse Kjørbo, 2012-2014, Bærum (Noruega)
Powerhouse Kjørbo, 2012-2014, Bærum (Norway)

Casa Piloto ZEB, 2014, Larvik (Noruega)
ZEB Pilot House, 2014, Larvik (Norway)

Cinco intervenciones  Five Structures

Escenario cubierto Tuballoon, 2006, Kongsberg (Noruega)
Tuballoon Band Shelter, 2006, Kongsberg (Norway)

Ruta de turismo Eggum, 2007, Lofoten (Noruega)
Eggum Tourist Route, 2007, Lofoten (Norway)

Pabellón del reno salvaje Tverrfjellhytta, 2009-2011, Dovre (Noruega)
Tverrfjellhytta Wild Reindeer Pavilion, 2009-2011, Dovre (Norway)

Pabellón en College Park, 2013, Dallas, Texas (EE UU)
Dallas Park Pavilion, 2013, Texas (USA)

Estación Central, 2014-, Houston, Texas (EE UU)
Central Station, 2014-, Houston, Texas (USA)

Diez proyectos  Ten Projects

Centro cultural King Abdulaziz, 2007-2016, Dhahran (Arabia Saudí)
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, 2007-2016, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)

Remodelación de Times Square, 2010-2015, Nueva York (EE UU)
Times Square Reconstruction, 2010-2015, New York (USA)

Museo de Ciencias Ambientales, 2010-2017, Guadalajara (México)
Natural Science Museum, 2010-2017, Guadalajara (Mexico)

Parque Max Lab IV, 2011-2016, Lund (Suecia)
Max Lab IV Landscape, 2011-2016, Lund (Sweden) 

Ópera de Busan, 2012-2020, Busan (Corea del Sur) 
Busan Opera House, 2012-2020, Busan (South Korea) 

Estación de metro en Riad, 2012-2017, Riad (Arabia Saudí)
Riyadh Metro Station, 2012-2017, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) 

Centro de arte paleolítico Lascaux IV, 2013-, Montignac (Francia)
Lascaux IV Caves Museum, 2013-, Montignac (France)

Ampliación del SFMOMA, 2013-2016, San Francisco, California (EE UU)
SFMOMA Expansion, 2013-2016, San Francisco, California (USA)

Nueva Biblioteca Central de Calgary, 2013-2018, Calgary, Alberta (Canadá)
Calgary’s New Central Library, 2013-2018, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

Hotel Lofoten Opera, 2014-, Lofoten (Noruega)
Lofoten Opera Hotel, 2014-, Lofoten (Norway)