?We believe that architecture makes sense when it?s anchored in the locales where it?s built, and the people who are going to use it. That?s why I?m not so occupied with the zeitgeist of architecture.?

?We believe that architecture makes sense when it?s anchored in the locales where it?s built, and the people who are going to use it. That?s why I?m not so occupied with the zeitgeist of architecture.? In this interview from Louisiana Channel, Oslo-based architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses how the Scandinavian landscape is at the core of his design concepts. In a context of globalization, increased mobility, and communication medias, Ramstad believes ?the depth of the locale becomes shallow.? His architecture contrasts this mainstream approach by offering designs specifically tailored to Norwegian cultural heritage and the landscape of its remote areas.
National Tourist Route Trollstigen / Reiulf Ramstad Architects + Oslo Norway . Image Courtesy of Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

Ramstad first introduces his project for the National Tourist Route in Trollstigen, an opportunity to build in one of Norway?s most impressive landscapes. Norway is one of the rare places where untouched nature is familiar, so Ramstad wanted visitors to feel surrounded by the larger landscape space. He explains that his design strategy was to clarify what is natural from what is man-made. The project is ?more a landscape than a singular building or a bridge,? as it...