Oasis-lecture-01 – SKÅTAR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

FREDRIK SKÅTAR

WORK EXPERIENCE

2010—: Founder, Architect, Designer
   Skåtar Architecture & Design , Berlin, Germany

2020—: Guest professor
   Free University of Bolzano, Italy

2018—: Lecturer
   Anhalt University, Dessau, Germany

2007—2010: Architect, Project manager
   Studio Olafur Eliasson GmbH , Berlin, Germany

2005—2006: Architect
   Tema Architects , Uppsala, Sweden EDUCATION

2012—: PhD researcher, Architecture and computation, LTH School of Architecture , Lund, Sweden

1999—2005: Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology , Stockholm, Sweden

2004: Architecture , Universität der Künste , Berlin

2002: Architecture , ENSAPLV , Paris, France

1997—1998: Fine arts , Wiks Folkhögskola , Sweden

SKÅTAR Lectures

OASIS - revitalising forgotten corners of the city
- spatial interventions = comments on future urban life DIA Dessau | Fredrik Skåtar | www.skatar.com/oasis There are numerous unused and
unattractive corners of the city
- how can we revitalise these? could a spatial intervention
revitalise a forgotten corner
and its surroundings?

- seemingly vague issues
- are they really so vague? - we have plenty of evidence, it is just hard to explain
- aren't these the architect's main driving force?
- is that obvious to everyone? - aren't these the architect's main driving force?
- is that obvious to everyone? - their alleged vagueness creates a negative attitude towards them
- classic conflict architect vs engineer, user's DIY, prefab, the architect as a luxury - we need to defend vagueness
- we need to create societal awareness about architecture - What is the point of building if these issues are not our primary goal?
- What is the point of utilitarian construction?
- Using the term Bauhaus in New European Bauhaus already implies
that artistic considerations are crucial, but utilitarian solutions' risk
is imminent
Our revitalised corners will be examples of sustainable, long-term design
solutions that explain why these seemingly vague issues are so important.

We can send our proposals to the New European Bauhaus Committee

- Does the EU need an EU-Bouwmeester who can promote the above? - Is our roles as architects to promote the above? BEAUTY & WELL-BEING

The New European Bauhaus proposes to focus our conversations on the places we inhabit and on our relationship with natural environments, beyond the built space. It is a practical approach to discover beautiful, sustainable and inclusive ways of living and to use them to inspire our way forward.

Let's all start answering a simple question: what would the new ideal building be? And if we open more that question, what would beautiful, sustainable and inclusive places be like? What are the feelings, the sensations, but also the practical requirements and the materials we would use? If it was our neighbourhood, how should that look like, feel like, work like? How would we share the space and what would be our new habits? What if the new buildings were spaceships? What if they were earthships? What if they were like a bird's nest, or a flower, or a tree?

What if?... How to?...

If you join the conversation, your answers will be your introduction to the rest of the community. Are you up for it?

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