Perspektiver fra Østen/ Perspectives from the East

Name: Perspektiver fra Østen/ Perspectives from the East
Start: 2025-02-25T17:45:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-25T20:45:00+01:00
Location: Rådhusgata 25, 0158 Oslo

Schedule

Tue Feb 25 2025 at 05:45 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Rådhusgata 25, 0158 Oslo | Oslo, OS

🔗 Påmeldingsskjema: https://forms.gle/6u59NGXavLgS8DVp6 (Free event, just need to sign up)
NLA OA hosts an evening event dedicated to the timeless beauty of East Asian gardens and their impact on modern landscape design. We’ll delve into cultural and philosophical aspects as well as aesthetics and contemporary practice. There’ll also be a short mindful Tea drinking practice to get into the right headspace. The event has both English and Norwegian speakers.
We are lucky to have the following speakers, who will guide us through a self-chosen topic related to the theme of “Perspectives From The East”:
🔹Lei Gao (English): Lei is an associate professor at NMBU, and will show us a few traditional gardens in China and Japan, highlighting their relevance to landscape architecture today. In an era of environmental crisis, what lessons can we draw from the ancient East?
🔹Oda Bjerva (norsk): Oda jobber som landskapsarkitekt hos bar bakke, og reiste i fjor gjennom Japan hvor hun lot seg fascinere og inspirere alt fra zen-hager til futuristiske byrom. Bli med når hun blar gjennom sitt digitale fotoalbum.
🔹 Saji Ahi (English): Saji er landskapsarkitekt/arkitekt og jobber hos SLA, og har tidligere jobbet som arkitekt i Tehran hvor hun studerte og skrev om persiske hager. Persiske hager er et tema som alltid har stått hennes hjerte nær.
🔹Sepehr Jafari (English): Sepehr er landskapsarkitekt og jobber hos Grindaker, og har tidligere erfaring som arkitekt i Tehran. Han har fokusert mye på å gjenskape den iranske hagen, og generelt forholdet mellom natur og bygning i sine prosjekter.
Sepehr og Saji vil presentere et glimt av disse jordiske paradisene.
🔹 Akie Kono (English): Akie works as a landscape architect at Grindaker. She’s from Japan, and has a background in photography. We are lucky that she will share a story about the vast and poetic impact of the Genbei river, which originates from Mt Fuji.
It will be an insightful and mindful event as we are welcomed to visit the office of Grindaker. See you there! 💚
⏱️ Preliminary schedule
17:45 Doors open 🚪
18:10 Introduction and welcoming
18:20 Mindful tea drinking practice 🫖
18:35 Presentation by Lei Gao | What can we learn from East Asian gardens?
18:50 Saji Ahi & Sepehr Jafari | Persian gardens
19:05 Pause
19:20 Photo presentation by Oda Bjerva | Instant Japan
19:30 Presentation Akie Kono | Genbei River – A Small City's Tiny Facts and Big Transformation
19:45 Round-up
19:45-20:30 Mingling and more tea! 🫖