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RØYNDOM - diploma exhibition 2022

RØYNDOM Røyndom is an old Norwegian word which derives from the nynorsk røyne which means “to try, to experience”. With the suffix -dom, it means reality, the shared, the experienced or the observed. When you step into this year’s diploma exhibition you wander through 32 different realities, which together accumulate an experiential ...

BAS OPENING FESTIVAL 18-20. August

‘Dancing with Salmon’ Urgent call: Summer workshop in Bergen

ERASMUS+ Social and Environmental Impact Academy for Architects Monday 1st – Friday 5th August 2022 What the workshop can offer: 5 days focussed on environmental impact orientated design at the school in Bergen Placing nature as our client for the planned redevelopment of the waterfront quay outside BAS Workshop guided by a dancer, biologist, artist, […]

BAS student projects accepted for the Universities Award Competition

6th Lisbon architectural Triennale 2022, TERRA 29.09.22-5.12.22 ABSTRACT The course Explorations in Ocean Space- Choreography for Norskehavet explores how architecture and design can tackle a complex oceanic environment determined by interrelated forces operating in a radical state of flux. Currents are shifting, fish moving. Despite its unique, largely unknown ecosystems, exploitative deep-sea mining futures for […]

Urgent call: Summer workshop in Bratislava

What the project can offer: All travel expenses covered by the project funding Experienced lecturers within the field of disaster-relief, and refugee architecture Collaboration with established refugee organizations BAS teachers will be present during the entire build phase A unique opportunity to contribute in helping people in need In collaboration with STUBA, BAS has received [&...

Trip to Havrå clusterfarm

Tuesday 26. April we invited our foreign students to join a field trip to Havrå, one of the best-preserved traditional Norwegian cluster farms: “made by generations before us, for generations to come.” The farm is located in Osterøy, about 45 minutes drive from Bergen. The students were given a guided tour by the Museum staff […]

Promt Mental Health Care in Bergen

Are you feeling a bit down? Things are getting more difficult to cope with? We know there are long waiting lists to get professional help. With this relatively new offer in Bergen municipality, you can get quick help for free with moderate anxiety, depression, sleep problems or early stages of drug use or alcohol problems. [&...

Application deadline admission BAS

Due to the Easter holiday, we extend the application deadline until 19. April. (Not 15.April) The application must be submitted via our online application protal by midnight Tuesday 19. April. Apil Information about admission to BAS: https://bas.org/en/opptak/ The administration will be closed for Easter break from 9.-18. April. April. We will not reply ...

Borealis 2022 Concert at BAS

19. March Borealis 2022 : Guro Skumsnes Moe – Resonant Silence – World Premiere “Resonant Silence is a site specific concert installation for the now empty grain silos and basement of the Bergen School of Architecture. The building’s unique acoustics and resonance create room for both large sounds, but also a deafening silence, something that […]

CROSS COURSES

The students at BAS have been invited to propose courses if they have skills or knowledge about something that they would like to explore with a group of other student. The courses are student led, and students sign up across classes/years. The aim is to make this an exciting experience for all, with new ...

Teachers Seminar at BAS 9.-11. February

The objective of this seminar with the teaching staff is to design a pedagogical programme for a BAS experimental year 2022-23, expanding on valuable principles of open form and responding directly to urgent challenges for architects. The seminar is a great opportunity for our academic staff to meet in person, to have input from different [&...

Do you want to become an architect at BAS? The online application portal for 2022 is now open!

We admit student for the 1st year. (requires that you speak and understand Norwegian) and if you have a bachelor degree from another school, you can apply for admission to the 4th year. (English program) In addition we admit exchange and visiting students. You can find more information here: https://bas.org/en/opptak/ Application ...

Christmas Greeting from BAS

Li-Cheng Chen is the winner of the Statsbygg Student Award 2021

13. December Statsbygg with the head of the jury, Else Bingen Sande, handed out their Student Award 2021 to the winner Li-Cheng Chen for his diploma project «Interweaving Two Worlds – Imagining Taipei as a Zoo Cityy». Due to the covid-19 situation, also this year we had to do the event online via zoom. The […]

Welcome to a more normal everyday life at BAS!

After the news this week from the authorities, we are happy to announce that we do not have to keep the 1 meter rule in our teaching at BAS. The same applies in the studios, library and elsewhere in the school. We understand that some of our students might find this transition difficult, and we […]

New national covid-19 restrictions

(valid from 10. December) The overall premise is that we should keep campus open but to do teaching and examination online when possible, and when on campus do it in smaller groups and make sure to minimize the contact between different groups. • Classes and master courses at BAS should be treated as separate cohorts […]

Important information about the spring semester 2022

The spring semester starts January 4th. The BAS building is open from 3. january. After the press conference before Christmas, BAS and other higher education institutions have had a meeting with the Department of Education and the health authorities. The overall intention is to keep the campuses open for all students during the spring semester. […]

We took a trip around the world

On Friday 12. November we invited our incoming exchange students, plus those that have been on exchange and are back at BAS, to present their schools. The target group was our 3rd year students that are about to decide where they want to exchange to over the summer. We were taken on a world tour, […]

Nordic Baltic Academy of Architecture meeting at BAS

During 28. and 29. October BAS is hosting a meeting in the Nordic Baltic Academy of Architecture. where the heads of the schools meet to discuss the architectural education and current topics. The meeting is partly on site for some rectors that have traveled to Bergen, and partly online to include the rest. Those that […]

Emma Nilsson takes over as rector at BAS!

In a ceremony at BAS, Emma Nilsson was welcomed as new rector at BAS, starting from 1. October. Emma comes from a position as director of the School of Architecture at Lund University, Sweden. She has a master’s and doctorate in architecture from Lund University, has worked as a practicing architect and has been employed [&...