S1 E4

Can participatory design reach ‘forgotten people’ in Oslo?

Photo by participant Randi, Oslo, 2021

In this fourth episode, postdoctoral researcher Anna Ulrikke Andersen interviews Jack Hughes and Else Abrahamsen from MakersHub Oslo. This Oslo-based architectural practice focuses on participatory processes, resulting in sustainable design projects that promote integration, skill sharing and pride over public space in the local community. They often work with marginalised groups, designing for what they consider to be “the forgotten people and the forgotten space”. Many of their projects are based in the borough of Gamle Oslo, where Andersen’s Disobedient Buildings fieldwork takes place. What are some of the challenges this borough faces? How can participatory-led methods of design counteract the utopian ideas of modernity?

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Production Team: Jack Soper, Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Inge Daniels
Date recorded: March 2021
Published: March 2022
Length: 19.00 mins

Music:
Opening and closing: ‘Anders’ from the album Macrame. Published 06/20/2020. Blue Dot Studios
’Festering’ from the album Towboat. Published 06/29/2020 ISRC USHM21930733. Blue Dot Studios
‘Trailrunner’ from the album Zander. Published 01/01/2019 ISRC USHM21902579. Blue Dot Studios