Social Perspectives on Architecture and Design
is initiated by NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art and
developed in collaboration with artist and curator Markus Degerman.
Publication as PDF
Residency Program: June - October 2006
Seminar: 9 - 11 June 2006 at NIFCA in Helsinki
Publication: Fall 2006
The program focuses on work that from a practical perspective deals
with questions, such as, production methods, material, aesthetic, as
well as different social and political connotations of architecture and
design. The program was open for application during spring 2006
for professional practitioners in the field of architecture, design and
the visual arts, based in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
and the autonomous territories Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland.
Eleven residencies of one month each were awarded during
May–September 2006 in Copenhagen/Christiania, Helsinki, Oslo,
Reykjavik, Stockholm, connected to local contact persons and part-
ners working with a social perspective on architecture and design.
Selection panel:
Markus Degerman, artist/curator, Stockholm; Helena Mattsson, archi-
tect/researcher, Stockholm; Madeleine Park, artist/curator, Oslo;
Tuomas Toivonen, architect/designer, Helsinki
Residencies, local contact persons/partners and participants:
Christiania Researcher in Residence, Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact person: Emmerik Warburg, Christiania Researcher in
Residence, http://crir.homepage.dk
Residency participant: Vanja Larberg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Residency selection made by Christiania Researcher in residence on
basis of the selection panel’s short list.
Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen, Denmark,
www.ffkd.dk
Contact person: FOS, Social Design, Copenhagen,
www.socialdesign.dk
Residency participant: Hrafnkell Birgisson, Reykjavik, Iceland
NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland,
www.nifca.org
Contact person: Tuomas Toivonen, Helsinki
Residency participants: Carina Gunnars and Anna Kindgren,
Stockholm, Sweden; Kami Petersen, Malmö, Sweden
SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland, www.sim.is
Contact person: Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir, Reykjavik,
Residency participants: Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Berlin, Germany/
Bergen, Norway; Tanja Jordan, Copenhagen, Denmark
ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo, Norway
Contact person: Henrik der Minassian, ROM for kunst og arkitektur
www.r-o-m.no
Residency participants: Paola Cabrera Viancha, Helsinki, Finland;
Martin Hedenström, Stockholm, Sweden
Malongen, Stockholm, Sweden
Contact partner: Uglycute, Stockholm, www.uglycute.com
Residency participants: Erlend Blakstad Haffner, London, UK/Oslo,
Norway; Tone Hansen, Oslo, Norway
is initiated by NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art and
developed in collaboration with artist and curator Markus Degerman.
Publication as PDF
Residency Program: June - October 2006
Seminar: 9 - 11 June 2006 at NIFCA in Helsinki
Publication: Fall 2006
The program focuses on work that from a practical perspective deals
with questions, such as, production methods, material, aesthetic, as
well as different social and political connotations of architecture and
design. The program was open for application during spring 2006
for professional practitioners in the field of architecture, design and
the visual arts, based in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
and the autonomous territories Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland.
Eleven residencies of one month each were awarded during
May–September 2006 in Copenhagen/Christiania, Helsinki, Oslo,
Reykjavik, Stockholm, connected to local contact persons and part-
ners working with a social perspective on architecture and design.
Selection panel:
Markus Degerman, artist/curator, Stockholm; Helena Mattsson, archi-
tect/researcher, Stockholm; Madeleine Park, artist/curator, Oslo;
Tuomas Toivonen, architect/designer, Helsinki
Residencies, local contact persons/partners and participants:
Christiania Researcher in Residence, Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact person: Emmerik Warburg, Christiania Researcher in
Residence, http://crir.homepage.dk
Residency participant: Vanja Larberg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Residency selection made by Christiania Researcher in residence on
basis of the selection panel’s short list.
Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen, Denmark,
www.ffkd.dk
Contact person: FOS, Social Design, Copenhagen,
www.socialdesign.dk
Residency participant: Hrafnkell Birgisson, Reykjavik, Iceland
NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland,
www.nifca.org
Contact person: Tuomas Toivonen, Helsinki
Residency participants: Carina Gunnars and Anna Kindgren,
Stockholm, Sweden; Kami Petersen, Malmö, Sweden
SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland, www.sim.is
Contact person: Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir, Reykjavik,
Residency participants: Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Berlin, Germany/
Bergen, Norway; Tanja Jordan, Copenhagen, Denmark
ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo, Norway
Contact person: Henrik der Minassian, ROM for kunst og arkitektur
www.r-o-m.no
Residency participants: Paola Cabrera Viancha, Helsinki, Finland;
Martin Hedenström, Stockholm, Sweden
Malongen, Stockholm, Sweden
Contact partner: Uglycute, Stockholm, www.uglycute.com
Residency participants: Erlend Blakstad Haffner, London, UK/Oslo,
Norway; Tone Hansen, Oslo, Norway