The
Oslo
School
of
Architecture
and
Design
(AHO)
is
a
specialised
university
offering
education
in
the
areas
of
architecture,
industrial
design,
landscape
architecture
and
urbanism.
AHO
has
about
650
students
and
50
PhD
students.
Located
in
a
vibrant
and
central
part
of
Oslo,
the
school
is
housed
in
a
converted
factory
building
which
offers
outsdtanding
fascilities
to
suit
the
needs
of
its
students.
AHO
is
divided
into
four
Institutes:
Architecture,
Urbanism and Landscape, Form History and Theory, and Design.
The
Institute
of
Architecture,
of
which
SCS
is
part,
aims
to
educate
reflective
practitioners
of
architecture
of
international
standing.
Its
educational
attitude
acknowledges
the
fundamental
diversity
of
the
discipline
of
architecture
by
seeking
to
develop
in
its
students
both
a
broad
range
of
methods
and
the
strength
of
individual
conviction.
By
overlaying
its
traditional
architectural
heritage
with
an
experimental
and
forward-facing
focus
on
process,
the
Institute
seeks
to
provide
its
students
with
the
competence
and
individuality
necessary
to
realize
buildings
of
the
highest
quality.
Courses
and
studios
which
span
from
conceptual
design
to
material
tectonics
provide
the
basis
for
a diverse education based on the conviction that the best architecture is both concrete and conceptual.
The
Institute
has
a
staff
of
approximately
20
full-time
and
20
part-time
teachers
and
researchers.
It
seeks
to
build
on
the
precedents
established
by
distinguished
teachers
of
the
past,
such
as
Sverre
Fehn
and
Christian
Norberg-
Schulz,
and
to
build
and
develop
this
tradition
by
having
amongst
its
staff
some
of
the
best
known
current
Norwegian practitioners as well as staff with an international background.
Thomas McQuillan is currently the Head of the Institute of Architecture.
Website:
www.aho.no
