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dc.contributor.authorNtini, Paraskevi
dc.coverage.spatialOslo, Norwaynb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-27T09:35:54Z
dc.date.available2019-02-27T09:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2587708
dc.descriptionThe topic of this project is asphalt as the dominant material of the urban grounds. Uiquity of these surfaces is under discussion and Oslo is the case of study. This is a project that does not attempt to modify or cancel the characteristics of the landscape that describes but a project that explores questions of description and representation on divergent readings of a single material within the Norwegian context. Looking at the paved surfaces of Oslo, asphalt’s omnipresence is unquestionable. What is distinct of those surfaces is that asphalt appears on sidewalks. That is very characteristic of the city’s image, and probably a shared practice in Nordic countries. It does though, stand out as an exception to how asphalt is commonly perceived as the paving material used for roads and parkings. Yet, in spite of the fact that asphalt is omnipresent in daily living we fail to really see it, but we tend to look upon it. Unravelling the narrarative of a material as a catalyst for the urban and terrritorial transformation, this project by means of descriptio aims at transforming the perception of the ordinary everyday surface. The narrative of this diploma project is unfolded through scales that examine asphalt into to three different areas: the common ground mineral; geological stratum physical surface Starting from the ‘unit’, a typical pavement, as is observed as the daily support that binds together different fragments of living that reach the city scale and the region. Next chapter explores the international, national and regional processes and material flows that asphalt is related to, as it’s extraction operation trigger political and environmental concerns. Lastly, the observation lens zooms into the physical aspects of asphalt and the life of it’s own. In each of these chapters, short stories and mappings, supported with photographical documentation, are unfolding the narrative of asphalt and it’s impact in the Norwegian culture. common ground the everyday surface one size fits all; materialisation of the welfare state black vs white; rollerskiing on asphalt the blue, the green and asphalt in between all asphalt leads to Oslo mineral; geological stratum the mountains of Norway spread in thin layers Swedish agent; infrastructural glue material flow in the regio physical surface .under the thin pink carpet asphalt pathologies summertime!infrastructural face lift wear and tear prescious stones ruderals; the underclass of the plant worldnb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherThe Oslo School of Architecture and Designnb_NO
dc.subjectLandskapsarkitekturnb_NO
dc.subjectLandscape architecturenb_NO
dc.subjectAsfaltnb_NO
dc.subjectAsphaltnb_NO
dc.titleOn asphalt; readings of the city’s surfacenb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.rights.holderParaskevi Ntini
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Humanities: 000::Architecture and design: 140::Landscape architecture: 147nb_NO


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