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NTNU has a long tradition of students undertaking Live Projects. Many schools of architecture do. What sets our projects apart is that a big number are initiated, organised and managed by the students themselves. These initiatives are made possible with support from the university, and a focus on live aspects through the education. Already the first semester, architecture students at NTNU have to design and built a 1:1 timber construction. NTNU’s Live Projects have varied from small traditionally crafted Norwegian boathouses, to larger scale community development based projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Students employ a context-based design approach whereby they have to work closely with local municipalities, professionals, grassroots organisations and other stakeholders. It’s this collaborative focus that truly allows the projects to take flight. In recent years, students have shown a soaring interest in Live Projects, be they independent, part of self-initiated curricular course or a curricular course that focuses on building. This confronts NTNU with the challenge of responding to their enthusiasm in a way that acknowledges their contribution, but also generates academic returns. The institution must be able to be responsible for the students’ learning, well-being and the quality of the projects, yet at the same time, give them independence and entrust them with full social and professional responsibility. NTNU Live Studio is a platform from which students find support and encouragement for Live Projects, from which they discover or learn, on their own terms, what architecture is, or does, and what becoming an architect is about.

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Entrance for Babel visningsrom for kunst (2025)

StudioBeta have designed and built the new entrance to Babel visningrom for kunst, an exhibition space run by Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder i Trondheim. The project is based on almost 100% reuse of materials. Most of the wooden structure is reused from another temporary entrance at the art museum in town. The concrete areas are repurposed fasade cladding from a building in Nordre gate, donated by Veidekke and Tverås maskin and the stone steps are leftover material from the local cementary.

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Date:
juni - september 2025
Where:
Mellomveien, Lademoen, Trondheim
Architects:
StudioBeta and NTNU live studio

Built by:

Eivor Runde Barlaug, Emma Sørbø, Vira Abbasi, Sjurd Vefring Stordal, Jenny Stene-Johansen, Kaisa Olivia Zullo, Partap Singh Pannu, Maria Simonsen, Elizabete Elina Cakure, Amund Jølle, Andrea Kjesbu Selvåg, Cecilie Lind Hånes, Emil McKenna, Johan Bock, Julia Tøsse Pihlstrøm, Kristina Standal, Rahela Nasseri, Silje Moe, Sofia Herlofson Pagni, Sunniva Ellingsen, Vendela Guttormsen, Viktor Alsing Seland, Vilius Vilimas, Kinga Katrine Błaszkiewicz, Henrik Nilsen Aas, Liv Bergstad, Jenny Stene-Johansen, Jesper Lunøe Hareide

Collaborators:

Lademoen kunstnerverksteder and Trygve Ohren

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