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Sverre Fehn
Sverre Fehn graduated from the Oslo School of Architecture in 1949 and helped form PAGON, a Norwegian group connected to CIAM.
Background & practice
Sverre Fehn graduated from the Oslo School of Architecture in 1949 and helped form PAGON, a Norwegian group connected to CIAM. His official biography places his work in a dialogue with modernism, regional building traditions and observations from North Africa. Fehn described how his interpretation of a project's site, light and materials remained connected to his origins, even when he believed he was departing from traditional Norwegian architecture.
How to read the work
Interpret modernist ideas through the conditions of a particular region, using the site's light and materials to build relationships between inherited architectural culture and new spatial possibilities.
Architect and PAGON participant documented in the official biography.
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