After two years at Bergen School of Architecture, I'm taking a break of sorts. I won't be returning until 1st September 2012, more than a year from now. I'm leaving the school grounds, leaving Bergen, and strangest of them all, leaving my class. (See picture above, taken by Ane Oline Finstad.)
The next year will be spent working with lgbt-issues in Norway and Africa, including four months in Kenya spring 2012. The work is very important, and it's going to be amazing. For those interested, I will be writing about that on another blog, but I will also be updating this one. I still consider myself an architecture student.
School is great, but it's also hard. Being away for a year will probably remind me how lucky I am to be doing what I love, and I'm already looking forward to coming back. Sadly, I'll not be joining the same class, Class 24. They're the greatest people you'll ever meet, extremely good at what they're doing, friendly, interested, always up for a good discussion. I've made so many friends along way, perhaps without realizing it until now, when I'm suddenly leaving. Hey people, in case you're reading this: If one thing could have held me back, it was you.
Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteHåper du snart finner veien tilbake til arkitektstudiene! Husk at kampen mot arven fra Le Corbusier bare så vidt har begynt:
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Vi har mye verre ting enn "arven fra Le Corbusier" å bekymre oss for. Det er løgnens og hykleriets plass i våre nærmeste sirkler (også på den "alternative" norske arkitektskolen) som virkelig er skadelig for samfunnsutviklingen. Det er helt urimelig av en lærer å forvente at studentene skal finne løsninger på problemer som læreren ikke engang er i stand til å løse selv. Budskapet som da programmeres inn i underbevisstheten til studentene er at det er helt akseptert å skyve problemer videre til neste generasjon istedenfor å "ta ansvar for sitt eget liv, og ikke ta fra andre muligheten til å ta ansvar for sitt liv" (sitat: Svein Hatløy).
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