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Rolf Gerstlauer

Professor Institute of Architecture
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Background and experience

Professor, architect, filmmaker, multimedia artist

Rolf Gerstlauer is professor at the Institute of Architecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design AHO. He conducts a progressive-experimental teaching for master levels and produces a body of independent artistic research in the fields of architecture, photography, filmmaking, multimedia installations and the performing arts including land art and earthworks.

Neuroqueering architectural phenomenology, his teaching and research interests employ transdisciplinary artistic investigations to reflect anew on what he has termed Body & Space Morphologies; the various (dis)embodied human conditions that exist within a more-than-human post-natural world. At the crossroad of the current times, dwelling on this ambiguous territory with blurred borders and equally unclear or frightening purviews, he keeps pondering the question of how to create an uncompromised architectural know-how to help us act differently, be more responsive and less exclusive.

Areas of responsibility

Gerstlauer has been teaching and supervising master students and diploma thesis projects at AHO since 1995. Having received tenure in 2006, he is responsible for developing master-studios with artistic research content integral to the Body & Space Morphologies teaching and research aims.

As the former academic leader of the Building Art faculty group, he was appointed head of the Institute of Architecture and in lead of the program-committee restructuring AHO’s curriculum for the education in architecture. He devotes himself to promote student autonomy and creativity, and beliefs artistic research dedicated to the studies in architectural phenomenology to be a necessary parallel to both traditional scholarly research and common architectural design practice.

Publications

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  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Funck, Lisbeth; Gerstlauer, Rolf & Pilskog, Anders Eik (2013). Architecture as Infrastructure: Artistic Research by Studio B3 2008-2010: The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Imprintforlaget AS. ISBN 9788281520394. 299 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2025). Body & Space Morphologies; the making of attempts dwelling proximities. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2025). Body & Space Morphologies; attempts dwelling proximities. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf & Dind, Julie Valentine (2025). Thinking outside of the black box/white cube: A(u/r)tistic research-creation between performance and architecture. doi: https:/fass.open.ac.uk/creative-interactions/creativity-creative-arts-and-neurodivergence-conference. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2025). Body & Space Morphologies: A(u/r)tistic Research-creation of the Crossroad. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf; Dind, Julie & Chinilina, Inga (2024). Weird from Iceland, Quo Vadis Nomen Nescio (short-film, 2023) by Julie Dind, Rolf Gerstlauer and Inga Chinilina. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dind, Julie & Gerstlauer, Rolf (2024). ‘Problem’ bodies/‘Problem’ land: An a(u/r)tistic response to the climate crisis. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2023). Potensielle muligheter og konsekvenser ved å knytte kognitiv nevrovitenskap og arkitektur - en kommentar til aktuell forskning (debattinnlegg og paneldeltakelse). Full text in Research Archive
  • Dind, Julie & Gerstlauer, Rolf (2022). Drawing NN: A Reflection On Autistic Choreography and the Land - Julie Dind & Rolf Gerstlauer - joint paper and artwork presentation. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf & Dind, Julie (2022). Cenotaph For Weird’s Well And T[h]ree Missing Bodies. In Pannek, Wolfgang (Eds.), ECOPERFORMANCE Volume I. Transcultura. ISSN 9786599367021. p. 105–111. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf & Dind, Julie (2021). Cenotaph For Weird's Well And T[h]ree Missing Bodies. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dind, Julie Valentine & Gerstlauer, Rolf (2019). Julie Dind & Rolf Gerstlauer - Drawing NN - butoh dance live performance - Saturday June 22nd @ 14:00 at Listafyr. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2015). Light from Darkness: Body and space morphologies in Architecture & Film - Rolf Gerstlauer, professor AHO/ arkitekt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2013). Rolf Gerstlauer: Studio B3 - Studio Works. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf; Funck, Lisbeth & Fjeld, Per Olaf (2013). Three academic lectures kept in a seminar on May 24th: - Per Olaf Fjeld ; "Studio B3 and the Scandinavian Connection" - Rolf Gerstlauer ; "Studio B3 - Studio Works" - Lisbeth Funck ; "What makes Structure into Architecture?". Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2010). Film som arkitektonisk verktøy og medium. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2010). Creative Commons lisensiering: Før copyright kommer copyleft. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2010). Før Copyright kommer Copyleft. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Funck, Lisbeth & Gerstlauer, Rolf (2009). New York letters. ?. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2009). Thoughts on the light in Oslo. Lights of the World (Genius Loci). Betrachtungen über das Licht in Oslo. Lichter der Welt (Genius Loci). Daylight & architecture. ISSN 1901-0982. p. 1314–21. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2009). Architecture as infrastructure : daylight, sustainability and health in architectural education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf & Ekman, Carl Mattias (2009). Film som arkitektonisk verktøy og medium. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2008). Object - connections - context. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2008). Refractions. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf; Fjeld, Per Olaf & Funck, Lisbeth (2008). Japan. Nytt rom - new Scandinavian rooms. ISSN 1504-5412. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2008). The B3 Generator-Cloth. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Funck, Lisbeth; Fuchs-Mikac, Neven & Gerstlauer, Rolf (2008). The stubbornness of architecture : the B3 light machines. Daylight & architecture. ISSN 1901-0982. p. 48–57. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Fuchs-Mikac, Neven; Funck, Lisbeth & Gerstlauer, Rolf (2007). The stubbornness of architecture : the B3 light machines. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2007). Konstruktøren. [Journal]. 10 arkitekter intervjuet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2006). Perturbative Spaces and Moving Mass. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerstlauer, Rolf (2006). Perturbative Spaces and Moving Mass. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Gerstlauer, Rolf; Fuchs-Mikac, Neven & Funck, Lisbeth (2004). Shades of Shadows. ?. p. 14–17. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Gerstlauer, Rolf; Fuchs-Mikac, Neven & Funck, Lisbeth (2004). Discordia 2004. ?. p. 16–19. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fjeld, Per Olaf; Gerstlauer, Rolf & Funck, Lisbeth (2009). Infrastrukturer : prosjekttekster fra Studio B3 2008. Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

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